JON HAMMOND
*Jon is currently Host of daily CBS radio program HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM, 7 days a week at 4AM PST.
*Performing solo in Hospitals, Nursing Homes regularly. Bandleader for annual overseas dates for over 20 years.
*Musician: Jon Hammond is one of the premier B3 PLAYERS in the world. 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 with Lou Colombo.
"Hammond Lakatos Lichius & Berger is not the name of a Law Firm!" These 4 musicians are the JON HAMMOND Band returning to the stage of the famous JAZZKELLER Frankfurt to 'warm up' the Musikmesse at Jon Hammond's annual "Musikmesse Warm Up Party". For tenor saxophone fans if you look closely you will see actual smoke coming out of TONY LAKATOS' saxophone, absolutely blowin' smoke! Pure musical joy on this Full Power clip for your enjoyment filmed by JENNNIFER at the Camera, enjoy! Jon will be joining Tony in Budapest Hungary soon. (gig was canceled unfortunately) Be sure to listen & watch on Apple iTunes.
Bob Cunningham, Bass, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond, Local 802, Musicians Union, NDR Jazz, Late Rent, Mikell's, Jazz Foundation of America, Elmar Lemes, ASCAP Network, B3 organ, XK-3c, Blues, Funky, Rhonda Hamilton, WBGO
"LATE RENT" is Jon's Theme Song for 25 years. *Special Thanks: EUGEN HAHN - JAZZKELLER Frankfurt, Hammond Suzuki Deutschland - MICHAEL MAIER FALKENSTEIN, Roy Hammer, Messe Frankfurt, Apple Inc.
Musikmesse, Party, Apple Inc., Hammond Lakatos Lichius Berger, HammondCast, XK-1 Organ, XK-3c, XB-2, Suzuki, H. Ohno, Jazzkeller, Local 802 Musicians Union, Budapest, Late Rent
1965 Fender, Band-Master, ASCAP, F.P. Blues, Grant and Green, HammondCast, Hells Angels, Jon Hammond Blues Band, KYOU KYCY Radio, San Francisco, XB-2 Organ, Local 802 Musicians Union, Shuffle, North Beach
JON HAMMOND Band live in STELLWERK Harburg Hamburg Germany HEINZ LICHIUS drums GABRIEL COBURGER tenor sax JOE BERGER guitar JON HAMMOND XB-2 Hammond Organ Bass
Jon Hammond Intro:
Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar
Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974, City College San Francisco
Languages: English, German
Jon is closely identified with the two main products of his career, the Excelsior Accordion and the Hammond Organ.