Late one night, fooling around on my Fender guitar and using my Hammond organ pedals for a bass line, I came up with a catchy melody.

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Lord was influenced by classical, blues and jazz but played his Hammond organ with a rock attitude and helped Deep Purple become pioneers of progressive and heavy rock.

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In JazzSet's second set, the Oliver Lake Organ Quintet takes the stage at the Kennedy Center with a Hammond B3 organ and turntables.

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We went from the original instrumentation of strings and a handful of winds to a rocking jazz rhythm section consisting of Hammond B3 organ, gospel piano, drums, electric guitar, Fender bass and acoustic bass, five saxophones, full brass, strings, timpani and percussion.

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Keyboardist Joey DeFrancesco, usually heard behind the Hammond B-3 organ, performs a special set of holiday tunes on the piano.

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Jones is a master of the Hammond B-3 organ.

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