Barbara Dennerlein Wows the Crowd with some Hammond B3 Blues at a Jazz Festival

[@robertfraser485]

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!

[@NadaSurfinAB]

Check out how she pulls of ghost notes on the bass at 13:12 where they go back to the head.

[@alanhuber2021]

She is well known for innovation on the bass pedal board of a B3. She has even used it to trigger acoustic bass MIDI sounds and other synth voices . I can hear the walking bass in that song ..sounds like a regular bass . Too bad it only shows her feet for a split second .

[@tpledger100]

you ought to see her bake a cake!

[@cedarwaxwing3509]

She certainly stays busy! I’m always amazed how some B3 players have such independent feet - classical cathedral organists learn this, too. As a non keyboard player, I find the left/right hand independence to be astounding enough, when you throw two more limbs into the mix, I have a hard time imagining how they can divide their brains to handle it. Although he’s not up to her level of virtuosity, Steve Winwood is also quite good with pedals; he seldom uses a bass player in his concerts. Thank you for posting this video; I shall certainly track down some of her recorded material!

[@michaelmeltzer3397]

@@cedarwaxwing3509Check out Shirley Scott: the premier female jazz organist from late 50s to late 70s.

[@RealmVector]

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!

[@jamesduncan578]

Stunning, I was getting about set to shut down my computer and go to bed when this popped up. B3, Blues, got to listen. Now I'm going to stay up following this down a rabbit hole, can't let it go. Sweet, sweet soul, blues to dream to.

[@starbucksk2]

Amen

[@CraigAnderson-h2h]

I forgot how much I love the sound of a Hammond B3, great way to rediscoveer it!

[@michaelvega1731]

I just love BLUES and R&B. Hammond organ and the guitar are my favorite blues instruments. This woman just kills it!! Love her style.

[@ThomasPrete]

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

[@douglasshaw1320]

Holy Cow!! They were ALL there!!

[@thomasprete-w5i]

@@douglasshaw1320 Hey Doug ...Yeah!...They were all there...Now that is what you called an Event...I'm not sure when I got obsessed with the B3 Organ, but it could of started with Jane Jarvis who played at Shea Stadium for the Mets in the 1960's/70's, or Eddie Layton who Played at NY Yankees or Rangers Home Games, or it could of started at Radio City Music Hall with The Great Big Pipe Organ before the Show started...All I know there is something about this instrument that I feel in my bones, and it makes you feel spiritual and happy...When I went to teen dances in the early 70's there was this local brother and sister band who had a B3 Organ player...Till to this day I gave them a lot of credit for dragging that thing up and down the stairs to the stage at these local events...I mean how much do they weigh about 650 to 700 lbs....To say that they were the best local band around at that time is to put it mildly ...Their Santana Covers were incredible...Why, because the B3 gave the band soul, and passion...As I got older it was off to the races listening to the One and Only Jimmy Smith, Wild Bill Dogget (Got to see Him), Big John Patton, Booker T, Jack McDuff, Charles Kynard, Charles Earland, Shirley Scott, Gene Ludwig, Jimmy McGriff (Saw him Too), Richard Groove Holmes,etc,etc...Also liked the Rock Organ Players, Steve Winwood, Lee Michaels, Gregg Allman, Jon Lord of Deep Purple, and always Keith Emerson, and Gary Brooker of Procol Harum...If you get a chance listen to these tunes "Blues for New Orleans" from Duke Ellington's "New Orleans Suite" featuring Wild Bill Davis on the B3, and from Brother Jack McDuff's "The Heatin System" redoing The Theme from "The Pink Panther" with the original soloist from the movie on tenor sax "Plas Johnson"...That tune is 60 years old this year, and I never get tired of listening to it...I love going down these KZbin Rabbit Holes...It's making me rediscover, and appreciate what I've been collecting, and appreciating for more than 60 years...I once told my daughter, and her young friend at that time...Even if you think it is old, and you have never experienced it...Then it's new to you...Happy Listening!...Also, another Organ Player you should check out is Walter Wanderly he played the Hammond in a Latin Bossa Style...Good Stuff!

