Iridum Jazz Club Presents Dr. Lonnie Smith, 4/10-4/11

The Iridium Jazz Club will present Dr. Lonnie Smith for concert on April 10th and 11th, with sets at 8:00pm and 10:00pm each night.

Dr. Lonnie Smith is internationally known as one of the premier jazz keyboardists in the history of the idiom. A dominant talent and pace-setting proponent of the Hammond B3 Organ and widely recognized and gifted pianist, Lonnie has been at the forefront of the jazz scene since 1969 when he was named Top Organist by Downbeat Magazine.

Most recently, Dr. Smith has been awarded the Organ Keyboardist of the Year award in 2003, 2004 and 2005 by the Jazz Journalist AssociationIn the mid-1960s, Dr. Lonnie Smith, the Hammond hero earned recognition for his membership in George Benson's classic quartet before going on to play with Lou Donaldson (contributing some memorable solos to the alto saxman's hit 1967 album Alligator Boogaloo) and recording enjoyable dates of his own for Blue Note. For all their accessibility and commercial appeal, funk-influencEd Smith sessions like 1968's Think and 1970's Drives showed that he could be quite imaginative. Smith, who later entered academia and became Dr. Lonnie Smith, remained an inspired representative of soul-jazz and did some solid work with Donaldson in the '90s.

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NEW YORK, NY 10023
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Sets at 8 and 10 PM