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 ...

The venerable Hammond B-3 organ has been grinding its way through jazz, as well as gospel, rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll, since 1954. This book, a mix of biography, history and technology, tells ...

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.

Dr. Lonnie Smith, an NEA Jazz Master known for his dynamism and wizardry on the Hammond B3 organ, died Tuesday. He was 79 years old. His death was confirmed on Twitter by Blue Note Records. A ...

The Hammond B-3 organ was invented in 1935 by Laurens Hammond as a more modern adaptation of the original Telharmonium electronic organ, which was an awkward, heavy, and ungainly instrument created in ...

(SOUNDBITE OF HAMMOND ORGAN PLAYING) CHINEN: His father, "Papa" John DeFrancesco, who is still with us, was an accomplished organ player coming up. And so Joey learned firsthand.

The Hammond organ is a prized instrument all over the world. The Tar Heel Traveler goes to north Raleigh to meet Bob Herrmann, who plays the Hammond and saves the Hammond.

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