Mike LeDonne knocks me out. He's one of the few organists around today who fully grasps the 1970s soul-jazz idiom. Back then, there were deep-groove Hammond players such as Leon Spencer Jr., Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Sonny Phillips, Charles Kynard, Charles Earland and Don Patterson, among others. Add guys like tenor saxoph…
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