Jim Alfredson Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 The Hammond B-3 Lion Roars, Backed by His Pride By BEN RATLIFF Published: December 31, 2010 The organist Dr. Lonnie Smith played with his new big band for the first time on Tuesday night at Jazz Standard, and you know what they say about a big band on its first night: don't go. Hear it after it's settled a little, when its sound untangles, and the arrangements become refined. Give the soloists time to figure out what roles they will play, how to control themselves within the whole. Let a scene develop too: big bands sound best encircled by returning customers. But after only two rehearsals, the 14-piece band, directed by the trombonist Corey King, sounded superfine. What I heard operated on two settings: nasty funk and wine-dark ballads. That was enough. The band runs from tuba to flute, with trumpets, trombones and saxophones in between; it sometimes merges three different low-end lines, from tuba, acoustic bass and Dr. Smith's organ foot-pedals. It's got an aggressive rhythm section, with the drummer Jamire Williams, the bassist Vicente Archer and the guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg, wielding cutting backbeats and shred guitar. More: http://www.nytimes.c...c/01lonnie.html Quote
Big Wheel Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 I saw Jamire Williams with Jacky Terrasson a few months ago. The cat can really play. Quote
BFrank Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 Read that............sounded great. Is he taking that on the road? Quote
bertrand Posted February 7, 2011 Report Posted February 7, 2011 I hope to see this band, sounds great. Dr. Lonnie is a national treasure and a really nice cat to boot. Bertrand. Quote
mikeweil Posted February 7, 2011 Report Posted February 7, 2011 I hope Palmetto records that band! Quote
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