Remembering Dr. Lonnie Smith
Hammond B3 organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith passed away on September 28th at 79 years old.
You can listen to our interview with him here.
To read more about his life, click here.
It’s New Orleans jazz clarinet in street parades and clubs. We’ll hear clarinet in the hands of past and present legends: George Lewis, Sidney Bechet, Dr. Michael White and Aurora Nealand, plus a conversation with a sometime New Orleans clarinet virtuoso, Evan Christopher. Then, a live cultural exchange between French Louisiana and West Africa with singer, percussionist and dancer Sidiki Conde from Guinea and zydeco accordionist, cultural historian and sometime alligator wrangler, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes.
Hammond B3 organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith passed away on September 28th at 79 years old.
You can listen to our interview with him here.
To read more about his life, click here.