[@nunyabidness1888]

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.

[@hans1970]

👍👍

[@9ballz]

And the bass pedals....

[@NadaSurfinAB]

Drawbar mastery - among so many other things going on all at once.

[@matt82654]

From an old blues man, FABULOUS!!!

[@ManfredElsingBielefeld]

The whole band is working for and with her;stunning!

[@hans1970]

I agree, everybody was hitting the mark and having fun too.

[@guitartec]

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!

[@terrybiddle9796]

Check out Mike Reed organ youtube videos. He was a great B3 organist playing the way God intended with left foot bass pedals.

[@hot88s23]

Let me know when you open the club. I'm there!

[@laketahoeG]

Probably the sexiest Hammond B-3 player that ever lived... that rips like the best. She's got a great feel. Love her playing.

[@dessiplaer]

My favorite jazz organist. So thankful that my friend Lewis turned me on to Barbara Dennerlein!

[@KITLEVEY]

She is way way on top of this piece of work/art. Not many people out there with this talent of taking that corner perfectly, sticking that landing perfectly, sliding into home base and into a standing stroll PERFECTLY. She is ALL OF THIS on that Hammond. My lord, I have no illusions of hearing better.

[@DavidHaile_profile]

I've heard her name over the years but never focused on her music until today. Wow!

[@elackguy]

WOW!!! Is this wonderful or what? Clear, clean, high quality! There must have been a B-3 in the Delivery Room where Barb was born!!!

[@Blissed-Out]

The exquisite Hammond Queen at her best!

[@roykowalski4125]

There is a reason the B3 is the iconic organ of the music industry

[@DejaView]

@roykowalski4125 And to think, back in my childhood days, as other brands of electronic organs had come into the "home organ" market, the "tone wheel" Hammond seemed to have fallen out of favor even though professionals everywhere were already using them back then. I got sent for music lessons. The instructor had a Hammond & for the whopping sum of $1000 in the late 1950s my parents bought a small Hammond "spinet" for me. Even though I got away from playing I'm glad we never left it go for junk. It's still there & even though it lacks some of the features, it's still got the heart of a B3. Someday maybe it will go for a restoration & find a new home with someone who doesn't quite need a B3.... Amazing to see how truly iconic it has become!

[@jimmieyoung4865]

The B3 bass foot keyboard tone rules!

[@davidmcclellan9621]

Barbara Dennerlein never ceases to amaze me with her world-class talent(s) 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍.

[@22kawa]

Magic stuff and what a brilliant band behind this great performer and her amazing sounding instrument!❤😃

[@hans1970]

[@DejaView]

Fabulous performance! Gotta love those key clicks! Can't beat a REAL B3...!

[@hans1970]

✔ Correct!

[@ericajohnson7535]

that's percussion

[@thevirtualcockpit5001]

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....

[@anthonycatania6954]

This might be the best performance on a B-3 ever recorded. Who could top this? The entire combo is so tight-amazing!

[@PatriotSteve]

She’s not in the same league as Joey DeFrancesco or many others just yet.

[@MarcBoubonis]

Who could top this? Jimmy Smith. Joey D, Jimmy McGriff, Groove Holmes, to name a few. Dennerlein is good, but not great.

[@hellbooks3024]

Larry Young. Don Patterson.

[@frankpuleo2009]

Barbara has just a fabulous touch ! What a pleasure to listen to! Thanks for the video!

[@hans1970]

Most welcome

[@keithsmith8236]

Not human…unbelievable. CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING ONE OF THE GREATEST!!!

[@jslevenson101]

She kills it, everything she does.

[@hans1970]

👍

[@jimhealey4961]

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!

[@dvdbill29141]

Just love that Hammond

[@AlanSenzaki]

Great musician plus easy on the eyes!

[@MDavidG1]

She's twenty five years older now...like all of us.

[@hellbooks3024]

You’re pretty easy on the eyes yourself- since I don’t have to look at you.

