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 and ...

Led by Jocelyn Michelle on the Hammond B3 organ, the Jocelyn Michelle Jazz Organ Quintet will perform Nov. 15 in Kihei. Courtesy photo The Jocelyn Michelle Jazz Organ Quintet will perform in concert ...

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, ...

Chicago-based B3 jazz organist Chris Foreman and drummer Greg Rockingham began playing jazz together some 35 years ago. They’ve now turned their attention to a new group, Soul Message Band, which also ...

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.

Jimmy Smith ignited a jazz revolution on an instrument associated at the time with ballparks, despite never playing one until the age of 28. His legendary multi-part technique on the Hammond B-3 organ ...

DeFrancesco died on Thursday, Aug. 25. He was 51. His wife and manager, Gloria DeFrancesco, broke the news on social media. She did not provide a cause of death. "The love of my life is now in peace ...

Jazz Times once hailed Joey DeFrancesco as "the best B3 player on the planet." For obvious reasons. DeFrancesco died on Thursday, Aug. 25. He was 51. His wife and manager, Gloria DeFrancesco, broke ...