The Greatest Hammond Organ Solos - Part 2

Part 3 is up!
I cut together some of my favorite Hammond organ solos and created this compilation video, as a tribute to some of the best Hammond organ players and to every fanatic of this marvelous instrument. It covers the Rock, Progressive Rock, Blues, Jazz usage of the organ. I have worked a lot more with this video, so it's superior compared to its predecessor. Thanks to everyone whose videos I used!
1.Keith Emerson - Emerson, Lake and Palmer ( ELP ) - Promenade ( Pictures at an Exhibition )
2. Rhoda Scott - Moanin'
3. Barbara Dennerlein
4. Jimmy Smith Trio
5. Jon Lord - Deep Purple - Child in Time ( Improvisation )
6. Brian Auger - Whenever You're Ready
7. Jimmy Smith Quartet - The Cat
8. a.) Jon Lord - Deep Purple - Concerto for Group and Orchestra
b.) Don Airey - Deep Purple
c.) Jon Lord - Deep Purple California Jam
9. Tehtube - Deep Purple - Hush solo
10. Organgrinder010 - Hammond L-133 improvisation
11. Jon Lord - Deep Purple - Highway Star
12. a.) Jimmy Smith Quartet - The Cat
b.) Jimmy Smith Trio
c.) Jon Lord - Deep Purple
d.) Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special
e.) Jon Lord - Deep Purple
f.) Jimmy Smith Trio
g.) Lerch István - V'73
h.) Jimmy Smith Trio
13. Jon Lord Solo / Improvisation - Live Encounters
14. Pascal Lanslots - Southside Blues Revue & Magic Frankie - Honey Hush
15. Jon Lord Solo - Deep Purple - Lazy Medley - California Jam
16. Mike Mangan - Big Organ Trio
17. Keith Emerson - Emerson, Lake and Palmer ( ELP ) - Rondo / Improvisation
18. Keith Emerson - Jon Lord - Organ abuse
19. Jon Lord - Deep Purple - Mandrake Root
If you are not entirely satisfied with the content and miss some Hammond players, please note that my resources are limited and I only use good quality LIVE video recordings.

[@Truth.is.out.there3200]

Keith. The best in his day BY FAR.

[@Sycsa]

Thank you, it feels so good to read such comments. It wasn't easy to put all this together, but I enjoyed every minute of it. May the Hammond sound always keep you happy!

[@themudsnarkchannel8237]

I have been Brian Auger fan since 1969. Have seen him many times. Spoken with him a few times either between sets or after shows. He and Keith Emerson were great friends. Brian even said Keith was on a whole other level and was the greatest ever. I agree.

[@manuelag.h.7471]

Jon Lord. ........💙 GENIUS !

[@Phrase]

The hammond must be one of the coolest instruments ever! The Rhodes EP is another!

[@johntechwriter]

Phrase Yep!

[@Sycsa]

Thank you very much! I like all Hammond players I featured in my videos(and even more, Joey DeFrancesco for instance), but Lord is the favorite and my all-time inspiration. Jimmy Smith is the greatest, most influential Hammond player ever, all of his albums are outstanding.

[@rulerwithcounsel]

With a name like Jon Lord, I stop there. Brilliant!

[@johnkapalka2947]

R.I.P. Dr. Lonnie Smith, who we just lost on 09/28/21. The best jazzy B3 player to touch those keys.

[@dalli2]

I'm a massive fan of most of these guy's but, in my humble opinion one man stood out in the way he played his C3. Vincent Crane of Atomic Rooster. His expression was unique. I've even had a beer with him. Thanks for sharing.

