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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...