Keyboard player Jon Lord performing with British rock group Deep Purple, circa 1975 - Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images We all know the sounds of the mighty Hammond organ when we hear them, from the ...

To the casual observer, the piano and organ are pretty similar. The keys are laid out the same, so the skills required to play each instrument are transferable, right? Not so, and if you don’t believe ...

Jimmy Smith, the reigning “Emperor of the Hammond Organ” who was widely credited with turning it from a novelty instrument in jazz to a legitimate option for keyboard players, has died. He was 76.

“I was a piano player trying to play the organ like a piano, and it just doesn’t work that way - it’s a completely different technique, one I couldn’t master” When you purchase through links on our ...

Shirley Scott, one of the few women in jazz to fashion a successful career on the Hammond organ, died Sunday in Philadelphia. She was 67. Scott, in failing health in recent years with a series of ...

In the 60s 70s and early 80s, roadies would lug hundreds of pounds of musical equipment around to gigs. Although the 8×10 Ampeg bass cabinet wasn’t fun in the least, the absolute worst was the Hammond ...

The venerable Hammond B-3 organ has been grinding its way through jazz, as well as gospel, rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll, since 1954. This book, a mix of biography, history and technology, tells ...

A friend of mine who plays keyboards has just discoverd the mean and lowdown world of the Hammond - primarily by listening to early Charlatans. I want to turn her on to some more stuff cos I think she ...