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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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Winter NAMM Show Hammond Suzuki USA Stand Jon Hammond at Pro XK System organ with guitarist Joe Berger through G37 Leslie Speaker playing Jon's White Onions from album Late Rent. Hammond and Berger aka Ham-Berger. Arm of Joe Lamond Chief Executive Officer makes a cameo appearance when he comes over to Jon near beginning of tune. Camera: Jennifer Special thanks Suzuki Musical Instruments, NAMM organization http://www.namm.org/board-members/joe... Dennis J. Capiga Senior Vice President Hammond
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on Nov 26, 2010 at 06:21:01 AM
MySpace Jon Hammond Photoshttp://www.myspace.com/jonhammondshow/photos Hallo Folks, I just noticed that all of my years of comments on my MySpace have suddenly disappeared since MySpace changed to new site, maybe I better put some of my photos over in case they accidentally delete my pictures also. Hopefully they will get it together and fix the glitch, the MySpace used to be the popular place for the Musicians, now the FaceBook is taking over apparently. Here are a few. Thanks everybody! happy Holidays from Jon Hammond and Band ! 12 of 378
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on Mar 11, 2010 at 07:31:47 PM
Musikmesse Warm Up Party Jazzkeller Frankfurt Treffpunkt unten Watch The Video Here: ..."try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> ..."try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> 2009 Musikmesse Warm Up Party hosted by Jon Hammond Band at Jazzkeller Frankfurt with remarks by Jon and "Cooking at The Jazzkeller" uptempo shuffle featuring: Heinz Lichius - drums Rainer Heute - tenor saxophone Joe Berger - guitar Jon Hammond - XB-2 Hammond organ In loving memory of Wilhelm-Peter Hosenseidl, special thanks Wolfgang Luecke Director, Anke Lich, Peggy Behling Musikmesse Organisation and Presse Team, Eugen Hahn & Regine Dobberschütz Jazzkeller Frankfurt, Michael Maier Falkenstein Hammond Suzuki Deutschland, Ralph Voggenreiter, Tony Lakatos, TecAmp, Superlux
Schon traditionell findet bei uns zur Frankfurter Musikmesse ein Treffen hochkarätiger Musiker statt. Wie auch in den vergangenen Jahren ist der aus New York stammende Orgelspieler Jon Hammond, mit Joe Berger „Berger-meister“, Giovanni Gulino und weiteren Überraschungsgästen, angesagt.
Im Spiel geht Jon Hammond absolut in seiner Musik und seiner Leidenschaft für den guten alten Hammond-Sound auf. Mit 18 Jahren kaufte er sich seine erste Hammond B3 und tourte mit der Rockband Hades im Vorprogramm von Tower Of Power oder Michael Bloomfield.
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on Dec 6, 2009 at 12:27:28 AM
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