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Jazz organists

20 jazz musicians in the atlas play Hammond organ, including Count Basie, Manu Dibango, Dr. John, Jimmy Smith and Carla Bley. Open a profile for dates, discography and line-ups.

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The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic pickup, and amplifying the electric signal into a speaker cabinet. The organ is commonly used with the Leslie speaker. Around two million Hammond organs have been manufactured. The organ was originally marketed by the Hammond Organ Company to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, or instead of a piano. It quickly became popular with professional jazz musicians in organ trios—small groups centered on the Hammond organ. Jazz club owners found that organ trios were cheaper than hiring a big band.

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Count Basie 1904–1984 · American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984) Manu Dibango 1933–2020 · Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist… Dr. John 1941–2019 · American singer-songwriter (1941-2019) Jimmy Smith 1925–2005 · American jazz organist Carla Bley 1936–2023 · American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader… Helge Schneider b. 1955 · German entertainer Shirley Scott 1934–2002 · American jazz organist (1934–2002) Rhoda Scott b. 1938 · American musician Georgie Fame b. 1943 · English rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player Ben Sidran b. 1943 · American pianist and vocalist Jessica Williams 1948–2022 · American jazz pianist (1948–2022) Chester Thompson b. 1948 · American drummer Richard Holmes 1931–1991 · American organist (1931–1991) Larry Young 1940–1978 · American jazz musician (1940-1978) Gene Harris 1933–2000 · American pianist (1933–2000) David Goloschekin b. 1944 · Soviet and Russian musician and composer Larry Goldings b. 1968 · American musician, composer and arranger Gerald Clayton b. 1984 · Dutch-born American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader Alexander Hawkins b. 1981 · British jazz pianist, organist, composer and bandleader Lou Bennett 1926–1997 · American musician (1926-1997)