LOS ANGELES -- Organist Jimmy Smith, who helped change the sound of jazz by almost single-handedly introducing the electric riffs of the Hammond B-3 organ, has died at age 79 at his home in ...

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.

Not to be confused with the Los Angles -based organ trio of the same name—though it is hard to see how confusion will not reign—this Organ Freeman hails from Dublin, Ireland, where guitarist/vocalist ...

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 ...

Nattily attired as Organ Fairchild is in the cover photo of Leisure Suit, the last word in the album title would seem to take the form of a verb rather than a noun. The fast-evolving ensemble strives ...

Artie Zaitz is a jazz guitarist and Hammond organ player from London who is already a mainstay on the jazz scene at the age of 30. With his father, Jake Zaitz, himself an established blues ...

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.

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 ...