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 Scottsdale ...

Saxophonists Lou Donaldson and organist Jack McDuff, both born in 1926, championed memorable melodies and grooves rooted in ...

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 ...

Much modern soul and jazz music seeks to honor the cherished legacies of these genres. Over the past few years, artists have ...

The funky sound of the Hammond organ is heard in all its greasy glory on two blazing new albums from the Sam Fribush Organ Trio — Vol. I: Riverboat and Vol II: The Root. Produced by virtuoso guitarist ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Award-winning organist Brian Charette will bring his trio to Blue Llama Jazz Club in downtown Ann Arbor on ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The jazz ensemble Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio will perform at the Long Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Oct. 5. This performance is presented by Purdue Convocations and ...

The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley presents Bobby Broom and The Deep Blue Organ Trio, for two nights, touring in support of their latest release Wonderful!. Band members are Bobby ...

The last time Caesar Frazier performed in Savannah was in 1974 when he was accompanying Marvin Gaye on keyboards as part of a mega concert tour. Now Frazier is finally returning to Savannah with his ...

Don’t blink, because Corey Fonville and Sam Fribush are making moves at the speed of sound — the sound of the Hammond organ, to be exact. “It’s really exciting,” says Fonville, the Richmond-based ...