TAMPA , Fla. – A seven-year labor of love, “Killer B3” features some of the greatest Hammond organists in the U.S. Three have died since the project began, most notable among them the king of the B3, ...

Known by many as a master of the Hammond B-3 organ, Ike Stubblefield died on June 20 at the age of 69. Born in 1952 in Toledo, Ohio, Stubblefield started playing organ as a child in church. He first ...

Jazz Times once hailed Joey DeFrancesco as "the best B3 player on the planet." For obvious reasons. DeFrancesco died Thursday. He was 51. His label Mack Avenue confirmed the news on its website and ...

The 29th annual Jazz Guitar Festival presented by Denison University's Department of Music will take place Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 ...

Dr. Lonnie Smith, a renowned jazz organist whose performances were marked by deep soulfulness and flourishes of theatricality highlighted by his distinctive wardrobe of turbans, tunics and jewelry, ...

Organ LeRoi and the Donors celebrate the start of their 4th year by moving their weekly night to THURSDAYS at the Blue Monk. Come hang with the boys and the big B3 Organ for great R&B and Jazz. The ...

Considering that the Hammond Organ Company built the last B-3 organ some four decades ago, the unwieldy-but-sweet-sounding instrument is enjoying something of a moment in the Bay Area’s jazz scene.

Gerard Gibbs isn’t convinced the organ is obsolete. “A lot of people have declared the Hammond B3 organ dead, but right now I think it is experiencing a serious resurgence be it in popular music, rock ...

Melvin Rhyne was born in Indianapolis in 1936 and started playing the piano shortly thereafter. At 19 years old, Rhyne started playing piano with then-unknown tenor saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk but ...