[@AlanSenzaki]

@@hellbooks3024troll!

[@bofilen-ii4fs]

She is absolute magic...a wizard...The best I ever heard...

[@hyperspacealien]

This is just too good!!! Love the conversation!!!

[@hans1970]

Thanks for keeping the conversation going ;-)

[@doppler55]

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

[@tr250rg3]

World-class performance; absolutely brilliant!!🙏👍

[@dannyboy9978]

Somewhere up there, Jimmy Smith is smilin'! So are Richard "Groove" Holmes, Jimmy McGriff, Joey DeFrancesco, Florence "Bu" Pleasant, and all the other legends of the B3. Barbara should be seen as belonging in the pantheon of great practitioners of the art of playing the Hammond organ. My only regret about playing in bands with Hammond B3s was having to help carry them! 😉

[@OzzMazz]

Don't forget lugging the Leslie!

[@dannyboy9978]

Nah, the Leslies were a piece of cake: Hammond B3 with pedal board and bench is about 420 lb, a 122 Leslie is about 140 lb. Take off the pedals and bench like my keyboard player did & you're still over 300lbs! But then again, he used a PAIR of 122s! @OzzMazz

[@Uri1000x1]

Biblically, Smith is dead with no experiences. Unless you are denying the resurection where Jesus raises everyone out of gravedom, or shoel in Hebrew. This makes more sense that the dead being alive.

[@keithdubois8579]

What about Jack McDuff?

[@dannyboy9978]

I simply forgot about "The Brother" - but to be fair I did say "and all the other Legends of the B3" 😂 @@keithdubois8579

[@pjreynoldsa1]

What a nice old school vibe............ I like it!

[@CAGED1702]

Excellent! That's how I like them Blues! 👏

[@brucelawson642]

FANTASTIC !! 😊

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

I love this drummer!!

[@ronaldunkel2681]

Amazing B-3 grinder! Perfect backing. Pure joy folks. G’day & Cheers!

[@hans1970]

Thanks Ronald, glad you enjoyed it!

[@lesliehayton2929]

I could never describe Barbara as an organ grinder , ever !

[@ronaldunkel2681]

@@lesliehayton2929 it’s a complementary trade saying, and meant with no disrespect whatsoever Leslie. Barbara is pure brilliant and has incredible foot-work. Bye for now & Cheers!

[@charlesf2804]

I have some of her CDs. this makes me want to pull them out and play them. Good stuff.

[@hansjuergenkohlhaas871]

Great idea, I'll do the same, I saw her live in Heidelberg Germany in the 90s. From the back of my head - her drummer was Charly Antolini!!

[@jcpjean-claude4576]

quel bonheur d'entendre une telle musique !!!!!!Barbara Dennerlein tire la quintescence du B3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! le groupe qui l'accompagne est excellent.

[@kevinnice108]

Loving this!!! 😊

[@hans1970]

Everybody was having fun, that's for sure.

[@paulchapman112]

Wow. The way 4 musicians can blend at different times... superb.

[@RRED2]

Everybody here are so talented and I think it’s very important to say they are ALL equally amazing , they all WOW the AUDIENCE individually.

[@heikebecher6600]

Sie liebt, was sie tut…..für mich die Beste ihres Genres….Danke

[@pikuma]

That organ sounds so good!

[@richleeson2160]

WOWWWWWW That Hammond B£ has a song of its own.... love it.......

[@nyterpfan]

God--isn't she fabulous?!! Just incredible!! (And I definitely hear a Jimmy Smith influence--but she takes it to another level--magnificent!!)

[@hans1970]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Jimmy Smith wasn't a big influence for her, but Larry Young was -- check out her interview linked on the channel page.

[@nyterpfan]

@@hans1970 Thanks so much for putting me on to this--I'll definitely check it out. Interesting that Jimmy Smith wasn't a major influence--it just seems to me that she incorporates some of his style in her playing. (I suppose, however, you could argue that Jimmy Smith in some way influenced ALL jazz organists that followed him--as he was really the first "breakout" star on the instrument and gave the organ a prominence it had never reached prior to him.)

