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, ...
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 ...
The Washington Chorus will present its annual performance of A Candlelight Christmas at both The Music Center at Strathmore (5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD) and Kennedy Center Concert ...
KALAMAZOO -- After a dynamic one-hour show Friday at the Civic Theatre, it appeared that jazz organist Trudy Pitts was just warmed up. Pitts channeled Dorothy Donnegan and Jimmy Smith -- her ...
A reader recalls some unexpected literary criticism in the sanctuary.
Joey DeFrancesco, who brought the richly enveloping sound of the Hammond B-3 organ roaring back into the jazz mainstream in the early 1990s, reigning as its preeminent ace for more than 30 years, died ...
Performances November 30-December 23 in Santa Cruz, Arcata, Davis and San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Vancouver, BC; St. Louis, MO and NYC 4-stars. “Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O provides Yuletide ...