Don't you just love a Hammond B3?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPsePj99U9o

I enjoyed that DR, thank you; i agree, the Hammond B3 can produce a lovely sound in the right (& left) hands.

I've recently discovered this Scandinavian quartet, which has a similar instrumental line up to your link, & features Sigurdur Flosason on Alto Saxophone, Kjeld Lauritsen on Hammond B3 Organ, Jacob Fischer on Guitar & Kristian Leth on Drums.

This the tune The Night We Called It A Day, from their most recent album Daybreak, which was recorded in 2014:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2j2HWNey6o


This same group recorded another album Nightfall in 2012, which is the companion to Daybreak.
This is I only Have Eyes For You, which is played at a medium tempo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iXDEnkf9rg



Here's a bit more of Kjeld Lauritsen with his own group, playing the tune Alt Er Godt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gus8FImf-Ik

This next clip is incomplete; i think the tune is the same, but the venue is different, & it gives a good close up of his technique:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXn6UUU_2Uk



A couple of months ago you posted a nice clip of Barbara Dennerlein; Here she is from a 2013 concert in Italy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37MO5Es-PKU

i've looked to see if this is on CD, but i can't find it


The speakers used in the videos (Leslies i think), give the B3 a soft edged, lovely liquid type of sound, imo.

Thanks for the links.


Much of the richness of the sound of a Hammond B3 comes from the Leslie speakers you mentioned. I'm going back decades, but I remember the first time I saw one in action with the cover off. The rotating baffles were quite impressive.

Here's a demo of Leslie 122 working. It's the one which was most frequently used with a Hammond B3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkgQ6jU-4G4

That clip was helpful, when i first saw them in the videos i wondered what they were, & had to look them up because i'd never seen them before.

"A couple of months ago you posted a nice clip of Barbara Dennerlein; Here she is from a 2013 concert in Italy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37MO5Es-PKU

i've looked to see if this is on CD, but i can't find it"

The title "A Summer Day" has been recorded twice:

- duo (Hammond / drums): CD "Love Letters"
- with Philharmonic Orchestra: CD "Change of Pace"

See also my website: http://bebab-jazz.de/ >compositions >recorded titles

Cheers!

Thank you very much I'll look for these two CDs!