Johnny Hammond

John Robert "Johnny Hammond" Smith was an American soul jazz and hard bop organist. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he was a renowned player of the Hammond B-3 organ so earning "Hammond" as a nickname, which also avoided his being confused with jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, although this could sometimes lead to him being confused with Jimmy Smith, another Hammond great. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_"Hammond"_Smith) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)