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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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View from Harold Channer 's deck of Empire State Bldg. lit for Christmas Holidays at Harold's famous annual Christmas Party, many guests and fellow public access TV producers in attendance. Harold's show "Conversations" has been on the longest,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNpxGW8PPQg Conversations Part 2 Harold Channer and Jon Hammond MNN TV Harold Channer and Jon Hammond "The Global Village"...music as the Universal Language, music without words is the best way to effect global change, Jon's theory in action with a clip from Moscow Russia concert together with Russian tenor sax star Igor Butman, drummer Eduard Zizak and Jon
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Jon Hammond Band First Time Out For Hammond Sk1 Ultra-Compact Combo Organ April 8 2011 Jazzkeller Hofheim
Left to Right: Joe Berger aka The Berger-Meister on guitar, Peter Klohmann on the saxophone, Giovanni Gulino drums, Jon Hammond at the Hammond Sk1 organ
Jon Hammond onstage with a prototype of the incredible new Hammond Sk1 world's first band road test April 8th 2011 Jon Hammond Band at Jazzkeller Hofheim
Joe Berger and Jon Hammond on last day of Musikmesse special thanks Jon Lord duckduckgo *see Jon's t-shirt in Frankfurt Germany Sk1 Now in USA Jon Hammond REPORT/海外からのお客様／ハモンド／鈴木楽器
Jon Hammond Trio with Jim Grantham tenor sax and Jack Dorsey drums
Jon Hammond Band Summer Concert Jazzkeller Frankfurt SOON I WILL BE FREE
Jon Hammond Band making an unusual summer appearance at Jazzkeller Frankfurt where they play every year in March or April for Jon's annual Musikmesse Warm Up Party. This concert was in
Jon Hammond and Malc Deakin of Hammond Suzuki UK - Malc is on tour now in Poland!
*Jon is wearing DuckDuckGo search engine t-shirt, thanks Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGo.comhttp://duckduckgo.com/?q=Hammond+Sk1+hammondcast Manji Suzuki President Founder of Suzuki Musical Instruments and Hammond Suzuki with Jon Hammond at New Digital B3mk2 Hammond
The Jon Hammond Show Sk1 MNN TV World Debut of the new stage keyboard organ from Hammond Suzuki world's first road test with Jon Hammond Band in Germany during the International Musikmesse Frankfurt. Jon's annual Musikmesse-Session celebrating 25 consecutive years with live concert in Jazzkeller Hofheim. Jon Hammond - Sk1 Hammond organ Joe Berger - guitar Giovanni Gulino - drums Peter Klohmann - tenor saxophone as seen on Jon's long-running cable TV program The Jon Hammond Show on MNN TV in New York City 28th year http://www.HammondCast.com
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on Aug 31, 2011 at 03:38:50 PM
NAMM Musikmesse and PROLIGHT+Sound NAMM Russia in Moscow and HP TouchPad Tip from Jon Hammond
Jon Hammond Reporting HammondCast
Musikmesse 2011 Special Announcement " NAMM Musikmesse and PROLIGHT+Sound NAMM Russia "
Messe Frankfurt and NAMM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Announcement “NAMM Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia and will take place in ‘s Expo Centre from 16 to 19 May 2012″ Messe Frankfurt Geschäftsführer Detlef Braun and Director of International Affairs at NAMM Betty Heywood on right holding sign, left sign with NAMM President CEO Joe Lamond and Messe Frankfurt Bereichsleiterin Cordelia von Gymnich at special Press Conference in Presse Center at 2011 Musikmesse with introduction by Christine Kern Pressearbeit: Textilmessen,
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