Sunday, February 17, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Dizzy's/Musicians Union Hall, 1717 Morena Boulevard, San Diego $10 - $20 “There is a real organ renaissance happening throughout the country right now,” claims ...

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.

Born in Munich, Germany, in 1964, Barbara Dennerlein fell in love with the Hammond organ sound at an early age. She was eleven when the first home organ was given to her for Christmas. After only one ...

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. The Green ...

It growls. It purrs. To many ears, the Hammond B3 organ seems alive, like some sort of rare animal. Nashville-based session musician Moe Denham has tamed the beast over decades as a sideman to some of ...

I know previous use of this space covered organist Pat Bianchi’s newest release, but I find myself drifting back — or deeper into — Hammond B-3 territory, which takes us to Columbus, Ohio. Obviously, ...

Jimmy Smith ignited a jazz revolution on an instrument associated at the time with ballparks, despite never playing one until the age of 28. His legendary multi-part technique on the Hammond B-3 organ ...

Chicago-based B3 jazz organist Chris Foreman and drummer Greg Rockingham began playing jazz together some 35 years ago. They’ve now turned their attention to a new group, Soul Message Band, which also ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Dec. 25, 2023. Click here for that audio. If you think of Memphis soul, the sounds of Booker T. and the MG's comes to mind. Booker T. Jones — master of ...

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 ...

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 ...