Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith

male, deceased (2005)
Hammond B3 organist, American jazz organist, Hard-bop organist, Soul-jazz organist, Jazz-funk organist, Pennsylvania musician…jazz, soul jazz, Jazzorganist, jazz musician
Jimmy Smith, nicknamed "The Incredible Jimmy Smith", (December 8, 1925 - February 8, 2005) was a jazz musician whose Hammond B-3 electric organ...
Jack McDuff

Jack McDuff

male, deceased (2001)
organ trio, American jazz organist, Hard-bop organist, Soul-jazz organist, Jazz-funk organist, hard bop…Organist, soul jazz, jazz, Jazzorganist, jazz musician
"Brother" Jack McDuff (September 17, 1926--January 23, 2001) was a jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard...
Joey Defrancesco

Joey Defrancesco

male, 38 years old
Bebop organist, Pennsylvania musician, Soul-jazz organist, vocalist, Hard-bop organist, Post-bop organist…American jazz trumpeter, Hammond B3 organist, American jazz organist, Jazzorganist, jazz
Joey DeFrancesco (b. April 10 1971) is an American jazz organist, trumpeter, and vocalist. "Down Beat's" 2003 Critics Poll selected him as the top...
Charles Earland

Charles Earland

male, deceased (1999)
Soul-jazz saxophonist, Soul-jazz organist, soul jazz, American jazz organist, Pennsylvania musician, organ…Jazzorganist, jazz, Organist, Jazz saxophonist
Charles Earland (24 May 1941-11 December 1999) was an American jazz composer, organist, and saxophonist in the soul jazz idiom. Earland was born in...
Count Basie

Count Basie

male, deceased (1984)
One O'Clock Jump, American jazz bandleader, American jazz organist, Swing bandleader, Swing pianist, Vaudeville performer…Jazz bandleader, jazz pianist, Jazzorganist, Organist, jazz piano
William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Commonly regarded as one...

Larry Young

male, deceased (1978)
Modal jazz organist, Avant-garde organist, Hammond B3 organist, American jazz organist, Post-bop organist, Hard-bop organist…Soul-jazz organist, Jazz-funk organist, Jazz fusion, jazz, Jazzorganist
Larry Young (also known as Khalid Yasin (Abdul Aziz) (born October 7, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey-died March 30, 1978 in New York City) was an...
Barbara Dennerlein

Barbara Dennerlein

female, 45 years old
German jazz organist, Women in jazz, Organist, jazz musician, jazz, Jazzorganist…Hard-bop organist, Post-bop organist, Hammond B3 organist
Barbara Dennerlein (born 25 September 1964 in Munich, Germany), is a hard bop and post-bop Hammond B3 organist whose 1980s recordings helped to...
Fats Waller

Fats Waller

male, deceased (1943)
Jive singer, Ain't Misbehavin', death by pneumonia, Vaudeville performer, Swing pianist, Thomas Wright Waller…jazz musician, Jazz composer, jazz pianist, Jazzorganist, Organist
Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904, died December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic...

John Patton

male, deceased (2002)
Hammond B3 organist, Hard-bop organist, Soul-jazz organist, hard bop, Organist, Harold Alexander…Jazzorganist, soul jazz, jazz musician
John Patton (born July 12, 1935 in Kansas City, Missouri, died March 19, 2002 in Montclair, New Jersey), sometimes nicknamed Big John Patton, was a...
Shirley Scott

Shirley Scott

female, deceased (2002)
Hammond B3 organist, American jazz organist, Hard-bop organist, Soul-jazz organist, hard bop, soul-jazz…Jazzorganist
Shirley Scott (born March 14, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died March 10, 2002) was a hard bop and soul-jazz organist. She had been an...