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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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Posted by: hammondcast on Mar 7, 2012 at 10:54:36 PM

Lou On Blip TV: Lou Colombo Movie on Blip TV by Jon Hammond iFrame Removed Jon Hammond here...I just came back from visiting my main man Lou Colombo the great trumpet player bandleader and former Pro Baseball player in Fort Myers Florida. I played on Lou's band for 2.5 years in the late 70's in house band at the Wychmere Harbor Club in Cape Cod. Lou is going strong happy to report, playing regularly at the restaurant of his daughter Sherri and son inlaw Marc Neeley - Roadhouse Cafe during winter months and in the summer he plays at his son David's Roadhouse Cafe in Hyannis MA on Cape Cod. I schlepped my Hammond Sk1 organ all the way down there in hopes I could sit in with Lou for a couple of tunes but unfortunately that wasn't possible, however I shot some video of Lou and his fine group,

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Posted by: hammondcast on Nov 21, 2011 at 03:35:59 AM

*WATCH THE MOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show Podcast HammondCast with Joe Franklin http://www.archive.org/details/Jon_Hammond_Show_Podcast_HammondCast_wJOE_FRANKLIN My first Vlogging attempt..check it out!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc0z0vV4APk

Joe Franklin Movie, Jon Hammond, Vlogging, Comedy, Broadcaster, TV Show, New York, Memory Lane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Franklin *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: When I Fall In Love in The jazzkeller Frankfurt http://www.archive.org/details/JonHammondWhenIFallInLoveinThejazzkellerFrankfurt Annual 2010 Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Frankfurt hosted by Jon Hammond Band Tony Lakatos tenor sax Jon Hammond XK-1 organ Giovanni Gulino drums When I Fall In Love special thanks Eugen Hahn Jazzkeller Frankfurt Team, Musikmesse, Waichiro Tachikawa

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Posted by: hammondcast on Aug 10, 2011 at 04:24:22 PM

*WATCH VIDEO: Always On Jon Hammond Says The World Is Always On http://www.archive.org/details/JonHammondTheWorldisAlwaysOn-JonHammond CNN iReport: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-418504 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SQOIQyRhTn4/S5fZej0QNfI/AAAAAAAAFqU/wnRfVjLu-lE/s1600-h/Picture+14.png [Picture+14.png] Jon Hammond for Alcatel-Lucent / Bell Labs: “On stage, on television or on the radio waves 
everyday I feel lucky because I’m ALWAYS ON! Jon HammondMusician, television personality and radio broadcaster Jon Hammond boarded a Concorde in 1981 to travel from New York to Paris at supersonic speed, and he never slowed down.Jon travels the world, touring in Europe and Asia two or three times each year while broadcasting his “HammondCast” morning radio show seven days a week.

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Posted by: hammondcast on Aug 14, 2010 at 02:58:05 AM

JAZZ MAN http://community-4.webtv.net/GoldenPenMan/JAZZMAN/ *cover article from Manhattan Plaza News June 2003

by Maria Ciaccia photos by Teddy Fung JON HAMMOND Jazz Man Jon Hammond's story is one of survival. Survival as a jazz musician, survival as a Manhattanite. The organist-accordionist has survived because of perseverance, love of his art, tremendous humor, and gratitude. His new independently produced and marketed CD, HAMMOND'S BOLERO, which contains only music written by Hammond, is both a statement and a tribute. As his CD notes begin, "This record marks a new beginning for me, and I would like to dedicate it to all those who, like myself, are striking out on their own and going it alone. Don't be afraid to follow your dreams. I did and now this record is for you!" Following

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