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.
HammondCast 204 KYOU Radio just back from Europe with a tribute to Cornell Dupree soul guitarist who just passed away sadly, here on Jon Hammond Band 1989 recording shuffle blues, then over to Germany with world's first public performance on the new Hammond Sk1 Stage Keyboard "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "Melody Without Name". Then to Frankfurt Germany for annual Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Frankfurt "Pocket Funk" kicking off 25th consecutive appearance at Musikmesse international trade show www.HammondCast.com 45 minutes
Blues, Cornell Dupree, HammondCast, Jazz, Jon Hammond, KYOU Radio, Local 802, Musicians Union, Sk1 Keyboard, Soul Music
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.