The Hammond B3, the predecessor to the synthesizer, was popular in the 1950s and ’60s. Some of its first customers were black churches, which saw the organ as a substitute for a pricier pipe organ.

Dr. Lonnie Smith is a master of the Hammond B3, an electric organ first featured in gospel music in the 1950s and later adopted by rock, R&B and jazz musicians. Known for his creative jazz, Smith has ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. The sound of the Hammond organ was invented ...

TAMPA , Fla. – A seven-year labor of love, “Killer B3” features some of the greatest Hammond organists in the U.S. Three have died since the project began, most notable among them the king of the B3, ...

NORWALK -- Before his employment as the resident organist at Bethel AME Church, Eric Finland honed his skills playing roots music in the Mississippi Delta, where he discovered the Hammond B3 organ, an ...

Fulkerson Music Studio will present the ORGANization at 7 p.m. at the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library auditorium. In its fourth year, the ORGANization will present a diverse musical program that ...

So-called “modern miracle” features a new modelled tonewheel engine and a new Leslie speaker emulation When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge is really a Chicago classic. There's a neon sign, brick front. It used to be a speak-easy. Al Capone even hung out there. These days, it is a jazz club. And most Friday ...

The sound of the Hammond organ was invented for churches as an alternative to pipe organs. But it's distinctive sound became crucial to the development of a new kind of music: gospel. MARTIN: In the ...