Named the "Organ Keyboardist of the Year" five times by the Jazz Journalist Association, the jazz legend is an organ virtuoso and a true musical genius. He was recently awarded the highest honor in jazz, with a 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has won a plethora of critics’ polls as the world’s premier organist/keyboardist, and was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame and the Jazz Organ Fellowship’s Hall of Fame. He will be joined onstage by Jonathan Kreisberg on guitar and Joe Dyson on drums.

Dr. Smith is an unparalleled musician, composer, performer and recording artist. An authentic master and guru of the Hammond B-3 organ for over five decades, he has been featured on over seventy albums, and has recorded and performed with an array of the greatest jazz, blues and R&B giants in the industry. Consequently, he has often been hailed as a “Legend,” a “Living Musical Icon,” and as the most creative jazz organist by a slew of music publications.

It is no surprise that Smith’s fan-base is truly worldwide. Come witness his distinct sound at Arts Garage as he presents a program full of original compositions along with classic favorites.

“Dr. Lonnie Smith is a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a turban!” -Jazz Times Magazine