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There is no other instrument with the name recognition of the Hammond B3 organ. Since it was first produced in 1955, the B3 has been a staple for keyboardists everywhere, and its soulful, smooth ...

The Hammond Organ Company, which was based in Chicago, manufactured organs until the mid 80's and managed to deliver thousands of units of various models. But it was in the mid 50's that the model B3 ...

Young Bay Area organ player Wil Blades brings his expertise to the Boom Boom Room, along with Hammond B3 expert Dr. Lonnie Smith, on Jan. 14-15. Getting one Hammond B3 organ to a gig would seem to ...

NAMM 2023: With apologies to that chap who used to be on Top Gear and the guy who brought back dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, we’d say that the B3 is the most famous Hammond in history.A staple in gospel ...

Eighty years ago American engineer Laurens Hammond bought a used piano, took it apart and began experimenting with various sound generating methods. The results gave birth to a new type of organ ...

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 ...

Gerard Gibbs isn’t convinced the organ is obsolete. “A lot of people have declared the Hammond B3 organ dead, but right now I think it is experiencing a serious resurgence be it in popular ...