Uniquely, the Hammond organ can blend in with any style of music being played and any size band. Piano, guitar, and saxophone all have their own sound, but the Hammond can be mellow, aggressive ...

Brian Ho began playing piano at the early age of five taking lessons at both Stanford and San Jose State. By the age of sixteen, he began to play in bands professionally and started teaching piano.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with music critic Nate Chinen about the legacy of iconic jazz Hammond organ player Joey DeFrancesco, who died on Thursday. The jazz world has lost its preeminent specialist ...

replicate that classic Hammond B3 sound, including the Viscount Legend Live Joey DeFrancesco Signature Organ. "That's an amazing instrument that doesn't weigh 400 pounds," Kocour says.

That has a particular sound, and that sound combined with world music – that’s not the usual thing. Because in Africa, Brazil, they don’t have Hammond organs.”To me, that was an interesting experiment ...

Antone's club, then on Guadalupe, had a Hammond B-3 organ onstage. Due to his love for Houston bluesman Hop Wilson, Flanigin was now playing double-neck steel guitar.

JAZZ A regular at the Detroit Jazz Festival and area clubs, organist Joey DeFrancesco has long been a favorite of Detroit audiences. He's a true master of the Hammond B3, and his gutsy attack and ...

Tributes are pouring in for Lonnie Smith, the Hammond B-3 organ virtuoso who has died at the age of 79. The NEA Jazz Master of 2017 passed away in his home in Florida from pulmonary fibrosis, his ...

The Hammond organ can be plugged into the wall with an ordinary electric cord, costs less than 1¢an hour to operate. Tone quality in a pipe organ is limited to the number of pipes.

Remembering Joey DeFrancesco, pioneering Hammond organist who changed jazz music By Ari Shapiro, Michael Levitt, Patrick Jarenwattananon Published August 26, 2022 at 3:14 PM CDT ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with music critic Nate Chinen about the legacy of iconic jazz Hammond organ player Joey DeFrancesco, who died on Thursday.