Let the good times roll!
I was on my way to work when I heard Lonnie for the first time on our local Jazz station. I was late getting into work because I had to find out who was doing this tune. It was called "Scream" and was from this live disc. Needless to say, when I got home that day I ordered it right away based on that tune. This whole cd is great! It's got funk, rock, a bit of blues, everything you could want. Lonnie plays a mean organ, and the rest of the band is just tight! There's a young George Benson on guitar, and even the tamborine player gets a credit! This is great music, check it out!

A pivotal album fron the Doctor
This was my first LP with Lonnie Smith in the early 70's and it blew my pants off! I knew Lonnie from my George Benson Quartet albums, but this was something different to Smith's, Griff's, McDuff's and the other great soul organists. The rock-bottom funk, blues and "obscure" rhytms supported by free-blowing saxophonists, a rock steady organ bass line and good rhytm section, make this 1970 album a pivotal in the Lonnie Smith discography. And since Lonnie and Cuber has signed this CD during Oslo Jazz Festival in 2002, this CD has a special place in my almost complete Lonnie Smith collection.

Play It Back
Not only is Lonnie Smith "Live At Club Mozambique" the greatest Dr. Lonnie Smith album, it's the greatest live organ combo album of all-time. This is the most soulful performance captured on tape. It's too bad it took 25 years for Blue Note to release it.

You'll be blown away by the Doctor's funky bass playing on James Brown's "I Can't Stand It", the percolating rhythm of "Scream", and the intensity of "Love Bowl". What Lonnie's performances lack in technical brilliance are more than compensated by his great soul, taste, and restraint. Fans of Lou Donaldson, Charles Earland, Jimmy Smith, and Eddie Harris should enjoy this album.

Highly recommended!

[DW]

bad mutha!
my fiancee bought me this for christmas and im telling you, its one bad mutha of an album! "cant stand it" comes on and youre thinking "this is pretty fine" and then that bass rumbles in like theres no tomorrow and your jaw drops! gave me goosebumps the first time i heard it! i am a james brown freak and i usually dont want to hear any JB covers but this has got to be JB approved! its smokin'! its strange to hear george benson who sounds like hes been to the grant green school of music. hes funky, and fast, but no grant(i just love the green!). really though these guys are all bad, lonnie rips it on organ, and the energy is ridiculous!

THIS IS THE ONE- ON THE ONE! THA FUNKAY ONE!
This is the album I want with me everywhere. I keep the original in a safe place and I have burned copies in my car and at work. I never! never! want to be without this up-lifting funky masterpiece. I can listen to this from beginning to end over and over again- it's just that good. I recommend this over MOVE YOUR HAND for a first purchase, because all the players are up front in volume and Funky as Hell. Another favorite of this genre is Jimmy Smith-Root Down [LIVE] and anything that has Idris Muhammad (the original funky drummer)on it.