Helen Humes’ knockout phrasing—rootsy, raw, and criminally underrated. 1961 Album reissue now available on 180-gram vinyl.

Fan of slide-based tuning recalls not being credited for his work with Janis Joplin, why he left Andy Fraser’s band, waiting ...

“He began his career in an R&B trio, led a big band that oozed blues, played Hammond B3 organ on the ‘Genius + Soul = Jazz’ album, introduced the world to electric piano with that song about ...

then I took a few organ lessons,” said Roarson. ”The organist at that time asked me, ‘If I take five of the lessons, would you like to take five of the lessons?’ And I said ‘yes ...

then I took a few organ lessons,” she said. “The organist at that time asked me, ‘If I take five of the lessons, would you like to take five of the lessons?’ And I said ‘Yes, I would.’ ...