Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Calling All Champions
- Child of Heaven and One of Hell
- Rise of Jyckle
- New Light in the Heavens
- Being the Best Me Leadership Guide for Boys to Men Empower - Level 1 Journal
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Film & TV
Known for
- Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3 — Self - Organista2006
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Dr. Lonnie Smith (not to be confused with Lonnie Liston Smith) (July 3, 1942 – September 28, 2021) was born in Lackawanna, New York. His affinity for R&B melded with his own personal style, and he quickly became a local legend. He moved to New York City, where he met George Benson, the guitarist for Jack McDuff's band. Benson and Smith connected on a personal level, and the two formed the George Benson Quartet featuring Lonnie Smith in 1966. After two albums (It's Uptown and Cookbook) <a href="
Official website
Dr. Lonnie Smith
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lackawanna
- Place of death
- Fort Lauderdale
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- funk
- Instrument
- pipe organ
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.drlonniesmith.com
- Image
- Lonnie Smith.jpg
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- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- name in native language
- Lonnie Smith
- Commons category
- Lonnie Smith (organist)
- date of birth
- 1942-06-03
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pulmonary fibrosis
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- date of death
- 2021-09-28
- social media followers
- 7140
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