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 ...

He got people excited about jazz organ." Kocour compares him favorably to Jimmy Smith, who popularized the Hammond B-3 organ in the '60s, creating a link between the worlds of jazz and soul.

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.

Joey DeFrancesco, who was widely credited with bringing the organ back into vogue in jazz circles in recent decades, died on Thursday. He was 51. His death was announced by his record company ...

Leading his new quartet Organ Express, veteran jazz guitarist Henry Johnson soulfully reprised Smith's barroom blues. Hammond B-3 organist Chris Foreman helped create an appropriate mood with a ...

Jazz + Live — Organ Fairchild When: 6 p.m. Aug. 23. Gates open at 5 p.m. Please note that alcohol may not be brought in and must be purchased at the event. This event is rain or shine.

Organ Fairchild will be the featured act for the 7th annual Jazz+ Live (formerly Jazz at Sunset) concert at 6 p.m. Aug. 23 outside behind The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts.

Jazz Times once hailed Joey DeFrancesco as "the best B3 player on the planet." For obvious reasons. DeFrancesco died on Thursday, Aug. 25. He was 51. His wife and manager, Gloria DeFrancesco ...