Wow! Watching this, I know how blessed I am. I sang with Lonnie for 10 years, recorded my second CD with him on the first three tunes. I also sand with organists Shirley Scott, Jeff Palmer, Richard "Groove" Holmes, John Patton and Eddie Crechetti. I love this instrument and the people who play it. I am blessed, blessed and grateful to have known these wonderful musicians.
God bless you. Dr Lonnie was an incredible musician and I will never forget being able to meet him in London not so long ago. His passing was a sad day but his legacy will live forever.
The Hammond B3 will be with me till I die. This took me back to the days when I was a kid watching my next door neighbor Mr. Paste play his. In Church I could wait for that box to start spinning wow they were great. We need more somebody please bring it back. That was great
All of them are great but Joey is in a league of his own really! I consider him to be the best Jazz organ player in the world, if there's one. I haven't heard of Doug Riley before but that guy's on fire!
GUYS! Keep in mind that this was Paul's induction into Canada's Walk of Fame. It was actually his spotlight and he shared it with others, so go easy on the criticisms.
Paul is a very versatile player. He had to back up a wide variety of musical guests on the Letterman Show and do it with enthusiasm. He is comfortable playing many different styles of music and he has dedicated himself to his craft.
Organs and organists, both becoming rarer by the minute. Only seems 5 minutes since I was doing clubs, now retired but still trying to play like these guys!🎉
Lonnie Smith!! I had the chance to see him this past weekend. What a fantastic player. All of them are so wonderful it just makes me so happy to listen!!
Incredible talent from legendary performers !!!!! what a special treat !!! Thank you !!! I had a Hammond B-3 in the 70's, but I never had the talent to do it justice !!!! Whenever I hear that special one-of-a-kind tone, I know for certain - it is a B-3 !!!!!!!!!!! Just incredible - nothing else compares !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is excellent all over. Whatever you think of Paul what a gesture to turn his own induction into a tribute to the Hammond organ players and the wonderful tradition and music it has produced. How about that brass section though, especially at the end! Outstanding musicians
This just blew my mind, way too good to be watch once, I watched it 4 times and still feel its awesome. It really ashame that this is a dieing art form. Hope we can alive.
Doug Riley may have been a talented keys man but he wasn't one of the best (he passed a way a while ago). I'm not from Canada so I don't know a lot about this Shafer guy but I seem to remember reading once that Riley was a close friend of his and so I guess he was being bias in selecting him (and I suppose they wanted a Canadian). Dennerlein is top class, no doubt about it.
Barbara Dennerlein? Why would they want her? This isn't the best players in the world, this just Canada... And a screaming bald idiot. If barbara would have been there, pauls mouth would have been agape with no sound coming out. She would smoke these fools.
Yes medeski, and check out badass Andreas Hellkvist. I promise you'll like him. I love him and Dennerlien. I think they are Swedish and German. AWESOME!
Jimmy McGriff as well. Remember, Paul was the one being inducted, it's his show. He seems extremely grateful here, and you know he is just having a complete blast.
I agree with you. Did anyone ever consider this may have gone off without a rehersal, which would dictate it be directed on the fly, which is what Paul's good at ever since Saturday Night Live. By the look on his face after he cut the song, he looks like he was surprised it played so well. And he's probably right in that, you and I may never see this happen again. 4 Hammonds and 4 masters behind them. Love this vid.
For all those complaining about Paul, remember all those guys turned up to play with him and for him and he held his own. He's not always to my taste, but you can't argue with his enthusiasm.
Its Hammond heaven.!Stellar players all! Never met the.other bossess_ but Paulie is one of the coolest most down.to earth guys to be so talented! Big up Paulie!!
scronx agreed! And everyone saying that His talking over the performance ruins it: this was for a charity event happening and Paul was a large part in organizing it.. he was the one getting everyone excited and having a cheerful, wonderful vibe in the room!
