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--=[ Lonnie Liston Smith ]=--

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2008-06-08 00:25:00 by Lord Blak in Blaks Lair
Lonnie Liston Smith - Loveland [1978 Loveland Link 2 Lonnie Liston Smith moved from RCA to Columbia with Loveland, an LP that is sleek and commercial but not without heart or creativity. While Loveland fared well among fans of fusion, crossover and R&B, the keyboardist had long since lost the attention of acoustic jazz's hardcore, which...
 
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LONNiE PiTCHFORD: National Treasure.

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2007-09-13 12:50:00 by Rick Saunders in Rick Saunders Breaks His Silence
 
...Lonnie Pitchford doesn't have some sort of National Shrine by now Why do I have to work on Lonnie Pitchford's birthday (October 8th 1955 Master of the one string diddley bow and trained on guitar by Eugene Powell of The Mississippi Sheiks as well as Robert Lockwood Junior ( whose stepfather was Robert Johnson ) Lonnie Pitchford recorded only...
 
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Which Lonnie Smith do you speak of?

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2007-11-20 09:56:00 by DJ Tone in Tonegents
...Lonnie Smith ... or Dr. Lonnie Smith to you, whitey... is not Lonnie Liston Smith , okay? Yeah, they both have the same name, both played keyboard, both put out their most famous work at the exact same time and in pretty much the same style. But that's really all they have in common. I don't know where the confusion comes from... sheesh!...
 
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Lonnie Johnson Rediscovered--Again

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2008-03-28 08:05:00 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...Lonnie Johnson. Here is some of the piece I honestly do not think there was anyone else who crossed the line between being an idiomatic blues musician who was able to master the vocabulary of jazz like Lonnie Johnson did," says Aaron Luis Levinson, the Grammy-winning Philadelphia producer who helmed Rediscovering Lonnie Johnson (Range...
 
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Lonnie Johnson - "Drifting Along Blues"

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2008-04-23 06:53:35 by runobodyii of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
...Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer/guitarist and songwriter who pioneered the role of jazz guitar and is recognized as the first to play single-string guitar solos Early career Johnson was born in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana and raised in a family of musicians. He studied violin,...
 
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Exodus to Jazz gets its groove on with the Henderson/Owens Trio featuring the Good Doctor Lonnie Smith on the B3

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2008-04-07 19:14:12 by Greg in Jazz@Rochester
...Lonnie Smith on the Hammond B3 holding office hours at the Clarion Riverside Hotel. Guitarist Mel Henderson, founder of popular Rochester-based Paradigm Shift , will be leading the trio with the Good Doctor doing his thing on the B3 and drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. (who was just here with Helen Sung) holding down the beat. Henderson is returning...
 
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There was a Doctor in the house . . . Ian Kloss joins the voices on Jazz@Rochester and reviews Dr. Lonnie Smith at Exodus to Jazz

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2008-04-13 18:34:17 by Greg in Jazz@Rochester
...Lonnie Smith last night in another installment of the wonderful Exodus to Jazz series. Here's what Ian sent in Dr. Lonnie Smith . . . he could very easily be the funkiest person alive. Last night (Thursday, April 12) at the Riverside Clarion Hotel, the legendary organist returned to Rochester with a trio featuring Brooklyn-based ace drummer...
 
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Lonnie Johnson-Winnie the Wailer

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2008-09-03 07:28:16 by Passion of the Weiss in Passion of the Weiss
...Lonnie Johnson . Specifically, his Winnie the Wailer a 1932 cut heavily reminiscent of Cab Calloways famous Minnie the Moocher. Despite the obvious similarity, it remains a wonderful song, one thats thankfully cleaned my ears out after the mercury poisoning that is listening to a Young Jeezy record Download MP3: Lonnie Johnson-Winnie the Wailer
 
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The good Dr. Lonnie Smith at Exodus to Jazz . . . Some of the live jazz from last year in Rochester

2008-01-02 20:15:51 by Greg in Jazz@Rochester
 
...Lonnie Smith's performance at the Exodus to Jazz series during 2007 with our own Mel Henderson on guitar with Yoron Israel on drums. I was there for this one. He started out with a whisper, almost like he was trying to get some keys on his B3 to quit sticking, but as you'll see he gets a funky groove going soon thereafter keeps at it with...
 
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