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Expressive, virtouoso and playful – words commonly used to describe the artistry of Swedish Hammond organ player Andreas Hellkvist. Rooted in the soul jazz tradition he has developed a unique style of ...

For most people, it's just another musical instrument, but for some, the Hammond organ can be a way of life, a passion that will lead to entirely new ways of making music. This is no ordinary organ, ...

Musicians who play the Hammond B-3 — the electric organ found most often in jazz, soul and gospel — can forget about traveling light. The instrument weighs in at around 425 pounds and moving it is a ...

Big John Patton, 66, a soul-jazz organ player known for his innovative deployment of the Hammond B3 organ, died Tuesday of complications from diabetes and kidney malfunction in Montclair, N.J. Patton ...

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.

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. But Reuben ...

Larry Goldings explains the appeal of the legendary electric organ, a staple of gospel and soul music. Musicians who play the Hammond B-3 — the electric organ found most often in jazz, soul and gospel ...