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Your Favorite Hammond B-3 Organists

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By Michael Ricci
December 8, 2022
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All About Jazz member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite Hammond B-3 organists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's organists poll was conducted during the 2022 calendar year running from July 20th to December 7th. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover.

Jimmy Smith

Joey DeFrancesco

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Larry Goldings

Shirley Scott

Larry Young

Jack McDuff

Jimmy McGriff

Charles Earland

Richard "Groove" Holmes

Tony Monaco

Pat Bianchi

Mike LeDonne

Big John Patton

Don Patterson

Barbara Dennerlein

Brian Auger

Wild Bill Davis

Rhoda Scott

Brian Charette

Akiko Tsuruga

Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Baby Face Willette

Reuben Wilson

Jared Gold

John Medeski

Sam Yahel

Melvin Rhyne

Bill Heid

Kyle Koehler

Trudy Pitts

Chester Thompson

Melvin Seals

Chris Foreman

Delvon Lamarr

Wil Blades

Gregg Allman

Eddy Louiss

Milt Buckner

Papa John DeFrancesco

Gene Ludwig

Lucas Brown

Gloria Coleman

Gary Husband

Wayne DeLaCruz

Lonnie Liston Smith

Chris Hazelton

Jocelyn Michelle

Booker T. Jones

Arno Krijger

Bobby Floyd

Pete Whittaker

Adrienne Fenemor

Radam Schwartz

Don Washington

Kofi Burbridge

Roger Smith

James Taylor Quartet

Leon Spencer

Johnny Mercier

Greg Lewis

Matthieu Marthouret

Vanessa Rodrigues

Bill Doggett

Marco Benevento

Alison Margaret

George Duke

Robert Walter

Charles Kynard

Gerard Gibbs

Adrienne Hindmarsh

Linda Dachtyl

Duo Elevation

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