Dr Lonnie Smith

July 3rd In the early evening we set off for Smoke, a jazz club way uptown to see Dr Lonnie Smith and his trio. I've been a fan of Lonnie's for many years. We got there early and to our delight Dr Lonnie arrived early and began chatting with the patrons. When he came to our table he chatted to me about his music for a while and we took some photos and he signed an album I'd brought with me. He played with guitarist Peter Bernstein who I'd seen at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1996 and they were really smokin' It turned out to be Dr Lonnie's birthday and the club presented him with a large cake to his (I think) surprise! .