Dr. Lonnie Smith - All In My Mind (2018) CD-Rip

Five BRILLIANT Stars. From the live album “All In My Mind”, this is composer, arranger, bandleader, pianist, Hammond B-3 organ virtuoso, and freshly-minted 2017 NEA Jazz Master inductee, Dr. Lonnie Smith and his vaunted trio. Smith was recorded at ‘The Jazz Standard’ in NYC celebrating his 75th birthday with his longtime musical associates: the scintillating guitar stylist Jonathan Kreisberg and the propulsive polyrhythms of Johnathan Blake on drums. Joe Dyson sits in on drums in one case and vocalist Alicia Olatuja in another case. His NEA citation says “He is considered one of the premier purveyors of funk/soul jazz” and he is so much more as this live recording reveals to any new, uninitiated Smith listeners.