Best Hammond Organ solos in progressive rock

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History of this compilation:
Being a progressive rock and keyboards enthusiast, I was quite impressed by Youtube series "The Greatest Hammond organ solo compilation", and decided to create something similar.

It's always hard to choose something "best", because of huge amount of talented musicians, and different tastes in music.

I deliberately avoided Yes, Genesis, ELP, Gentle Giant, Kansas, Jethro Tull and other prog rock giants from 70s, as there's enough said about them on Youtube. I've chosen rather less known bands/musicians from modern era (2000s) .
Also, most of them play not on real Hammonds, but on clonewheel organs or emulations, which doesn't diminish musical skills.

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1. Standarte - Kankweezler
From the album "Stimmung"
CD-Black Widow-BWRCD 028-2-1999
Recorded live in Bloom Mezzago (MI) 06/05/2001
Copyright: Black Widow

Daniele Caputo - drums, vocals
Davide Nicolini - guitar
Michele Profeti - organ, piano, Moog, Mellotron
Stefano Gabbani - bass, synthesizer

Michele Profeti plays Hammond B3, switching Leslie speeds for slow to fast, creating dramatic screaming effect

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2. Beardfish - The Hunter
From the album "Sleeping in Traffic part 2"
CD Inside Out Music ‎- IOMCD 294 (2008, Germany)
Copyright: Inside Out Music

Rikard Sjöblom - keyboards, guitars, vocals
David Zackrisson - guitars, vocals
Robert Hansen - bass, vocals
Magnus Östgren - drums, percussion

Rikard Sjöblom plays Hammond part on Nord C2 organ, adding layer of mellotron on Nord Electro. The solo is radically different from studio version of the song.

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3. Transatlantic - A Man Can Feel
From the album "Whirlwind"
CD Inside Out Music ‎- IOMCD 319 (2009, Europe)
Copyright: Inside Out Music
Recorded live in Sheperd Bush's empire, London, 2010

Neal Morse - keyboards, acoustic guitars, vocals
Roine Stolt - electric guitars, synthesizer, vocals
Pete Trewavas - bass, synthesizer, vocals
Mike Portnoy - drums, vocals

Neal Morse on this gig plays Roland VK7 through Leslie speaker instead of real Hammond. Sounds very authentic in live environment. Solo is almost exactly the same as in the album version.

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4. Liquid Tension Experiment - When The Water Breaks
from the album "Liquid Tension Experiment 2"
CD Magna Carta - MAX-9035-2 (1999, US)
Copyright: Magna Carta

John Petrucci - guitar
Jordan Rudess - keyboards
Tony Levin - bass, Chapman stick
Mike Portnoy - drums, percussion

Jordan Rudess is very versatile player, proficient in all keyed instruments. Here he's delivering almost Deep Purplish solo on Roland Fantom. Not the most accurate Hammond simulation, but Jordan's skills are impressive.

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5. The Flower Kings - Garden Of Dreams Pt.2
taken from live album "Meet The Flower Kings"
2CD Inside Out IOMCD 142 (2003)
Copyright: Inside Out Music

Roine Stolt - guitars, lead vocals
Hasse Fröberg - guitars, lead vocals
Daniel Gildenlöw - guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, percussion
Tomas Bodin - keyboards
Jonas Reingold - bass, synthesizer
Zoltan Csörsz - drums
Hasse Bruniusson - percussion, vocals

Tomas Bodin of The Flower kings is fond of vintage keyboard sounds, and here he's delivering excellent Hammond solo on Nord Electro, progressing from jazzy noodling to dramatic heavy rock keyboard screams.

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6. Rudess/Morgenstein - Tarkus (Emerson, Lake & Palmer cover)
taken from Jordan Rudess album "The Road Home"
CD Magna Carta ‎- MA-9092-2 (2007, US)
Copyright: Magna Carta

performed live by duet Rudess/Morgenstein
Jordan Rudess - keyboards, keytar, iPhone
Rod Morgenstein - drums, percussion

This song is an ELP cover, featured in the Jordan's tribute album, where he recorded his own versions of classic prog tracks. But this solo wasn't in the ELP original, and composed by the Jordan himself. He demonstrating two hand soloing style, playing on Korg Kronos workstation in Hammond emulation mode.

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