"A Fresh Wind Blows At Monterey"
1995 MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY "HAMMOND" SMITH
INAUGURATION OF "DIZZY'S DEN"
^{Photo: Dan Papaila joins two recently departed jazz masters,
Eddie Harris and Johnny "Hammond" Smith, for a moment of festival magic.}

" In 38 years at Monterey I've seldom experienced the excitement that the spontaneous organ jam session created in "Dizzy's Den" on Friday" -- Phil Elwood - San Francisco Chronicle

A Salute to Johnny "Hammond" Smith took on a life of it's own and passed into festival folklore as one of those all-time, " ya hadda been there" great moments in jazz. --Robert Tate

Hundreds stood at the doors of "Dizzy's Den on Friday and as as the festival ended it's three day, five concert, four stage run, everyone still spoke of the dazzily display. -- Mae Tate - L.A. Jazz Scene

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