St. Paul’s Chapel

MATTHEW WHITAKER ORGAN TRIO A jazz pianist pays tribute to his own Hammond B3 organ heroes Jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker began making music at age 3 after his grandfather gave him a keyboard; he grew up to perform at the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center. Also a drummer and composer, Whitaker, who was born with […]

RADAM SCHWARTZ, TWO SIDES OF THE ORGAN Hear two takes on the Hammond B3 organ’s sound Radam Schwartz has earned recognition as a Hammond B3 master over a 35-year career. His recording Organized is considered one of the essential jazz organ albums of all time, while his most recent CD, 2 Sides of the Organ Combo, features two […]

MIKE LeDONNE GROOVER QUARTET AND GOSPEL CHOIR Jazz organ meets gospel choir Mike LeDonne, who grew up playing the Hammond B3 in his parents’ Connecticut music store, is the first performer to marry a gospel choir with a jazz organ inside St. Paul’s Chapel. The musician whom the legendary Oscar Peterson called one of his […]

MIKE KING TRIO An organ artist returns to his church roots The well-known Hammond B3 organ artist Mike King started off playing drums in church when he was just four years old, before picking up piano by ear and playing at services by 14. Later, he studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, was selected […]