If you’re ready for some “original, catchy instrumental tunes with hip beats, memorable melodies, slick chords and dreamy atmospheres,” Meriden-raised jazz man Brian Charette of New York City has a ...

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 ...

Porter Warrington Heaps, an organist and composer whose work on the popular Hammond organ transformed a crude-sounding electronic keyboard instrument into one that could approximate the sounds and ...

Brian Charette grew up in Meriden playing piano in the local jazz scene starting when he was 15. Piano was still his instrument while studying music at the University of Connecticut and the University ...

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 ...

For marble sculptor Jyl Bonaguro, moving from her old art studio in East Garfield Park to a new one in Hermosa was a heavy decision. Literally. “I’d come back [last summer] from a trip to Italy where ...

Meriden-born and -raised Hammond organ artist Brian Charette will bring his new group, Kürrent, to Firehouse 12 for a Friday, Oct. 6, show. Charette, a top five organist in the Downbeat Critic’s Poll ...

If anyone’s going to preach the gospel of the Hammond organ, it should be Cory Henry. After all, he’s gotten to know it pretty well in the years since his fingers first touched keys during his mom’s ...

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.

Dr. Lonnie Smith, the lauded Hammond B3 organist who was named an NEA Jazz Master, died on Tuesday at the age of 79, as NPR reports. His longtime label Blue Note Records confirmed the news. “We’re ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Plugin emulations of the Hammond B3 organ have been around almost since the start of the virtual ...

Dr. Lonnie Smith, the Hammond organist who pushed the musical boundaries and was recognized by fans and peers as one of the finest to ever play the instrument, has died. By Lars Brandle Dr. Lonnie ...