Recommend some great albums that feature the Hammond B3 Organ

Lots of heavy metal organ in Uriah Heep, but not sure if it was a B-3 or not.

Lots of great ones here. I’ll add Shirley Scott’s “Soul Shouting” to the list.

The Charlatans: The Only One I Know has clearly been listening to Hush, but that is never a bad thing.

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.

A list of jazz organists should definitely include Larry Young. More recent cats are Joey DeFrancesco and Larry Goldings.

here’s the song i was thinking of.

extended jam on the Hammond begins around 1:25…

Barbara Dennerlein - Outhipped. It’s her instrument, but Outhipped is the only album I can recommend because I haven’t heard her others.

Holy. Shit.

More of this please. Goddamn that was kickin’. Thanks!

Also not a B3, but A Whiter Shade of Pale is certainly on the short list of famed Hammond tracks.

Jethro Tull had John Evan playing a Hammond on at least some of their stuff. Not sure the exact Hammond…

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.

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).

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
People Get Ready

Robert Walter, 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

Robert Walter’s Super Heavy Organ live shows on archive.org

“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. :slight_smile: 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.”

Here are some links to Ian McLagan:
“Afterglow (of Your Love)”

“Flying”

“Maybe I’m Amazed”

If you like the B3 on Zombies tunes, you might like Rod’s later efforts with Argent.

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.

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