The venerable Hammond B-3 organ has been grinding its way through jazz, as well as gospel, rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll, since 1954. This book, a mix of biography, history and technology, tells ...
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 ...
ASPEN One of the bigger challenges for Steve Winwood is figuring out how to cram 40-plus years of music-making into the confines of a live set. A fair number of Winwood’s contemporaries have a surplus ...
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.
The Hammond organ – it's heavy, it's hard to move, you basically become a lifelong van owner if you play one, and I've often said, "If your back doesn't hurt – it doesn't sound right." But I have to ...
Jazz pianist and now organist, Mike LeDonne, at the Hammond B-3. Mike LeDonne playing “Blues for Gene” off I Love Music. If only we could see his footwork! The Hammond B-3 organ was invented in 1935 ...
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"I didn’t know how to work any of it": Elton John says he’s never got over his Hammond organ “phobia”
To the casual observer, the piano and organ are pretty similar. The keys are laid out the same, so the skills required to ...
Jazz and the pipe organ are an example of chalk and cheese in music, if ever there was one. Jazz is hot Saturday nights; the organ is chilly Sunday mornings. Jazz connotes good times; the organ, moral ...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- The SFJAZZ Center will host a celebration of the Hammond B-3 organ this weekend, spotlighting such virtuoso keyboard talents as Joey DeFrancesco, Ronnie Foster and Reuben ...
You don’t have to be a jazz fan to enjoy the entertaining work of Hammond B-3 organ specialist Lonnie Smith, who led his crack trio on Wednesday night at the Dakota in Minneapolis. Whether he’s ...
After dark, along the endless industrial stretch of San Fernando Road in Glendale, pretty much all you’ll hear is traffic. But on Tuesday nights, there’s another sound. “The Hammond organ is very ...
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