[@Sycsa]

Lord quit using Leslies in 1970, after the first 3 DP albums(+concerto). He recorded the following 4 outstandingly successful studio albums(+Made in Japan) with Marshall amps and thus created the heaviest organ sound ever. After the departure of Gillan and Glover in '74, he returned to Leslie speakers and he's using them ever since, but with such preamps, which grant an almost as heavy distortion. Thanks for the kind words and for the pleasant conversation. May the Hammond be with you! :-)

[@garygomesvedicastrology]

Auger and Booker T used Marshall amps in the 1960s before Lord did. Emerson used 3 Leslies and a Marshall PA with the Nice. To hear a Jon Lord sound through a Leslie (and fuzz tone) check out Steve Winwood on Traffic "Last Exit" Feelin Good. Great sound. I respect Lord, Hugh Banton from Van Der Graaf Generator, Tony Banks (who built a homemade Leslie then switched to chorus and phase pedals) and Mike Ratledge, who got the weirdest sound with a Lowrey (as did Garth Hudson). Alice Coltrane churned out some fascinating playing on a Wurlitzer!

[@harveybarton7212]

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[@garygomesvedicastrology]

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[@ioriorioriorio]

thnaks for the brian auger clip...one of theeeee best

[@musicbecker]

No other Keys make this kind of expression possible like a Hammond!

[@stephenord3403]

Just the most beautiful sound. Gospel, funk, soul, rock. The Hammond had done it all

[@peterlewerin4213]

I used to own a book about the history of Deep Purple (written before the reunion), and ISTR Jon Lord persuading Edwards and Coletta to put up the money for a Hammond for the band. They were reluctant when they heard the cost, but Lord assured them that Hammonds had a very good resale value. Skip a couple of years to Lord standing on the organ and rocking it back and forth, etc, and so on. Skip a few years more, and a Hammond slightly demolished by The Jon possibly selling for more than a regular second-hand one.

[@RaúlMoralesJr]

Jon Lord=Genius

[@MOSKII58]

Tom Scholtz / Boston has a great hammond sound and some great solos on the 1st few Boston lps i spec like Smokin' & Long Time/foreplay & Yes has some great Hammond solos "Roundabout" is a classic..

[@awaken77]

Hammond is unique instrument. It can even play backwards (kudos to Emerson)

[@ScudoBR]

I think so! Keith is more versatile as a composer as well... classical, rock, jazz... whatever he pus his mind and hands on he sounds good... and virtuous.

[@Sycsa]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! The editing wasn't an easy job, but I enjoyed every minute of it. I tried to make it as musical as possible.

[@Sycsa]

Thanks a lot! I've been working hard to make the cuts and the flow of the music as smooth and continuous as possible(something I wasn't 100% satisfied with in the case of the first part of this compilation). I really appreciate that you observed it! Viva Hammond organ!

[@Sycsa]

In my opinion, Lord is the far most interesting organ player, at least in rock. His organ sound varied a lot throughout the late 60's, early 70's. He started with Leslie speakers, than switched to Marshall amps(which sounded awesome and became his trademark sound), he radically altered his solos from one show to another, improvised a lot and even used a Ring Modulator with the organ, which sounded crazy! He was always interesting, while Emerson's organ sounded the same on almost every ELP song.

[@Rigbysalad]

Then you haven’t watched enough ELP. I beg to differ it’s the complete opposite. Lords organ sound is the same throughout his whole career and Keith was by far the more talented musician. Listen to Hoedown and tell me you still think Lord is above Emerson.

[@Sycsa]

@@Rigbysalad heh, nice necro. No doubt Keith was the more technically accomplished musician, but I still stand by my opinion from 15 years ago. Strictly from a Hammond organ perspective (not including pianos, synths), Lord was a more diverse player. Take In Rock for example. One album, but the Hammond sounds vastly different in every single song, different drawbar, percussion settings, different speakers (sometimes Leslie, sometimes Marshall). Keith used the same settings and had the same organ sound 96% of the time. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, that clicky tone is his signature (inspired by Jimmy McGriff’s tone). He ensured variety by using synths, pianos. Lord mostly stuck to the Hammond.

[@kratino]

@@Sycsa Aw, HELL no.

[@Sycsa]

:) Maybe some day I'll finish it. Thing is, I want it to be better than Part 2 in every aspect, and that's not an easy task. Thank you for the support!

[@Sycsa]

I liked their inspiring style and sound, and the guy in the garage fits perfectly with Lord's Highway Star solo.

