It’s like being in the armpit of a Hammond B3 organ. Just reeks of gratitude and funk. The funk of ages. I am not going to ruin my love’s life today.

Dr. Lonnie Smith, jazz master of the Hammond B3 organ, dies at 79. October 1, 2021. Organist Dr. Lonnie Smith performing in 1997. (Paul Natkin/Getty Images) By Matt Schudel.

Eighty years ago American engineer Laurens Hammond bought a used piano, took it apart and began experimenting with various sound generating methods. The results gave birth to a new type of organ ...

The Hammond Organ Company, which was based in Chicago, manufactured organs until the mid 80's and managed to deliver thousands of units of various models. But it was in the mid 50's that the model B3 ...

Nashville-based musician Moe Denham has spent a career getting the best from a Hammond B3 organ. After decades as a sideman and opening act, he's out with a new CD: The Soul Jazz Sessions.

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 ...

Fulkerson Music Studio will present the ORGANization at 7 p.m. at the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library auditorium. In its fourth year, the ORGANization will present a diverse musical program that ...

These days the Green Mill is a respectable jazz club. As part of the series "Musicians In Their Own Words" producer David Schulman introduces us to Chris Foreman who plays the Hammond B3.

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NAMM 2023: With apologies to that chap who used to be on Top Gear and the guy who brought back dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, we’d say that the B3 is the most famous Hammond in history.A staple in gospel ...

Fulkerson Music Studio will present the ORGANization at 7 p.m. at the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library auditorium. In its fourth year, the ORGANization will present a diverse musical program that ...