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
Interests
Photography
Videography
Listening to music
Movies
Arts / Cultural Events
Travel
Entertaining
Performing music
Composing music
Chocolate on Chocolate Cake at 2011 Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Frankfurt with Jon Hammond Band and special guests for this special occasion celebrating 25 years in Musikmesse. Special acknowledgement of Wilhelm P. "Charly" Hosenseidl R.I.P. who was the Director of Musikmesse years 1989-2008 now Directed by
Jon Hammond The NDR Sessions Projekt(Ham-Berger-Friz Records)Jon Hammond's "The NDR Sessions Projekt" brings the soulful jazz organist back to Hamburg to record a collection of standards and originals featuring Lutz Buchner on saxophones, Joe Gallardo on trombone and Heinz Lichius on drums. Recorded in one of Germany's best studios, the quartet present rich, heartfelt perfomances and infuse the music with a fresh and vibrant sound. 1. "NDR Sessions" - Jon Hammond says the NDR session was based on a sentimental idea. 2. "Lutz Buchner" - Jon Hammond wanted to feature
NAMM Photos Shot by Trond Braaten of Ham-Berger Playing at Hammond Suzuki USA Stand
NAMM Photos Shot by Trond Braaten of Ham-Berger Playing at Hammond Suzuki USA Stand Jon Hammond and Joe Berger aka Ham-Berger performing at Winter NAMM in Hammond Suzuki USA Stand Jon Hammond is playing the Pro XK System Organ Like the XK-Traditional, The XK-Professional System allows our single manual organ models XK-3 or XK-3c to be converted to a double-manual console-style organ without any modifications to the XK-3 or
Posted by:
hammondcast
on Jan 9, 2011 at 09:34:36 PM
Mobileme iWeb Apple Mac Jon Hammond Gallery iTunes iPod iPad Format MacBook Pro Music Categoryhttp://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jon-hammond/id4308313 Apple Fifth Avenue Creative Genius Team New York ASCAP Local 802 AFM Member Special Thanks Richard Carter, Amy Robinson, Steve Jobs, Ron Johnson, Paul Williams, Nate Doss, Adam Cipoletti, Winter NAMM Fraunkfurt Musikmesse FaceBook Notes, Joe Lamond, Wolfgang Lücke Messe Frankfurt Sales Presse Department Apps Gallery Party in Jazzkeller April 5 2011 Celebrating 25 Years Hosted by Jon Hammond Band Hammond Suzuki Deutschland Organs Excelsior Accordions streaming BoinxTV and daily KYOU Radio CBS Network HammondCast Podcast Broadcast for iPhone available Droid T-Mobile version Jony Ive Andy Rubin Sidekick software update event Cupertino
HammondCast 199 KYOU Radio with new music from trombonist bandleader Ed Kroeger and his quintet "I Fall In Love Too Easily" and "En Route" from his album INTERPLAY on Laika label. Intvw. with Ed and Jon backstage at Jazzkeller Frankfurt and live JON HAMMOND Band at Jazzkeller "Soon I Will Be Free" "Head Phone" jam 45 minutes http://www.HammondCast.com
Biography JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974 Languages: English, German *Jon is currently Host of daily CBS radio program HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM, 7 days a week at 4AM PST.
Go to Google Videos home ...HammondCast.com Steve Kushman the President of California Historical Radio Society aka CHRS interview by Jon Hammond on HammondCastShow KYOURADIO & KYCY 15...all » Steve Kushman the President of California ...video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4448374658844840359 - Cached
Go to Google Videos home ... Records interview with Jon Hammond of HammondCastShow KYOURADIO just prior to Tower of Power 40th Anniversary Fillmore Show in ...