[@Vivelabretagnelibre]

Organ rules ! ! ! king of instruments ! ! ! sooooo funky !

[@EddioPinaR]

It´s a real pity there isn´t video material of Lee Michaels. It would be very nice to see him playing his hammond. But this selection is GREAT. Wow...

[@robertsteinberger5667]

I really like the hammond solo on Nick Cave's red right hand. It doesnt try to show off like some of the keyboardist in the video, it is simply a great solo.

[@lightlyone]

Got some major players missing here... maybe it's time for a part 3. Including B-3 soulful master Lee Michaels. It brought the B-3 to a whole different kind of music than most of the other greats.

[@ComStealth]

It`s so insanly nice to see the great minds in 2 if i might say it-> very nice composed sequences of hammond masters...I have my favorites and it will always be Lord,Airey and Emerson and not to forget Wakeman from Yes, this always cheers me up.

[@ComStealth]

Still after seeing this x numbers of times it`s still as good as the first time i saw it. Thanks once again for posting this video:)

[@Bluesmen88]

Greg Rolie I believe, and yes, he is very amazing organist/singer.

[@Sycsa]

Thanks! Lord is my personal favorite as well, but I think that the real LORD is the magnificent Hammond organ, the mighty instrument which inspired so many incredible musicians from so many different genres. As much as I like the "House of the Rising Sun", I couldn't have included it since it's not even played on a Hammond organ... Maybe someone could do a Greatest Vox Continental Organ Solos compilation :-)

[@Sycsa]

Thank you. Of course I've heard of Made in Japan, it's the best live recording ever! Long Live Lord!

[@123daystar]

the LORD jon , took the c3 to heaven, what a sound from his c3 , flamin hell these recordings are all great, but lord placed himself with four other great musicians, and made mk2 purple the greatest band on earth

[@Elementeyas]

Chris Skelson 100% Agree

[@GiorgiojoSarogni]

A 1000000 yes... Jon Maestro Lord RIP

[@tariksba]

good video 2,I like the sound of jazz organ like Jon Lord plays.

[@strangeman509]

Great vid, great editing!!! So many great players...and a fine homage to Jon Lord in and of itself. Thanks! :)

[@socialflaw]

Great video man, thanks. I must say I really loved Lord end Emerson's videos, amazing players. Keep up the great work and we look forward to a 3rd part. As a suggestion, I guess you could add something by Ken Hensley (of Uriah Heep).

[@Sycsa]

Thank you! I am very happy that you enjoyed them! :) Hammond forever!

[@Sycsa]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! "The B3 is the only instrument you ride, man!" Long Live Hammond!

[@paolosaudella5209]

Hammond.......Lord........❤

[@Sycsa]

Thank you! Hammond forever!

[@rjpadanova]

Nice work, dude. I love hammond -divine instrument

[@marcoballa]

once again... THANKS FOR SHARING THESE VIDEOS!!!!!!

[@osummuso]

Cheers bud. Nice player. Good groove.

[@thomasbarcelos]

Great video, man!!!! Thanks for this one, I really liked it! Keep uping videos like this!

[@Sycsa]

Thank you! I like Thijs van Leer as well and I will surely include him if I ever finish my third video. Hammond forever, let it scream!

[@rijden-nu]

GREAT MIX!!! You actually determined begin and end notes of the fragments and let it flow into eachother... Awesome!

[@drdave25]

I think you did a great job. Barbara Dennerlien is my new favorite and could watch her all day. I grew up with Theis Van Lear (Focus) and would love to see him included if you ever do another one. Keep rockin brother and keep rockin' HAMMOND/LESLIE.

[@TheOrganiston9th]

I SO agree with you, re Thijs Van Leer... “Eruption” is such an amazing example of true, brilliant & beautiful symphonic prog... I’ve always wondered why “Hocus Pocus” - great, though it is - was mostly the extent of what we heard of Focus on radio; I understand “Sylvia” was a worldwide hit, but... maybe it was a couple of years before I listened to AOR radio. What Van Leer did on a Hammond L-100 was truly fantastic...!