[@hans1970]

Yes you're correct, Jimmy definitely took the Hammond to new places in jazz, moved away from the big chord approach to the soloing we know today. I've got a video clip titled "3 Nights in Tunisia" with Dizzy, Jimmy, and Barbara. Watch that and you can really see how different their approach is. All 3 are great, but also unique.

[@ericajohnson7535]

Jimmy Smith influenced everybody, so it was inevitable

[@LeighWilbraham]

Pure class!

[@alextinsley9117]

Wow! Freaking amazing!

[@MrJazzohjazz]

Wonderful blues ..... terrific playing .... loved the solos ... however, Rick's solo was difficult to comprehend due to Barbara's enthusiasm while comping ....Thanks for a great performance.

[@audiotechlabs4650]

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

[@volvo945]

By and large the great B3 players have no bass player in their combo. I saw the late, great Joey D play in St. Louis about 10 years ago: him, guitarist, drummer. Not only did he play the B3, at one point he played flugelhorn with his right hand, B3 with left hand, bass with his left foot.

[@dannyboy9978]

Check out Joey D and Van Morrison (!) in San Francisco - what a combination.@@volvo945

[@nelsonanthoine6293]

Sound so crisp, sound so blue. Makes me love you. Wow, what a performance!

[@patio317]

Astounding. Thank you.

[@hans1970]

Thank you too!😎

[@Haulofmusic]

I was in Germany working on an organ project & never heard of her. What a miss! This lady is simply awesome. I was a friend of Jimmy & Lola, so I know what an awesome jazz organist is doing for the craft

[@sergebrunet4218]

loved it ! my dream is to play like that ! my friend played in a roc band and bought a new Korg BX3 1979 in 1979 ! he recently sold me that organ wich is an analog clone wheel, cuz he bought a new one ! he always took very good care of his BX3 so it s in perfect condition ! comes with a EQ, a reverb and a lesley pedal he said is the best he seen so far ! i just need a better sound system ! but it s great like that and i need to practice some rock and blues ! lol ! bravo to all the artists you re all so good ! long time ago him and i went to listen to some jazz blues in Montreal 1/2 hour from our town ! at a place called Biddles ! Charles Biddles was the owner and musician there too he plays contrebasse and invites musicians to play with him ! He came to see us and found out my friend was a keyboardist and asked him to play but my friend told him he wasn t that good with jazz so he was shy and didn t go play ! too bad ! we are 67 years old now ! lol ! 😎

[@thomaslarsen8638]

Hans, you are a skrapsak. Thank You for this fantastic video

[@daviddembrow6346]

Just heard you on jazz24 while I was at the gym today. Sorry it took so long. Awesome.

[@erikboje460]

You are just one of a kind, and Your band is stuvning..

[@Menemenetekk3l]

GREAT. It's not only Barbara she's TOP of course, the entire Band is on fire.🔥

[@keyboardtek]

Nice lines! Cool percussion riffs.

[@JohanDas]

agree - Dennerlein & Messina play together perfectly.

[@cheesesteak59]

I hadn't heard Ms. Dennerlein's name in about 20 years and I'm glad that I stumbled upon this video.

[@eugene25]

Waooo, follwing your fingers Madam, almost left my brain in a knot 😁 fantasticly beautiful !

[@lukam3699]

Whow !!!! Bisher war "How the Gypsy was born" von Frumpy mein Favorite, aber Fr. Dennerlein, Chapeau und danke für die Musik !

[@jotacea5838]

Escuchas este tema...y jamás...lo olvidas...es Tremenda ejecución de todos sus músicos!!

[@hans1970]

Thank you!!

[@galbaribeirodefaria6104]

It's great! Thanks a lot!! From BRAZIL!!!

[@ikigomez1407]

FANTASTIC!!!!!

[@hans1970]

Thanks!

