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‘When you turn it on, it’s like blowing snot at you’: How the Hammond organ revolutionised rock

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 ...
Detroit Free Press

'The best jazz organ player on the planet': Jazz great Joey DeFrancesco dies at 51

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 ...
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"I didn’t know how to work any of it": Elton John says he’s never got over his Hammond organ “phobia”

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 ...
Hartford Courant

Internationally known jazz organist returns to CT where his love for music began

Brian Charette grew up in Meriden playing piano in the local jazz scene starting when he was 15. Piano was still his instrument while studying music at the University of Connecticut and the University ...
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Remembering Joey DeFrancesco, pioneering Hammond organist who changed jazz music

The jazz world has lost its preeminent specialist of the Hammond organ. Joey DeFrancesco turned heads for decades, starting with his major label debut at age 17. (SOUNDBITE OF HAMMOND ORGAN PLAYING) ...
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'The best jazz organ player on the planet': Joey DeFrancesco dies at 51

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 ...