Although jazz musicians like Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, and Jimmy McGriff are some of the best-known practitioners of the Hammond B-3 organ, my entree into the funky world of organ jazz was through Big John Patton. In fact, the first organ-combo record I ever owned was not only by Patton but a 1963 session that didn't see the light of day until it was released by Blue Note in 1986, so it was hardly considered an essential of the sound.…
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