The combination would prove irresistible. Lent itself particularly well to the gospel elements which infused hard bop andĮspecially soul jazz. While the Hammond, which was widely used in black churches, His musicīrought together elements from bebop and swing with blues and rhythm and blues, Saxophone, usually tenor, was the optional extra in the equation). Lines obviated the need for a bass player, and he formed what would become theĪrchetypal soul jazz unit in 1955, a trio with organ, guitar and drums (a The freedom to supply his own independent bass With his left hand, and fleet, single-line melodies (or additional chord He developed a style which allowed him to play walkingīass lines with his feet on the pedals, while playing chordal accompaniment New musical synthesis on the instrument, and took the playing techniques to Which is much sought after, and the Hammond B-3 has remained the classic The tone wheel models have a distinctive weight and character to their sound Later innovations introduced more technically advanced electronicĪttributes which eventually led to the tone wheel system becoming obsolete, but Percussion stop), helped provide the instrument with its characteristic tremolo Speaker in the early 1940s, combined with developments in the Hammond itself (notably the introduction of a Pickup to generate both the notes and the additional overtone pitchesĬontrolled by the drawbars above the two sets of keyboards (technically, organ In 1935, and used a system of rotating steel tone wheels and an electromagnetic Laurens Hammond had begun manufacturing the instrument in Chicago Who has ever been lured into helping move one will know that relatively is theĬorrect word. Played and recorded on fixed pipe organs, but the Hammond was relatively portable, although anyone Organ offered several advantages to the jazz player.
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