[@rmaccrea]

He gives a new meaning to "organ grinder."

[@Sycsa]

Thank you! I'm still on the hunt for new material, but I don't want to make a third part which is less good than the second one, so it'll take a while.

[@Sycsa]

WOW, the C3 is my dream organ, I hope I'll be owning one by the time I'm around 30(now, I'm 18 and I have a Leslie 760 with a Roland VK-7, which I'm very satisfied with). I think the C3 is the nicest, sharpest looking organ console of all. You should upload some videos of you playing on it. Cheers and may the Hammond/Leslie scream in your ears 24/7!

[@garygomesvedicastrology]

I love the L100 and A105 series that Emerson used in the Nice too. The A105 looked a bit like a C3.

[@Sycsa]

But if we strictly talk about Hammond organ, Lord's sound is a lot more versatile than Keith's. Nevertheless, they are both incredible!

[@FloydReynolds91]

Did KZbin remove part 1? These are fantastic!

Jon Lord rules! By the way, nice work Sycsa!

[@Sycsa]

One might argue about that, since Emerson had a team wich always repaired his damaged L100 after each show and he never even touched his C3 and Lord's organ is still touring with Deep Purple today.

[@ale1210]

amazing video

[@ComStealth]

once again Sycsa, i thank you for this.

[@kipp0man]

Yeah, I agree, Banks did some amazing stuff on Hammonds over many years.. solo during Apocolypse (9/11 or some other weird time signature) was just awesome, pity we didn't salute hime here.. Still, this video is even better than the 1st and I can't help but play it over & over 'cause there is some huge talent makin those keys really really sing, .. what a wonderful sound...

[@darthpeter1095]

Insane editing!!!!!! Szép munka testvér!

[@Sycsa]

Thank you, I'm very glad you enjoyed them! If everything works out well, I shall get the Zephyr CD today, I'm eager to be able to listen to it. Thanks for notifying me. Cheers!

[@Sycsa]

Hi, I originally intended to put in annotations(as in Part I), but in the end decided not to because of the fast cuts. Some clips are so short that it would've been impossible to write anything on them, and I didn't want to have half of the clips annotated, the other half not. The full song list is written in the description in great detailes, check it out, I hope it'll help!

[@bassandguitarguy]

great stuff! I used to have a hammond M3 30 years ago - fun to play around with!

[@Sycsa]

Kösz szépen, barátom! ;) Úgy lesz!

[@SzilardUdroiu]

szuper ez is ..jo munkat vegeztel baratom.legkozzelebb mikor osszeulunk erre iszunk egy sort.;)

[@Sycsa]

Yeah, that's one WILD solo! It always pumps me up and puts me in near-ecstatic state. Jon Lord once stated that it is his favorite Hammond solo he has ever done in DP. It's one of my favorites as well, too bad there's no live version of it(so I couldn't include it here).

[@BananeHammond]

thanks for share !

[@OzimekJ]

Ken Hensley And Jon Lord For ever ... Hammond B3 for ever too .-)

[@Gary19702]

I think some Brian Auger would do nicely in here!!

[@MightySaturn5]

I know music is subjective but Christ almighty Jon Lords musical instinct went right to the soul. Talent usually becomes intertwined with speed when in actuality its a combination and balance of many things, Jon Lord was pretty much the epitamy of all these--classically trained, able to create and direct entire concerto's for orchestras while incorporating a rock band,took the Hammond sound and feel into new territory etc. Emerson was fast and wrote great riffs but Jon Lord was that and more.

[@dankaradave]

Insane keyboard compilation

[@hyukjoon22]

brilliant!

[@loekiedepo]

YEAH! that's an awesome version of Moanin' =D

[@Sycsa]

Thanks!

[@oscillatine]

At 5:02 the guy is raaaaahhh...ing, I love it ! Natural voice instrument + Hammond = great feelings.

[@Progfan777]

Cool, that's good to know.

[@vanbillsing]

I love these so damn much!!!

