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    Bio JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974, City College San Francisco Languages: English, German Musician: Jon Hammond is one of the premier B3 PLAYERS in the world. Jon has played professionally since age 12. Beginning as a solo accordionist, he later played Hammond B3 organ in a number of important San Francisco bands. His all original group HADES opened shows for Tower of Power, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Michael Bloomfield. Eddie Money and Barry Finnerty became musical associates. Moving East he attended Berklee College of Music and played venues as diverse as Boston's "Combat Zone" in the striptease clubs during the '70's and the exclusive Wychmere Harbor Club in Cape Cod, where he was house organist and developed a lasting friendship with House Speaker Tip O'Neill. He also toured the Northeast and Canada with the successful show revue "Easy Living", and continued his appearances at nightclubs in Boston and New York. Subsequently Hammond lived and traveled in Europe, where he has an enthusiastic following. TV/Video Producer: In 1981 Jon formed BackBeat Productions. Assisted by Lori Friedman (Video by LORI), the innovative TV show "The Jon Hammond Show" became a Manhattan Cable TV favorite. Jon's "Live on the street" video style included news events, as well as live music/video clips of Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Butterfield, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwistle, Sammy Davis Jr., Percy Sledge and many others. The weekly show is now in it's 25th year and has influenced the broadcasts of David Letterman and others. Billboard Magazine hailed Jon's show as "The Alternative to MTV". The Jon Hammond Show can be seen worldwide at various times streaming from http://www.mnn.org and on channels 56 and 108 in Manhattan. Media Personality: Host and narrator of his TV show, as well as co-host of numerous radio broadcasts, Jon has defined a musical and personal style that is unmistakeable. As Musical Director, Producer and Host of The Jon Hammond Show, Mr. Hammond formed a unique multi-media music group. This spring they will return to Europe to perform for 19th consecutive year at Frankfurt Musikmesse and will be hosting shows there and in Hamburg Germany. Description: "The Jon Hammond Show" is a funky, swinging Jazz instrumental revue, featuring notable international soloists and reflecting the influences of Miles Davis, The Crusaders and Jimmy Smith. The show has universal appeal
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HammondCast 40 KYOU Radio and KYCY Jon Hammond Host
Posted by: hammondcast on Aug 3, 2009 at 11:56:35 AM

*LISTEN TO HammondCast 40 HERE: HammondCast 40 Jon Hammond's "HammondCast 40" for KYOU/KYCY 1550 AM "Jon Hammond's Afternoon Slide", introducing for the first time: "Lazy Larry" Fredson, HammondCast's "Sports Authority" with LAZY LARRY'S OAKLAND A's REPORT beaming in from Beantown MA! Also music from Jon's albums "Late Rent" and official new release of "NDR SESSIONS Projekt" on the Ham-Berger-Friz Records label distributed by CITY HALL RECORDS and Apple iTunes. Jon Hammond is a member of AFN Local 802 & Local 6 Musicians Union and ASCAP ComposerPublisher *Official: www.HammondCast.com 45 minutes. ASCAP Network Behind The Beat with Jon Hammond "LATE RENT" ASCAP Network Behind The Beat with Jon Hammond "NDR SESSIONS Projekt" HammondCast Jon Hammond MySpace LAZY LARRY FREDSON Sports Authority

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Berklee Alumnotes Jon Hammond '74 Organist and accordionist Jon Hammond of New York City embarked on his annual tour of Germany
Posted by: hammondcast on Jul 3, 2009 at 04:04:54 AM

 


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Organist and accordionist Jon Hammond of New York City embarked on his annual tour of Germany in March and streamed several of his gigs on his Live Streaming HammondCast channel. The tour marked Hammond's 23rd appearance at Musikmesse in Frankfort. Visit www.livestream.com/hammondcast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASCAP Network Behind The Beat with Jon Hammond "LATE RENT"

Elmar Lemes photo of Jon Hammond playing XK-3 organ at Local 802 Monday Night Jazz Session sponsored by Jazz Foundation of America

Jon Hammond MySpace

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LAZY LARRY on Hammond Cast 40 KYOU Radio & KYCY Jon Hammond Hosting
Posted by: hammondcast on May 19, 2009 at 01:23:22 AM

*LISTEN TO HammondCast 40 HERE: HammondCast 40 Jon Hammond's "HammondCast 40" for KYOU/KYCY 1550 AM "Jon Hammond's Afternoon Slide", introducing for the first time: "Lazy Larry" Fredson, HammondCast's "Sports Authority" with LAZY LARRY'S OAKLAND A's REPORT beaming in from Beantown MA! Also music from Jon's albums "Late Rent" and official new release of "NDR SESSIONS Projekt" on the Ham-Berger-Friz Records label distributed by CITY HALL RECORDS and Apple iTunes. Jon Hammond is a member of AFN Local 802 & Local 6 Musicians Union and ASCAP ComposerPublisher *Official: www.HammondCast.com 45 minutes. ASCAP Network Behind The Beat with Jon Hammond "LATE RENT" ASCAP Network Behind The Beat with Jon Hammond "NDR SESSIONS Projekt" HammondCast Jon Hammond MySpace LAZY LARRY FREDSON Sports Authority

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