Not a charity event Pretzel. Paul was being inducted into The Canada's Walk Of Fame in Toronto, Ontario in 2012. He also hosted the show on Canadian TV.
Thanx to you for posting this. To all the people bashing paul for his overabundant energy, This is what it's all about for working musicians. No matter who you are, if you get 3 of the best in the land on stage with you I feel you've done good not to crap yourself. Just enjoy the sweet B-3 sound
Personally I loved his performance, including his energy and enthusiasm. I say learn to relax and enjoy what comes your way, and this was fairly special IMO
Say what you will, but Paul has proven to be the ultimate showman and his place on stage with these gentlemen is a testimony to his ability to lay down the funkiest grooves with the best of them.
Great !!!! Just found this clip after seeing them play I think I'm going to give playing up as I shall never play like these 4 GREATS Michael. Storrington West Sussex England
Very exciting! All of these guys just doin' it ... , very exciting. Loved all that I heard from each of them. I do have to acknowledge Joey since he's truly "mio Paesano", being from my hometown (Philly). Still, loved hearing from and appreciate all of them for what they brought to the presentation.
Man. Tears when he introduced both Dr. Lonnie Smith and Doug Riley. Also, where do you find four B3 organs? That man really knows all the right people. Truly amazed. What an experience to play with the 3 greatest alive at that time. RIP Dr. L. Smith and Doug Riley
Been introduce to hammond but with a narrow band /interpret repertoire ,mostly 70's rock n prog rock . I can't be thankfull enought to have found these four master's of it.
He's different , but has more musical talent in his little fingers than most of us have inn our entire bodies. And i say that as an accomplshed musician. Well done Paul. Be proud you canucks , eY. I'm from wisconsin,in the states, and I wish we could claim him. I'll play my upright bass with that man any time and feel honored!
Man, I think you are so right about the gospel organists. Even some of the riffs you hear them play in the background behind preachers sometimes is really amazing.
Honestly, I was surprised, but I liked Paul Shaffer's solo/playing style the best. My son just got a Hammond and I've been listening to some stuff online. It's a crazy, busy instrument. I haven't seen one player who didn't play it as if they were holding back a seizure. Some mad music making!
To all you lot whinging, don't forget that this is more of a live performance then a recording - and Shaffer is an Entertainer rather then an Artist, so it's in his nature to make noise.
What he played was relatively simple but effective. He was the last one and so he created a climax by using simple lines and chords with the 'full' all-drawbars-out sound. He showed another aspect of the Hammond sound and used some techniques that the others did not. He's aware that he's playing for people who may not appreciate the instrument, not for Hammond players. I really don't see what "sucks" about his solo, even though it wasn't as melodically/harmonically sophisticated as the others.
I agree. These guys are the last of a breed of musicians that made the Hammond B-3 a household name. R.I.P. Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, and Groove Holmes. I for one am grateful for the opportunity to listen to all of them.
Great video, great players!!! Even though I respect & understand Paul's enthusiasm, it would have been so much nicer to hear the organ playing rather than his voice shouting during the solos.
This is freaking incredible B3 mastery, holy moley Dr Lonnie is a BEAST, they all are really excellent organ players, wicked choice of music on a sick Jimmy Smith jam, kids need to go back to their Facebooks and their Lil Wayne music and let the adults enjoy real music like this. :)
+Gary Jones well Hammond made probably over 100,000 B3s over 20 years. the one Paul is playing isn't actually a B3, but a BC cabinet with A100 guts in it (a "counterfeit B3.")
Gary Jones The A100 (one of which I owned) and B3 were identical, save for the Internal speakers in the A. Hammond originally intended for the A to be a home organ, and the B to be used in churches to replace a pipe organ. The B was never intended to be a rock or jazz instrument. It took a few geniuses like Jimmy Smith and Booker T. to bring out its potential, especially when configured with a Leslie speaker.