[@Sycsa]

I’m really happy to hear that!

[@drdave25]

Amen, let it scream! PS. I KNEW I spelled that wrong....Thanks for getting it right....Thijs Van Leer...young or old, he's great.

[@Sycsa]

Yep, I tried to do that so it would become a whole instead of several parts. Thanks a lot, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@Sycsa]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. All the best to you, too!

[@Sycsa]

Definitely yes! I hope you get a camera real soon, I'd be thrilled to see some good stuff from you. I've been looking for good Hensley footage as well and only found some covers, a few of which were quite awesome and well worth checking out.

[@Sycsa]

Thanks for your comment and for mentioning those great organists. I like them a lot, but unfortunately there's hardly any live video of their playing, therefore I couldn't include them. Au revoir :D

[@palermovida]

¡Extraordinario!. ¡ GRACIAS !

[@adam872]

Thijs Van Leer was a fantastic Hammond player, as already pointed out. It'd be great if you could find some live footage of Wakeman's solos in Roundabout or Close To The Edge (especially the latter), which are both fantastic. Great job on this, BTW.

[@Sycsa]

They call it many things, like organ rakes, but most notably glissando as far as I know. It really sounds incredibly awesome, a beastial sound you can only achieve with a Hammond organ. A fast rotating Leslie is also important to add depth, but it sounds great regardless. Many-many Hammond players use it in various settings and everyone does it a bit differently.

[@ivansbacon]

Wow, Emerson rockin Hammond's.

[@Sycsa]

Thank you, I really appreciate your kind words, and they inspire me greatly! It's my intention to make a third part, since it's great(enormous) fun, but it is very difficult for me to find new videos. In the first two parts I have used more than 40 live recordings, and I need at least 15-20 to make a new one. So it's hard. I started looking and right now I have 2-3 clips that I would put in Part 3. All suggestions from viewers are welcome, and maybe I will put together a third part!

[@vanhalter]

Super Hammond solo compilations! 5*****

[@jean-philippe1222]

thanks a lot ... :-)

[@AudiobookLibrary24-7]

Nice!

[@MightySaturn5]

...great song very

[@hanky2112]

5 stars from me as well GREAT stuff!

[@pjbear05]

5 stars! we need volume 3 if you can find sources. Greg Rolie, Ruck Wakeman, etc. Keep 'em coming!

[@t1mmytee]

Man, this is some cool stuff! Thanks for posting. Is anybody today doing anything comparable? I'd sure like to hear some! Best wishes from northwest Pennsylvania, USA.

[@the303fx]

thanx!!

[@Sycsa]

Thanks a lot, I'm very glad you liked it!

[@garygomesvedicastrology]

I would love to see Larry Young/Khalid Yasin, Dave Stewart, Dave Sinclair, Hugh Banton, Tony Banks, Steve Winwood...even some non-Hammond players like Mike Ratledge, Garth Hudson and Alice Coltrane. Thanks for posting Auger, one of my earliest heroes. Although I know he got a lot from Jimmy Smith, he made me aware of what could be done on a Hammond, along with Keith Emerson and Dave Greenslade.

[@technocrash09]

@jacktheripped Man, you nailed it. One of the greatest, for-fricken-sure!

[@TheBurnahead]

hooooooooolyyy sh........................ oooooooomg this mix is fantastic and wonder

[@20gilbert20]

I love this compilation. Of course I miss one of my heroes of the Hammond, Joey Defrancesco, but maybe it is tough to find footage of his playing. Still, I appreciate the effort it took to put this post together. Thanks.

[@harveybarton7212]

A

[@Sycsa]

Rod Argent would have deserved a spot, as well as a whole bunch of other great organists, but if there's no good quality live video of him, I can't include it.

[@Sycsa]

I think that variety is very important, and makes the flow a lot more interesting.

[@johntechwriter]

Sycsa More Brian Auger please, the master of rock/jazz fusion on the Hammond and no Lelies to take the edge off his burning riffs.

[@Cubebass]

btw I just LOVE the transitions in this video