Dr Lonnie Smith

Dr Lonnie Smith and his Trio at Smoke, NYC on July 3rd. This was the second year that I saw Dr Lonnie play on his birthday. You never know quite what you'll get with Dr Lonnie. This trio are very relaxed and comfortable playing together. Guitarist Peter Bernstein. and drummer Bill Stewart laid down some tight rhythms and Dr Lonnie worked his way through a great mix of tunes, many from his N'Orleans CD like `Your mother's got a complex' and `Backtrack' and `Freedom jazz dance'. Have to use last years pic as this years didn't come out well.

We actually went to see Dr lonnie again in September this time with dave Stryker on guitar so here's a pic from that night!