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.
Clip from 1989 gig at Mikell's NYC featuring percussionist Chuggy Carter with studio drummer Bernard Purdie on Jon Hammond Band, with Jon Hammond at his 1959 B3 organ, Barry Finnerty guitar and Andy Schnitzer tenor. Chuggy is on several recordings with Donny Hathaway.
Jon Hammond http://www.HammondCast.com
As a studio musician, he has been heard on more than 350 records and in more than 3000 radio and television commercials. Malone has also played themes for CBS This Morning, Murder, She Wrote CBS Television Network. His solo album, "Soul Bones," Blues Traveler's John Popper, The Blues Brothers, The Last Waltz
Bill Cobham, Hammond Organ HammondCast, Hessicher Rundfunk, Jazz Radio, Harry Petersen, Jon Hammond, KYOURADIO, Lutz Buechner, Mahavishnu Orchestra, NDR, Tony Lakatos
HR Radio, Big Band, Tom Bones Malone, Paul Shaffer, Jon Hammond, David Letterman, CBS, KYOU Radio
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.