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Has anybody on this forum seen the dvd, KILLER B-3 ? I saw it not too long ago. It was good, but it focused only on Jazz Organists, plus one obscure church organist. the guy was good, but why did they only show what i consider to be a very tiny segment of what the Hammond is about. Granted , the Jazz organist plays the two manuals, and the pedalboard ( which i do also ) but can anybody really say that THEY play ALL there is to play on the Hammond ? What, with using only a small handful of recognizable registrations , and a very homogenous style, I would say that , in the film, they left out a HUGE amount of Hammond Organ culture . What about Jon Lord, Booker T, Rick Wakemen, Keith Emerson, Gregg Rolie, Goldy Mc John , etc. this company of players are not known for playing the pedals, but i believe that they contributed an equal share of making the Hammond a visible presence. And, why did they leave out Chester Thompson ? If the movie-makers wanted to feature only Jazz Organists, why did they focus on some obscure church organ player, and leave out a player who can easily Jazz it with the very best ? Then there's Feliz Cavalieere,Tom Coster, Richard Wright.

Your thoughts ?

I haven't seen it but the age-old problem with this sort of production is how much ground to cover: limit it to one player and you then need another go to cover the background so it makes sense, and cover everything and there's no time to do anything meaningful beyond a catalogue of thumbnails. Somewhere in the middle is a decent spread of the subject, with enough time to show some of the detail lost in a more general overview. It's impossible to please everybody, but if a thing like this shows you one player you hadn't appreciated before and something interesting about the ones you do know, it's a result for me.