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    Lonnie Smith Turning Point (1969)

    Blue Note
    • Lonnie Smith – See Saw
    • 1. See Saw
    • 2. Slow High
    • 3. People Sure Act Funny
    • 4. Eleanor Rigby
    • 5. Turning Point

    Lonnie Smith's second organ funk album for Blue Note, recorded in 1969. Funky but with seriously heavyweight allstar jazz line-up. Check this out.....

    Lonnie Smith - organ

    Lee Morgan - trumpet

    Bennie Maupin - tenor saxophone

    Julian Priester - trombone

    Melvin Sparks - guitar

    Leo Morris (AKA Idris Muhammad) - drums

    Hardcore!

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