Tribute to Dr. Lonnie Smith During the 1960s, Dr. Lonnie Smith contributed to a golden era of Jazz in New York City as a prominent Hammond B3 organ alchemist. A true virtuoso of his craft, he traversed genres and was revered as a mentor by many artists including George Benson, Lou Donaldson, Don Was, and Rudy Van Gelder. His music has sampled in rap, dance and house grooves while being credited as a forefather of acid jazz. He played regularly at Snug beginning in the 1990s, and as fate would ha...