Early Jazz Organ
Fred Longshaw (reed organ in 1925 with Bessie Smith on famous recording of "St. Louis Blues")
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Pipe Organ
Fats Waller
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Swing Organ
Count Basie
Milt Herth
Glenn Hardman
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Pre Jimmy Smith Pacesetters
Wild Bill Davis
Bill Doggett
Milt Bucker
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Innovator
Jimmy Smith
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1960s
| Charles Earland | Clare Fisher |
| Groove Holmes | Eddie Louiss |
| Jack McDuff | Jimmy McGriff |
| Don Patterson | Big John Patton |
| Shirley Scott | Johnny Hammond Smith |
| Lonnie Smith | Sun Ra |
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Modal Jazz
Larry Young
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1980s
| Joey DeFrancesco | Barbara Dennerlein |
| Larry Goldings | Amina Claudine Myers |
| Jeff Palmer | Don Pullen |
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