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Denison University's 29th Annual Jazz Guitar Festival to feature Bruce Forman, Sheryl Bailey

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

Today, the Spotlight shines On legendary Danish organist Anders Koppel. Today's story starts decades ago when Anders played Newport Jazz Festival with his band Savage Rose. Fast forward to now, and ...
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‘When you turn it on, it’s like blowing snot at you’: How the Hammond organ revolutionised rock

Keyboard player Jon Lord performing with British rock group Deep Purple, circa 1975 - Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images We all know the sounds of the mighty Hammond organ when we hear them, from the ...
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Jazz Articles about Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Born John Robert Smith on December 16, 1933 (in Louisville, KY), formerly known as Johnny Hammond Smith, and later as Johnnny Hammond, one of the all-time best jazz organists passed away on June 4, ...
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Jimmy Smith’s ‘House Party’ To Receive Blue Note Reissue

Jimmy Smith’s ‘House Party’ is the latest entry in Blue Note Classic Vinyl series. It finds the jazz organist leading an ...
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The new edition of the encyclopedia of jazz : completely revised, enlarged and brought up to date / by Leonard Feather ; appreciations by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and John ...

The encyclopedia of jazz / by Duke Ellington -- The Jazz Trend / by Benny Goodman -- About the author / by John Hammond -- Sixty years of jazz: a historical survey -- Chronology -- The anatomy of jazz ...