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Post by kpr on Sept 23, 2010 17:48:28 GMT
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Post by markone on Sept 23, 2010 22:02:04 GMT
Loving that!
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Post by kpr on Sept 27, 2010 17:32:52 GMT
Hammond: What they thought about their instruments and what musicians thought about their instruments  |
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Post by jpvideo on Nov 7, 2010 12:50:55 GMT
I had the honor of spending sometime with Jimmy Smith about 2 years before he died. When I told him about how much of a musical influence he was on me he took my hand and wouldn't let it go. I felt all this energy being transfered into me. He had the longest fingers I have ever seen...
It's funny that now the Hammond organ is reguarded as an antique.
I always wanted one but I could never afford one. Besides traveling with a Hammond B3 was impractical for a 145 lb keyboard player as myself.
Jimmy Smith will always be the best jazz organist of all time.
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Post by kpr on Nov 7, 2010 13:36:49 GMT
Sounds like a very important experience to you. I know situations like that, been there once in a while.
I am a passionated organ player too and toured with a 70s Hammond clone named WLM together with two Lesies back in the early 80s. Jimmy Smith was one of my favorites too, but I like also Tom Coster, Barbara Dennerlein, Bo Hannsson, Steve Walsh and so many more. Playing Hammond organ is a dieing art and there are only a few from our generations that have real fun doing this. I am sure I will purchase a M3 plus 122 someday, it's more a question of having enough studio space for that than the price.
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Post by jpvideo on Nov 7, 2010 21:37:04 GMT
speaking of Leslie's, I bought a 145 and a Synthi hi-fli from Rick Wright of Pink Floyd in 1979 in NJ as their failed US tour could not afford to send all their equipment back to UK. Something that only a few years later they would become one of the biggest groups in the world with "Dark side of the moon". Tomorrow never knows... |
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