Tampa, FL-- When it come to Sunday morning in most black churches across the country, the Hammond B3 is the standard when it comes to Gospel Music.  From the church walls of Bishop Hezekiah Walker to hearing Moses Tyson, tickle the ivory, the Hammond B3 is usually the instruments used most to bring Gospel tunes to life. 

However who knew this adored instrument of praise would be turned into a movie.  Well it has!  Following a seven-year labor of love, “Killer B3” features some of the greatest Hammond organists in the U.S. Three have died since the project began, most notable among them the king of the B3, Jimmy Smith of Philadelphia, who brought the instrument from the church to the club in the 1950s.

The Hammond organ was a fluke invention by a clockmaker in 1935 and became a lower-cost alternative to the pipe organ. Its heyday in popular music began in the 1950s, and it remained hot through the early 1970s.  Its sound figures prominently in gospel music, but its use also is favored in jazz, reggae, country, blues and rock. The Hammond sound is associated with modern artists like Kirk Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Santana, the Beatles, and many others.
Killer B3” is scheduled for release in January 2013 at film festivals throughout the U.S.