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Dr. Lonnie Smith quote
I really was thinking Jimmy Smith but it just always came out different
Dr. Lonnie Smith quote
I really was thinking Jimmy Smith but it just always came out different
Dr. Lonnie Smith quote
I really was thinking Jimmy Smith but it just always came out different
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Go to page 1 2 3 4 5 A new web interface
After some work in the previous weeks, today we released a new web interface for The Hammond Jazz Inventory website. You are looking at it right now. If you didn't notice we reached our goal. Compared to the previous interface we hope for the following improvements:
We hope you also think the new interface is an improvement. Write comment... Rob Mostert: A new album in the making (Dutch)
Write comment... Young organ jazz breed: Arnaud Vilquin
One of the first articles I wrote in October 2006 for The Hammond Jazz Inventory website, that was actually called The Hammond Jazz Scrapbook Portal at that time, was about an organ jazz festival in Cologne where young organ jazz talents could showcase their arts for a jury consisting of professional jazz organists. Since then I have never seen really young people behind the console. That's no good. People tend to think jazz is for old folks, especially if that jazz is organ jazz. So I was very happy to have a near relative of Arnaud Vilquin drawing my attention to this young Hammond organ jazz talent from Paris. Arnaud is being educated by Stefan Patry and Oscar Marchioni but - as the Youtube movies will illustrate - he's also very eager to get into real live experience. Enjoy this youthful enthusiasm. And there is more: Read more/write comment... Happy anticipation
29 December we'll be in "Het Bimhuis" to see these guys. In happy anticipation we want to share this with you: Carlo de Wijs & Benjamin Herman. Write comment... A fine sampler #1
We avoid samplers in our inventory because most of the tracks on them can be found on original albums which are - most of the time - already in The Hammond Jazz Inventory. As such, samplers don't carry any added value. We will keep them out of the inventory but why not mention them in our Blog? Really no reason not to, it's Hammond organ jazz after all. Here's #1: 1. Please Mr Jackson - Jack McDuff 2. Takin' Care Of Business - Shirley Scott 3. Smooth Sailing - Arnett Cobb featuring Austin Mitchell 4. Sticks and Stones - Johnny "Hammond" Smith 5. Remember - Jimmy Forrest featuring Larry Young 6. Twistin' the Jug - Gene Ammons featuring Jack McDuff 7. Crib Theme - Red Holloway featuring John Patton 8. Rock Candy - Jack McDuff 9. Pool Shark - Willis Jackson featuring Carl Wilson 10. Donald Duck - Don Patterson 11. Misty - Richard "Groove" Holmes 12. One Track Mind - Freddie Roach 13. Take Five - Trudy Pitts Write comment... Oscar Marchioni - Vibrato & Chorus
The complete address is: 362, corso SS. Felice e Fortunato Vicenza Italy Oscar Marchioni - Kicca & Intrigo
Kicca au chant Oscar Marchioni à l'orgue Hervé Samb à la guitar Salah Khaili à la batterie Another contest, no prizes.
Through one of our readers we received this question: do you know the title and / or interpreter of the music in this sample (will open in a new window). We don't know, can you help us? If so, please leave a comment or send us a message through our contact page. Thank you. Write comment... Join the contest and win a CD (contest closed)
On the first of july 2009 we wrote the article below. By now, we have a winner. Patsy wrote us: YES, I DO KNOW THE NAME OF THE ARTIST, ITS VINCENT SINERI THE BADDEST CAT ON THE HAMMOND ORGAN. Sorry guys, contest is closed. Have a look at the picture below. Most readers will probably recognize the man on the left. Yes, it's Brother Jack McDuff, responsible for a lot of music this site is all about. He must have been around 55 years old the time this picture was taken but since 2001 he's not with us anymore. The question is: Who is the guy on the right? Hint: he is continuing the jazz organ tradition pretty well nowadays. Send us your answer through our contact page. Make sure to leave a valid email address so we can contact the first person with the right answer for his or her address. The organist on the right will then send a personally signed CD. Ain't that nice.