[@danielgracesdasilva1109]

Espetacular, esta Bárbara faz uma farra no Órgão, muito lindo, Brasil

[@hans1970]

Muito obrigado!

[@DanielPoznerMCNE]

Great like to hear more from them.

[@drzman6901]

The organist is super, but hats off to the tenor sax player too. That's some great sax.

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love your work!!

[@jslevenson101]

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.

[@hans1970]

How is it possible that her left foot is better than my left hand?😉

[@TomNemmer]

@hans1970 Ha! Her left foot is better than my right hand! 😮

[@gr8northernpike]

I played one of these for several years in 1970’s bar bands…right hand solos, left hand horn parts and whatever (sometimes duplicating the bass lines or inserting grace notes that my foot just didn’t want to do) , right foot volume, left foot bass which also gradually grew into a natural metronome, mouth singing lead and harmony, head on Mars because it was such an incredible experience when it all worked together…. the closest analogy to another experience I ever came up with was “It’s like flying two airplanes at the same time”. And I was never anywhere close to Barbara’s skill level. Never. She’s the master. I was stunned when I found her recordings.

[@kevinvanrensburg2468]

Very nice, luv that organ

[@tm502010]

Serious skills! ❤

[@antoniobruck9724]

great, fantastic, real blues feeling

[@jerrywilliams9190]

LOVE her music! - a beautiful woman, as well.

[@thomasroeder2868]

What a combination of talent who are on the same wavelength. Barbara’s playing made me want her. Badly.

[@kevinvanrensburg2468]

She's awesome 😊

[@hyperspacealien]

One of the marks of great players is how soft and low they can go and still smoke you down.

[@hans1970]

Great observation.

[@paulferguson752]

DYNAMICS are the "seasoning" to any great production.

[@robertk5441]

Superb!

[@patemblen3644]

Very cool blues, and the tenor man grooves ;-)

[@rlewis8821]

Awesome!

[@hans1970]

Thanks!

[@calinungureanu3972]

great...

[@hans1970]

Thanks!

[@Richard-kd2kp]

A B3, blues that come from some place real, and a few good men one the side. The real stuf!

[@peterburi2727]

My computer speakers were just oozing the blues.... Magnificent!

[@kurttoy5035]

The world needs more musicians such as Barbara! She is just Sensational!

[@ManfredElsingBielefeld]

Yes!!She is so deep in int!The Music;the Blues!Wonderful!Nice Band too!!!

[@YOutsider]

Just WOW!

[@clodomiro2]

Cool!

[@jeremythornton433]

She's great!

[@hartmutott3386]

Sehr cool! Dass Daniel sich so zurückhalten kann, hätte ich nicht gedacht :-)

[@howlinjay5046]

Barbara's talent is impressive!

[@juanmanuelalvarezrodriguez84]

Artista estupenda, consigue una bella sonoridad del instrumento

[@andr00NZ]

I appreciate organ jazz, but as an avid music fan, organ music has for years been on the perifery for me primarily Rick Wakeman. Barbara D. your music is the fuel I have waiting for.

[@NadaSurfinAB]

Great band! That is the most hollow, acousticy sounding neck pickup on that Strat. Made me salivate.

[@dumachris5286]

I want this chick to play at my funeral!! And theres an OPEN BAR!!

[@geraldcity310]

In my opinion, next to Jimmy Smith...is Barbara dennerlein.

[@mikegee729]

That's high praise! Lemme think on it...

[@lawrencevandenberg7725]

Double you oh double youd moi, 2, Barbara...scintillating.

[@philipcollura2669]

I was about 7 minutes in when I realized the bass line is her right foot. To call her a virtuoso is an understatement.

[@oudekraal7460]

hooked we on the first bar with the sweet bluenote memories

[@snertster]

Nice!

[@hans1970]

Thanks!

[@lycancatt4248]

as much as her playing is amazing, the drummers ability to hold all this together is the most impressive part of all this!

[@juhoojala2858]

Been playin' keyboards since I was five. She's fuckin amazing.

[@hans1970]

Yep, and thanks!