Hammond, Leslie, Cobbs & Smith. Do those names sound like a law firm? Actually, the first two men were inventors, the third was a man of the cloth and the fourth was a musician. Collectively, their ...

Musicians who play the Hammond B-3 — the electric organ found most often in jazz, soul and gospel — can forget about traveling light. The instrument weighs in at around 425 pounds and moving it is a ...

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 and ...

Both the Hammond B-3 organ, beloved by jazz and blues musicians everywhere, and the Paramount Theatre's vintage 1931 "Mighty ...

This year's Savannah Jazz Festival will present a documentary about a little organ with a mighty sound. "Killer B3: A Documentary About The Hammond Organ," directed and written by Murv Seymour, will ...

Joey DeFrancesco, a driving force behind bringing the Hammond organ back into jazz music, died Thursday, his wife said on social media. He was 51. Joey DeFrancesco, a driving force behind bringing the ...

Few are the folks who could cast a literal shadow over the iconic Hammond B-3 organ, nicknamed "the Beast" by many of the jazz musicians who have helmed the hefty 425-pound instrument. But Reuben ...

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.

For all its versatility, the Hammond B-3 organ has had comparatively few champions in jazz, none greater than Jimmy Smith. The nearly unchallenged master of the jazz organ, humorous and soulful to the ...

Joey DeFrancesco, a driving force behind bringing the Hammond organ back into jazz music, died Thursday, his wife said on social media. He was 51. Gloria DeFrancesco posted news of his death on Friday ...