Turbaned organist Dr. Lonnie Smith performs at the Jazz Standard a couple of times a year, it seems. I like some of his recent albums, especially 2013's In The Beginning and 2016's Evolution, so when he came back at the beginning of this month leading a large-ish band (it was billed as an octet, but for most of the shows it was actually a septet), I decided to check it out.
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Ugly Beauty: The Month In Jazz – July 2019
Dr. Lonnie Smith’s ÒEvolutionÓ at the Jazz Standard on Friday night, June 5, 2015.This image:From left, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jonathan Kreisberg and Joe Dyson.(Photo by Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images)
|Dr. Lonnie Smith photographed by Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images