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 ...

Jimmy Smith, the man almost universally regarded as the first and greatest electric organ player in jazz, died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Before Smith, the organ had a ...

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 ...

I know previous use of this space covered organist Pat Bianchi’s newest release, but I find myself drifting back — or deeper into — Hammond B-3 territory, which takes us to Columbus, Ohio. Obviously, ...

The Deep Blue are quietly outspoken with an air of rebelliousness and punk attitudes fused with hypnotically beautiful harmonies and intertwined instrumentations. Their lyrics range from small, ...

Born John Robert Smith on December 16, 1933 (in Louisville, KY), formerly known as Johnny Hammond Smith, and later as Johnnny Hammond, one of the all-time best jazz organists passed away on June 4, ...

Jimmy McGriff, 72, a jazz and blues organist who helped popularize the funky soul-jazz sound of the 1960s, died May 24 at Voorhees Center Genesis, a nursing facility in Voorhees, N.J. He had multiple ...

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 ...

How do you describe Organ Fairchild? On its website, the acclaimed instrumental trio — guitarist Dave Ruch, organist and keyboardist Joe Bellanti, and drummer Corey Kertzie — calls itself a "Buffalo ...

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, amid the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, an all-star cast of musicians will come together at the historic Toulouse Theatre in the Big Easy’s famed French ...