Tributes are pouring in for Lonnie Smith, the Hammond B-3 organ virtuoso who has died at the age of 79. The NEA Jazz Master of 2017 passed away in his home in Florida from pulmonary fibrosis, his ...

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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 ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The jazz ensemble Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio will perform at the Long Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Oct. 5. This performance is presented by Purdue Convocations and ...

Walking a Harlem block with Dr. Lonnie Smith was always—like his stage show—a predictably unpredictable cadenza of zigs and zags, a herky-jerky check-in with the pulse of the people. Particularly if ...

Idiomatic versatility coupled with rhythmic verve and harmonic imagination. These are the qualities distinguishing Dr. Lonnie Smith's masterful approach on the Hammond B-3 organ. Smith (a doctor in ...

All About Jazz introduces a new column, Mikayla's Totally Jazzed, featuring artist interviews and thoughts on jazz by saxophonist/student Mikayla Gilbreath. Despite her young age, she's managed to ...

Dr. Lonnie Smith, an influential American organ player and member of the George Benson quartet in the 1960s, died this week at the age of 79. And nobody rocked it harder than musician Lonnie Smith. He ...

The NEA Jazz Master died Tuesday from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 79. Dr. Lonnie Smith, an NEA Jazz Master known for his dynamism and wizardry on the Hammond B3 organ, died Tuesday. He was 79 ...

The Hammond organ makes a singular jazz sound. And nobody rocked it harder than musician Lonnie Smith. He died this week at the age of 79 after a music career that spanned decades and inspired a new ...

Dr. Lonnie Smith, the Hammond B-3 organ virtuoso who was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2017, died today at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Blue Note Records confirmed the news, saying the cause of ...