Barbara Dennerlein Wows the Crowd with some Hammond B3 Blues at a Jazz Festival
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Published 2022-12-02
Barbara Dennerlein - hammond organ, footpedals, synthesizer
Rick Keller - saxophone
Daniel Messina - drums
Russ Spiegel - guitar
SITUATION
Concert from 23.10.1999 at the 'Forum', Leverkusen Jazz Festival, Germany
Thanks to bebab-jazz.de/ for the details.
All Comments (21)
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It's almost impossible to believe that there's no bass player in this group, just Ms Dennerlein's feet keeping impeccable time throughout the piece!
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Forever, I've wanted to open a club called B3's. There'd always be a well-maintained "house" B3 and Leslie rig on the stage for anyone to play and maybe a permanent old Gretsch drum set as well as an Ampeg V4B head & cab. for the bassist. Guitarists can bring their own gear. Barbara would be there on the opening night. Just a dream!
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WOW! For 65 years, I held everyone to the bar set by Jimmy Smith. At 80, I just created a new level of perfection, and that's you! Thanks for the excellent style and techniques!
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There is a reason the B3 is the iconic organ of the music industry
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From an old blues man, FABULOUS!!!
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Amazing...then you realize those smooth bass licks were coming from her feet. Any organist gets good with their feet, but Barbara takes it to another level. And...working the drawbars and Leslie like a master. Left hand...right hand...left foot...all on their own riff, but in the pocket big time. Love it....
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The whole band is working for and with her;stunning!
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The exquisite Hammond Queen at her best!
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Just love that Hammond
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Dynamite stuff! Not only is Barbara a musician of impeccable quality, but her knowledge and mastery of the controls on the B3 allows her to add to her music a flux of tones and subtle nuances making her performance even more enjoyable. A real treat for the ears of her listeners.
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My favorite jazz organist. So thankful that my friend Lewis turned me on to Barbara Dennerlein!
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Back in the 60s, in Columbia, Mo., there was a 4 piece group called “Goldie Locks and the 3 Bears”. They did top 40 cover rock songs. It was Goldie and a drummer and a guitar player and a lead singer, no bass player! Goldie was blond and played B3 and had the draw bars for playing bass notes with his feet on the B3! They were the best band in Columbia! Went to see them and they blew me away! An accomplished B3 player can do both organ and bass! Thanxz
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About 20 years ago I went to a Hammond B3 Summit...Joey DeFrancesco,Dr, Lonnie Smith, and The Absolutely Fabulous Rhoda Scott...Miss Dennerlein is There with Them...Jimmy Smith,Charles Earland,Bill Doggett,Booker T,Big John Patton,Jack McDuff,Shirley Scott,Jimmy McGriff ,Etc,Etc...Nothing More Soulful Than The B3...Thanks
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A Hammond B3 is an instrument of itself, when you couple that with a Leslie, all bets are off the table, Barb knows how to handle both, but her major strength in on the B3!! Not many have mastered that and she should be in the Rock n Hall of Fame!
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Few organists can make you feel the wind or smell the Leslie oil...Barbara does it in spades. She is also a great support artist while others are soloing. She must be a joy to play with
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She is doing four or five things at a time with both her feet, both her hands, and her mind. Most people have trouble doing one thing at a time.
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She kills it, everything she does.
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Fabulous performance! Gotta love those key clicks! Can't beat a REAL B3...!
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Not human…unbelievable. CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING ONE OF THE GREATEST!!!
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This might be the best performance on a B-3 ever recorded. Who could top this? The entire combo is so tight-amazing!
