# Recommend some great albums that feature the Hammond B3 Organ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678 "2012-08-16T16:00:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/21 "2012-08-16T23:01:46Z")
Lots of heavy metal organ in **Uriah Heep** , but not sure if it was a B-3 or not. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/22 "2012-08-16T23:32:15Z")
Lots of great ones here. I’ll add Shirley Scott’s “Soul Shouting” to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/23 "2012-08-16T23:36:31Z")
[The Charlatans](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhSA8FwdS2A): The Only One I Know has clearly been listening to Hush, but that is never a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/24 "2012-08-16T23:37:23Z")
> [@theoldman](#): > > Jimmy Smith - not sure of the album but ‘I Got My Mojo Workin’" shows off the Hammond.. I think.. Yeah – those two albums with Oliver Nelson (natch!) with the blues/boogaloo stuff on them. I can’t remember the names of them, but JOS sings on a few of the tracks as well. Jack McDuff played on an album led by Jimmy Witherspoon, the blues singer. I lent it to my father a few years ago and haven’t seen it since – since my old man is a blues and rock guy without much interest in jazz, unless he’s changed his tastes in music recently, that could be a good one to check out. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/25 "2012-08-17T00:00:33Z")
A list of jazz organists should definitely include Larry Young. More recent cats are Joey DeFrancesco and Larry Goldings. ---
**Author:** ![theoldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@theoldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theoldman)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/26 "2012-08-17T02:28:54Z")
here’s the song i was thinking of. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YBFmFygqllc/hqdefault.jpg "Jimmy Smith I got my Mojo workin'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBFmFygqllc) extended jam on the Hammond begins around 1:25… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/27 "2012-08-17T03:10:31Z")
Barbara Dennerlein - Outhipped. It’s her instrument, but Outhipped is the only album I can recommend because I haven’t heard her others. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/28 "2012-08-17T04:28:03Z")
> [@theoldman](#): > > here’s the song i was thinking of. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBFmFygqllc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBFmFygqllc) > > extended jam on the Hammond begins around 1:25… Holy. Shit. More of this please. Goddamn that was kickin’. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/29 "2012-08-17T04:48:33Z")
Also not a B3, but [A Whiter Shade of Pale](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA) is certainly on the short list of famed Hammond tracks. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/30 "2012-08-17T04:55:09Z")
Jethro Tull had John Evan playing a Hammond on at least some of their stuff. Not sure the exact Hammond… ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/31 "2012-08-17T06:58:12Z")
It’s more pop based rock, but the Zombies I think used the Hammond b3. They were an incredibly underrated 60’s band. They had many great singles. She’s Not There would be a good example of their sound/style. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/32 "2012-08-17T07:07:34Z")
Also, Van Morrison’s band Them might of used Hammond’s. Check out the tune Turn on Your Love Light (the Dead used to cover it). ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/33 "2012-08-17T12:47:15Z")
Oh, also, **Vanilla Fudge** ’s self-titled album is great for some early rock organ stuff (they are often cited as an early influence on previously mentioned Jon Lord). Two of my favorite tracks from that album are: [Ticket To Ride](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpkXMSvwmZw) [People Get Ready](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcZCFMiO_6g) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/34 "2012-08-17T13:14:56Z")
[Robert Walter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walter_%28musician%29), who started in The Greyboy Allstars, is a great “soul jazz” B3 player. He also plays in a few other groups, including Robert Walter’s 20th Congress, and Robert Walter’s Super Heavy Organ. The latter is all B3, while the others include some electric piano work. The SHO self-titled album/group has some great Crescent City players… [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super\_Heavy\_Organ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Heavy_Organ) [Robert Walter’s Super Heavy Organ live shows on archive.org](http://archive.org/details/RobertWaltersSuperHeavyOrgan) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/35 "2012-08-17T13:48:13Z")
> [@tomcar](#): > > It’s more pop based rock, but the Zombies I think used the Hammond b3. They were an incredibly underrated 60’s band. They had many great singles. She’s Not There would be a good example of their sound/style. “She’s Not There” would be a good example, although one featuring an electric piano (a Hohner Pianet C, according to online sources), not an organ. 🙂 Try “Time of the Season” for the B3 sound. And, yes, I agree great band. I have them up there with the Beatles and Kinks as favorite pop rock bands on the 60s. The first dance at our wedding was “This Will Be Our Year.” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/36 "2012-08-17T16:50:44Z")
Here are some links to Ian McLagan: [“Afterglow (of Your Love)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI8WBy1WIVE) [“Flying”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AACF4gVciw) [“Maybe I’m Amazed”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLhoLkTyNkM) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/37 "2012-08-17T17:13:31Z")
If you like the B3 on Zombies tunes, you might like Rod’s later efforts with Argent. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/38 "2012-08-17T18:17:01Z")
The Rascals, maybe? I’m pretty sure Felix Cavaliere used (and still does use, I think) a Hammond but I don’t know if it was a B3. Al Kooper had an interesting experimental piece on one of his solo LPs (I think it was _I Stand Alone_), played on a Hammond… again not sure if it was a B3. I’ll have to go look at my copy. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/39 "2012-08-17T18:42:50Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > The Rascals, maybe? I’m pretty sure Felix Cavaliere used (and still does use, I think) a Hammond but I don’t know if it was a B3. > > Al Kooper had an interesting experimental piece on one of his solo LPs (I think it was _I Stand Alone_), played on a Hammond… again not sure if it was a B3. I’ll have to go look at my copy. While I’m not the OP, I would think that B3/C3/A-100/etc type tonewheel organs should all be allowable. The differences in sound between these is–well, I can’t tell the difference. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/40 "2012-08-17T19:30:56Z")
Back from the road - - [Amazon Link](http://www.amazon.com/Have-You-Your-Vitamin-Today/dp/B00005A8IS)to Have You Had Your Vitamin B3 Today? - [Link](http://www.amazon.com/Back-at-Chicken-Shack-Reis/dp/B000UO8BDE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1345231764&sr=1-1&keywords=jimmy+smith+back+at+the+chicken+shack)to Jimmy Smith, Back at the Chicken Shack. Just listen to the title track sample… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678.md?page=3)