Originally published at: Lonnie Smith, jazz organ giant, RIP | Boing Boing
…
5 Likes
Please don’t confuse Lonnie Liston Smith with Lonnie Smith. It is Lonnie Smith who died.
RIP.
8 Likes
Good lord. Thanks. Dumb error on my part.
5 Likes
DAMN IT. One of the best live-music experiences I ever had was listening to Lonnie Smith coax magic out of his Hammond in a dark basement club in State College, PA. Dude was a jazz shaman.
3 Likes
I didn’t realize they were different people either. Still sad.
Didn’t say what he dies from.
But if you tell me it was “organ failure”, we gonna fight.
4 Likes
It was pulmonary fibrosis, so in a sense yes, organ failure!
3 Likes
No problem. Not a dumb error, though. People have been mistaking them for ages. Both were great artists, played soul jazz and about the same age.
2 Likes
Gone, we all hope, to where it is never Too Damn Hot.
Jazz organists, especially when and if accompanied by a good guitarist, are sadly overlooked by music media.
This topic was automatically closed after 5 days. New replies are no longer allowed.
