Beneath his black turban, above his long white beard, Dr. Lonnie Smith's eyes grew large and his grin wide earlier this month at Manhattan's Jazz Standard. It was his 70th birthday, which he ...

THE NEW RECORD Todd Caldwell’s latest project emerges from a shared love for the jazz organ trio. The resulting collaboration of Caldwell and New York guitarist and composer Chris Parker, the album ...

In mid-century Philadelphia, dozens of organists made jazz a popular, swinging, danceable contemporary music. The city salutes three such pioneers: Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott and Charles Earland.

IN BRIEF: If you do want a bit of jazz organ, then check out the dynamic Bill Cunliffe, who plays a trimmed-down electronic keyboard, which closely emulates the famed Hammond B-3.

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 ...

Celebrating the classic jazz combo configuration of the Hammond B3 organ, guitar and drums, and the Black- American experience through music, Chris Foreman, Greg Rockingham and Bobby Broom bring a ...

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 ...

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.

Free jazz has never been hot on the Billboard 100, yet Medeski, Martin, and Wood have managed, after 10 years of unpredictable career swings, to insinuate this challenging music into the jam band ...

Rochester's most massive instrument, at Christ Church, will be played by a 33-year-old from Norwich, England, who specializes in such things.