Walking a Harlem block with Dr. Lonnie Smith was always—like his stage show—a predictably unpredictable cadenza of zigs and zags, a herky-jerky check-in with the pulse of the people. Particularly if ...

If you head into Normal Heights' long-time watering hole Rosie O'Grady's on an upcoming Tuesday night, chances are excellent that you'll have a funky good time. A few of San Diego's most-wanted ...

Locally-based Hammond organist Kris Yunker will host the second installment in his series of "Funk Nights" at the Stone Church in Brattleboro Wednesday at 8 p.m. Yunker, who has played in various ...

The Hammond Organ. Ask anyone who has played one on the club scene and they'll tell you horror stories about jacking the B3 up fire escapes or removing doorframes; not to mention the instrument's ...

VAIL, Colorado – Imagine early American jazz legends Grant Green and Lou Donaldson having a fight in a Hammond Organ shop while James Brown holds their coats and the Vail Valley might have some idea ...

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 ...

Cory Henry, a three-time Grammy Award winner as a member of jazz-fusion band Snarky Puppy, is embracing a new era with a group billed as Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles. The Indy Jazz Fest performer ...

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 ...