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Smith, Lonnie, 1942-2021

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Personal name headingSmith, Lonnie, 1942-2021
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See alsoCorporate body: Lonnie Smith Trio
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Birth date1942-07-03
Death date2021-09-28
Place of birthLackawanna (N.Y.)
Place of deathFort Lauderdale (Fla.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Pianists
Organists Keyboard players
Special noteDo not confuse with: Smith, Lonnie Liston
Found inKeep on lovin', p1977: container (Lonnie Smith, vocals, Fenderhodes piano & keyboards)
The turbanator [SR] 2000?: label (Dr. Lonnie Smith) notes ("Dr." does not denote a degree)
Feather, L. Biog. encyc. of jazz, 1999 (Smith, Dr. Lonnie; b. July 3, 1942, Buffalo, NY; organ, piano, keyboards)
New York times online, September 30, 2021 (obituary dated September 29, 2021: Lonnie Smith; born July 3, 1942, Lackawanna, N.Y.; died Thursday [September 28] in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at age 79; a master of the Hammond B3 organ and a leading exponent of the infectiously rhythmic genre known as soul jazz; began billing himself as Dr. Lonnie Smith in the mid-1970s)