Kjell Öhman featuring Arne Domnérus – The Hammond B-3 Connection / Opus 3 Records

A few years ago, Kjell Öhman, one of the world's best Hammond B-3 organists, passed away. On “The Hammond B-3 Connection,” which was first released in 1994, Öhman plays a larger and more important role than many

may realize alongside Swedish saxophone legend Arne Domnérus, who achieved world fame with his legendary albums “Antiphone Blues” and “Jazz At The Pawnshop.” Domnérus shows, with the help of the magnificent line-up

(including Danish bass giant Mads Vinding) on 5 of the 10 tracks, how inspiring his saxophone playing is to the congenial Kjell Öhman. Öhman, in turn, uses his Hammond B-3 to its full potential: here, the Leslie rotates so heavy

that it smokes! In the booklet, Jan-Eric Persson offers a few explanatory remarks on this topic, namely the tremendous relevance of the Leslie effect for the Hammond B-3 sound, how it works and the background of its inventor,

Don Leslie. After a total of five years of revision, the new remastering is finally complete: the clarity and newfound freshness of the sound compared to the originally recorded album speak for themselves!

The LP (180-gram vinyl, 33 RPM), which boasts outstanding sound quality, was pressed by Optimal Media. Andreas “Lupo” Lubich (Calyx Mastering, Berlin) is responsible for the lacquer disc cutting. 

MUSICIANS

Kjell Öhman: Hammond B-3 organ
Arne Domnérus: alto saxophone 
Mads Vinding: double bass 
Leif Dahlberg: drums 
Rune Gustafsson: guitar 

Opus 3 is an independent Swedish music label dedicated to recording timeless acoustic music such as jazz, blues, folk and classical. Founded in late 1976 by sound engineer Jan-Eric Persson, the label has made it its mission to reproduce

voices and instruments as naturally as possible. To achieve this, Opus 3 selects recording environments with good natural. The label's recording techniques were developed specifically for acoustic music and were originally based on the use of

tube gear and “Blumlein” miking. In 2001, Opus 3 switched to digital eight-track technology and later to 16 channels – in the brand-new mixing and mastering studio designed and set up by Sweden's leading acoustic engineer Lennart Nilsson to

mark the label's 30th anniversary. Apart from a few digital intermediate steps all processing is still done exclusively analog.

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Side A
1. Summerwind
2. The Favour Of The Fool
3. 9.20 Special
4. Stardust
5. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart

Side B
1. Crazy Rhythm
2. Swing House
3. Secret Love
4. Blues Opus 3
5. Stockholm Sweetnin'