Twelve years ago, Ira Gitler introduced me to Lonnie Smith. We were sitting at New York's Jazz Standard listening to the music during the Jazz Journalists Association awards annual gala. As the three ...

Gucci model, COVID-anthem creator and punk Godfather Iggy Pop teamed with storied Hammond B-3 organist Dr. Lonnie Smith to cover Donovan’s 1966 hit “Sunshine Superman.” The song will appear on Smith’s ...

Legendary organist Dr. Lonnie Smith has passed away at 79 years old. NPR reports: Dr. Lonnie Smith, an NEA Jazz Master known for his dynamism and wizardry on the Hammond B3 organ, died Tuesday. He was ...

Iggy Pop appeared on two songs on Hammond B-3 organ master Dr. Lonnie Smith’s recent Breathe, bookending the LP with covers of Timmy Thomas’ “Why Can’t We Live Together” and Donovan’s “Sunshine ...

Dr. Lonnie Smith passed away from pulmonary fibrosis in his home in Florida on Sept. 28, his label Blue Note Records confirmed. He was 79-years-old. “We’re deeply saddened to announce that Hammond B3 ...

Dr. Lonnie Smith, an NEA Jazz Master known for his dynamism and wizardry on the Hammond B3 organ, died Tuesday. He was 79 years old. His death was confirmed on Twitter by Blue Note Records. A ...

Dr. Lonnie Smith, guru of the Hammond B3 organ for over five decades, now releases eight songs, six of which were recorded live in 2017 at The Jazz Standard in New York City, during his seventy-fifth ...

Iggy Pop joins Dr. Lonnie Smith for a cover of Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman,” one of two collaborations between the Stooges singer and the jazz great from Smith’s upcoming album Breathe. Pop and Smith ...

Dr. Lonnie Smith is among a number of very adept and very funky organ players who followed in the wake of Jimmy Smith, a man who basically put the Hammond organ on the musical map. A respectable ...

Jazz legend Dr. Lonnie Smith and Iggy Pop have come together to cover Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman,” which will appear on Smith’s new album Breathe, which is out at the end of this month. “I was ...