@@classichammondcame across this on you tube feed and was scrolling the comments. I know it’s several years later now but seeing your comment I’d just like to agree with you. Have been watching some Lachy Doley lately and he’s a wild Hammond player. A lot of people call his Hammond a B3. But I think it’s actually a CV from what I see in the videos. The old CV had a different more biting sound. I remember hearing way back when that Keith Emerson had a 1948 CV for recording because he liked the sound. Don’t know if that’s true but it’s also interesting that 1948 was the first year that Hammond changed to a single tone generator and chorus vibrato. Prior to that they had two generators and a different vibrato. Anyway, Hammond regardless of the model is in a league of its own.
Yup, he went through some trial and error hassles to do it and then was nice enough to snailmail it to me on a CD. I reduced the size and uploaded it here so that others could see this unique clip.
Quoting mocaman123 down there, which defintiely deserves to be read : 95% of you commenting don't get it. 95% of the people in the audience don't know who these guys are 95% of the people in the audience don't know what they are hearing 100% of the people in the audience were on their feet at the end. That's what Paul was able to do by hyping and conducting it all the way through. It would have been a very different performance without him creating that excitement. Trust me, I know, I do it every year. I'm the Musical Director/Bass player for the show.
100% of what you say is absolutely on the mark. I've played over 6,000 gigs in my extremely fortunate musical life. Paul's enthusiasm added immensely to the experience for the audience. To me, the greatest thing about Paul's enthusiasm is that it lets you have a peek into what it feels like to be a musician. When I'm playing my guitar, especially with a great lineup of musicians, I hear all the yelling and screaming in my head that Paul was letting out. I absolutely know without question that performing great music to a live audience can be the greatest human experience. There is joy so powerful and deep in the human soul that it seems only music can express it. I wish every human had that feeling at least once in their lifetime so you could understand. I believe that if every human had that feeling just once, the world would be a much better place. That is what Paul Shaffer stands for in all he does. Deep, profound love of life.
zzzut Well then you're not part of that majority. The fact is most people, on canadian television and elsewhere, couldn't tell the difference between a Hammond and an accordion. That's why you need showmanship, to get people excited about topics they're not versed on. He's not doing it for you but for the countless other people watching.
Thanks so much Funkular for posting this, and Paul for sending him the CD! Wish Tony Monaco could have been there. So much talent happening already though! Why did Joey play with only one hand I wonder...
How to spoil a mega piece of music played by great Hammondists... it's possible he doesn't understand it on his own.. shut up is fucking mouth.. I was embarrassed for him... 🤭😲😓😠
Notice Joey is the only player whose left hand is not touching the keyboard. Why? Because there's a full band behind him and he's leaving room/showing respect for the other musicians. RIP brother
You cant have it all. The video was shot really well. Those birds eye views of the organas were really cool. The band sounded fantastic. Not everybody can be humble, esspecially those who's regular job is on prime-time network tv.
I understand what you're saying, but you're thinking like a musician. This wasn't a concert. He was being awarded for his overall achievements as a Canadian artist and decided to show the audience what the Hammond is about. The oranges did their job, so I don't think there's anything wrong with him playing more for the audience than for us jazz players/aficionados. I can appreciate the purpose of it by simply reflecting back to what got me into jazz as a young teenager in the first place.
Respect to all of them, but this sounded like a contest, in which all failed, great players, but it was not good for the ears, or at least my ears. Just my opinion.
To me it always felt as if it were three great organists bringing their own unique style to the peice. Perhaps you felt it was a competition due to the order in which they were organised from least complex riff to most complex
it's all very amazing, but the video would be way cooler without narration. Please, no narration on jazz! Narration is already bad enough at sports. By the way, narration should be abolished from sports! They should be like Tom & Jerry, w/ jazz sound track! Imagine that! So, no narration at jazz, please. it's annoying.
Oh man! Frigging awesome collection of talent. Great fun! My dream wish would be that they would heat up some hot Chicago blues number and jam...for a couple hours!
