This album has an average beat per minute of 105 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 96/116 BPM).

Biography by Alex Henderson. Virtuosic funk-jazz organist whose teaching career limited his recording output.

Drives (Lonnie Smith album).

Organ – Lonnie Smith. Photography By – Francis Wolff. Producer – Francis Wolff. Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder. Tenor Saxophone – Dave Hubbard. Recorded on January 2, 1970 Originally issued as Blue Note BST 84351. Drives ‎(CD, Album, RE). Blue Note. CDP 7243 8 28266 2 0. US. 1994. BST 84351, BST-84351.

Lonnie Smith (born July 3, 1942), styled Dr. Lonnie Smith, is an American jazz Hammond B3 organist who was a member of the George Benson quartet in the 1960s. He recorded albums with saxophonist Lou Donaldson for Blue Note before being signed as a solo act. He owns the label Pilgrimage. He was born in Lackawanna, New York, into a family with a vocal group and radio program. Smith says that his mother was a major influence on him musically, as she introduced him to gospel, classical, and jazz music.

Is Drives the best album by Lonnie Smith? BestEverAlbums. com brings together thousands of 'greatest ever album' charts and calculates an overall ranking. LONNIE SMITH-DRIVES ON BLUE NOTE FUNK JAZZ LP-STRONG VG+, PROMO Condition: Used. Time left: 8d 1h 10m 58s. Ships to: Worldwide. LONNIE LISTON SMITH - Drives - CD - Mint Condition - RARE Condition: Like New. Time left: 10d 17h 33m 21s.

Drives is a soul jazz music album recording by DR LONNIE SMITH released in 1970 on CD, LP/Vinyl and/or cassette. DR LONNIE SMITH - Drives. Filed under Soul Jazz By DR LONNIE SMITH.

of his most spirited performances is on Dr. Lonnie Smith 1970 Blue Note album Drives. Cuber was in Marshall Brown ' s Newport Youth. Turning Point, 1969 Move Your Hand, 1970 Drives, 1970 Lonnie Smith - Live at the Club Mozambique, 1971 Mama Wailer. Blue Note Records discography. Electric Funk ( 9 /?/ 69 ) 4351 : Lonnie Smith - Drives ( 1, 2, 70 ) 4352 : Horace. Lateef - Suite 16 ( Atlantic.

Lonnie Smith had the raw skills, imagination, and versatility to play burning originals, bluesy covers of R&B and pop, or skillful adaptations of conventional jazz pieces and show tunes. Why he never established himself as a consistent performer remains a mystery, but this 1970 reissue shows why he excited so many people during his rise. Lonnie Smith - organ Dave Hubbard - tenor saxophone Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone Larry McGee - guitar Joe Dukes - drums.

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