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History of this compilation: Being a progressive rock and keyboards fan, I was quite impressed by Youtube series “The Greatest Hammond organ solo compilation“, and decided to create something similar. It's always hard to choose something “best“, because of huge amount of talented musicians, and different tastes in music. I deliberately avoided Hammond Gods such as Keith Emerson and Jon Lord, bands Yes, Genesis, ELP, Gentle Giant, Kansas, Jethro Tull and other prog rock giants from 70s, as there's enough said about them on Youtube. There's at least three Jon Lord-only solos compilations (which are great). I've chosen rather less known bands/musicians from modern era (2000s) . Also, most of them play not on real Hammonds, but on clonewheel organs or emulations, which doesn't diminish musical skills. For “this is not a Hammond“ guys: most of these musicians used real Hammond organs in the studio (except Jordan Rudess - but he has a dedicated XK5 now). I'd also add to this list Derek Sherinian (Sons Of Apollo), he's great Hammond player too 0:00 1. Standarte - Kankweezler From the album “Stimmung“ CD-Black Widow-BWRCD 028-2-1999 Recorded live in Bloom Mezzago (MI) 06/05/2001 Copyright: Black Widow Daniele Caputo - drums, vocals Davide Nicolini - guitar Michele Profeti - organ, piano, Moog, Mellotron Stefano Gabbani - bass, synthesizer Michele Profeti plays Hammond B3, switching Leslie speeds for slow to fast, creating dramatic screaming effect 0:36 2. Beardfish - The Hunter From the album “Sleeping in Traffic part 2“ CD Inside Out Music - IOMCD 294 (2008, Germany) Copyright: Inside Out Music Rikard Sjöblom - keyboards, guitars, vocals David Zackrisson - guitars, vocals Robert Hansen - bass, vocals Magnus Östgren - drums, percussion Rikard Sjöblom plays Hammond part on Nord C2 organ, adding layer of mellotron on Nord Electro. The solo is radically different from studio version of the song. 1:34 3. Transatlantic - A Man Can Feel From the album “Whirlwind“ CD Inside Out Music - IOMCD 319 (2009, Europe) Copyright: Inside Out Music Recorded live in Sheperd Bush's empire, London, 2010 Neal Morse - keyboards, acoustic guitars, vocals Roine Stolt - electric guitars, synthesizer, vocals Pete Trewavas - bass, synthesizer, vocals Mike Portnoy - drums, vocals Neal Morse on this gig plays Roland VK7 through Leslie speaker instead of real Hammond. Sounds very authentic in live environment. Solo is almost exactly the same as in the album version. 2:06 4. Liquid Tension Experiment - When The Water Breaks from the album “Liquid Tension Experiment 2“ CD Magna Carta - MAX-9035-2 (1999, US) Copyright: Magna Carta John Petrucci - guitar Jordan Rudess - keyboards Tony Levin - bass, Chapman stick Mike Portnoy - drums, percussion Jordan Rudess is very versatile player, proficient in all keyed instruments. Here he's delivering almost Deep Purplish solo on Roland Fantom. Not the most accurate Hammond simulation, but Jordan's skills are impressive. 2:57 5. The Flower Kings - Garden Of Dreams Pt.2 taken from live album “Meet The Flower Kings“ 2CD Inside Out IOMCD 142 (2003) Copyright: Inside Out Music Roine Stolt - guitars, lead vocals Hasse Fröberg - guitars, lead vocals Daniel Gildenlöw - guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, percussion Tomas Bodin - keyboards Jonas Reingold - bass, synthesizer Zoltan Csörsz - drums Hasse Bruniusson - percussion, vocals Tomas Bodin of The Flower kings is fond of vintage keyboard sounds, and here he's delivering excellent Hammond solo on Nord Electro, progressing from jazzy noodling to dramatic heavy rock keyboard screams. 4:16 6. Rudess/Morgenstein - Tarkus (Emerson, Lake & Palmer cover) taken from Jordan Rudess album “The Road Home“ CD Magna Carta - MA-9092-2 (2007, US) Copyright: Magna Carta performed live by duet Rudess/Morgenstein Jordan Rudess - keyboards, keytar, iPhone Rod Morgenstein - drums, percussion This song is an ELP cover, featured in the Jordan's tribute album, where he recorded his own versions of classic prog tracks. But this solo wasn't in the ELP original, and composed by the Jordan himself. He demonstrating two hand soloing style, playing on Korg Kronos workstation in Hammond emulation mode. Disclaimer for copyright owners: This video published under “Fair use“ doctrine. I claim no rights to this song/video. Copyrights belong to their owners, which are stated under each fragment of the composition. Quality of the content reduced, and very small fragment of the original composition is used, compared to original work. The use has not harmed the market or potential market for the original work. Publication intended for commentary, criticism, reviews, music research, sharing opinions. This material is distributed without profit.