Download The Hammond Jazz Inventory
The pdf catalogue will be slightly behind the updates on the site but we will publish up to date versions on a regular basis. Download the files and share them with other interested Hammond organ jazz lovers. We think this is a great way to communicate the existence of our knowledge base. Enjoy! Write comment... A new rss feed and other Hammond jazz organ social networking
Write comment... What's new?
It might well be possible you are visiting The Hammond Jazz Inventory on a regular basis. In fact we have quite a large base of visitors that return to the site 5 times or more. If you belong to that group we can help you figuring out what has changed here since your last visit. Have a look at our what's new page to see the latest changes. Enjoy. Write comment... Jimmy & Wes/Tony & Pat
The Hammond Jazz Inventory announced this concert and I went to see it. I'm happy I did, let me tell you about it. On the one hand, Tony Monaco & Pat Martino deserve a much larger venue and audience. (Whenever they come back to the Netherlands they ought to play in the Bimhuis). On the other (hand), the intimacy of a small club (150 people there, to the max) with world's top musicians performing with so much energy is an unique experience. Most of the concert was a tribute to the music of Wes Montgomery, who did two recordings with Jimmy Smith of which the first is called Jimmy & Wes, the dynamic duo. Read more/write comment... 1000 Musicians, welcome James Shipp
THJI> Hi James JS> Hello. THJI> We have the privilege to congratulate you with the fact you are the 1000th musician in The Hammond Jazz Inventory. Did you know about our site before? JS> Can't say I'd had the pleasure! I was initially confused as to why I was being included in a list of many of my favorite Hammond-centric musicians... I didn't make the Dr. Lonnie connection at all! THJI> Can you tell us something about all those instruments you play and use. Like the cajon and pandeiro? You play a lot of instruments, half of them are focused on rhythm, the other half are tonal, like the vibes. A difficult mix, so it seems. JS> It can be a difficult mix, mostly because of the time required to keep all my different kinds of chops in shape. I like to remind myself that they are all percussion instruments-- I've taken to playing the vibes almost like a set of pitched cowbells or agogo bells at times. The cajon and pandeiro I've just taken up seriously in the last three or four years, (whereas I've been a professional vibes player for almost 10,) but I really enjoy them both, and I do what I can to explore what's possible with them both in and out of their traditional roles and settings. I play a lot of Brazilian grooves on pandeiro, but I also use it for playing Irish music and even some funky stuff. With cajon I must admit I'm not as well versed in traditional Peruvian stuff as I'd like, and I really enjoy playing the flamenco rhythms I know, but I'm not exactly a native speaker in that world either. I like to think about cajon more as a stripped-down drum set. THJI> You know our focus is on organ jazz. You came into the picture because you recorded with Dr. Lonnie Smith, on his latest album "Rise Up!". We have two questions about that. JS> Sure, go ahead. THJI> We have seen quite some concerts of the Doctor and to us it seems he is giving the rhythm section, mostly the drummer, a hard time. Fun, but difficult. JS> Yeah, but they love playing with him. Herlin seemed to have a good time, and I'm pretty sure Allison Miller was way into it as well! It's got to be a good combination of being inspired and transported by Dr. Lonnie and what he's doing and also keeping your head in the game and not getting carried away. He's a real master of causing a great amount of drama and tension and expressing a lot of emotion in his music without being tripped up by it. Those are hard to combine - great passion and energy with control and focus. Lonnie's one of the masters of that, I reckon. I know when I'm an audience member at his shows there's always at least one tune in every set where he builds and builds to the point where I can hardly breathe! THJI> Wouldn't you have rather played the vibes on this album. We only ask this because we like he organ - vibes combination so much. Read more/write comment... Pat Martino & Tony Monaco in The Netherlands.
We don't know about the frequency with which Tony Monaco plays in The Netherlands but our guess is it won't be very high. We are pretty sure that seeing him together in The Netherlands with the legendary Pat Martino is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Well, two in a life time, to be more exact. (The reason we are so focussed on The Netherlands is we live over there). Friday evening 24 april at 9:00 PM you should be in theatre Paradox in Tilburg. To get the two in a life time experience be in theatre Lantaren - Venster in Rotterdam the next day, at 9:00 PM also. Write comment... Go to page 1 2 3 4 5 |
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