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 133 with music from bariton saxophonist LEIGH PILZER/JEN KRUPA QUINTET "Opus One", NEA Jazz Master Award Recipient CANDIDO CAMERO tells story and playing with SMITHSONIAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA w/PAQUITO D'RIVERA & JOE WILDER, percussionist CHUGGY CARTER on JH BAND at Le Bar Bat, JON "Pocket Funk" & "Lydia's Tune" http://www.HammondCast.com
HammondCast HammondCast 43 for KYCY KYOU 1550 AM, broadcasting today from Emeryville CA by Pixar Studios. Music from a 1999 concert in Kuumbwa Jazz Center to a full house, it was broadcasted on Pete Fallico's show on KUSP-Santa Cruz CA. JON HAMMOND Trio playing "James and Wess" and "Have YOU Met Miss Jones". From NDR SESSIONS: "I Remember YOU". From Fillmore Concert June 4, 1999 on the bill with Sons of Champlin, Jon's trio doing "Hip Hop Chitlins" (it only took me 35 years to get this gig!). Al Jazzbeaux Collins as "Sonny Cool" interviewed by Steve Allen from Jon's Archives. JON HAMMOND Intl., Inc. http://www.HammondCast.com
James Preston drums and Jon Hammond at B3 organ - Kuumbwa Jazz Center Santa Cruz CA
Jon Hammond Trio - L to R: James Preston, Jon Hammond, Barry Finnerty - Kuumbwa Jazz Center Santa Cruz CA
Al Jazzbeaux Collins at the microphone Purple Grotteaux
NDR SESSIONS Projekt
Studio 1 NDR Radio - NDR SESSIONS Projekt - L to R: Joe Gallardo, Heinz Lichius, Jon Hammond, Lutz Buechner, Rudy Grosser - engineer at the SSL Solid State Logic Console - Hamburg Germany
This new release from Jon Hammond marks his move into mainstream jazz. Utilizing the famous NDR Orchestra and Studios in Hamburg, Germany, Jon has crafted an excellent organ jazz record utilizing drums, sax and trombone. Outstanding support from saxophone soloist Lutz Buchner adds a lyrical modern jazz sound to the recordings. Excellent drumming by Heinz Lichius and the soulful sound of Joe Gallardo on trombone round out the disc. Great classic tunes are covered, along with some originals, including "My One and Only Love," "Skylark," "Besame Mucho," "Blues In The Night" and "No X-Cess Baggage Blues."
L to R: Joe (Jo) Gallardo trombone, Heinz Lichius drums, Jon Hammond organ producer, Lutz Buechner saxophone, Rudy Grosser engineer
Studio 1 Control Room NDR Hamburg
NDR SESSIONS Projekt, Radio, Studio 1, Blues, Hamamatsu, Hammond, Hofheim, Japan, Keyboard, Musikmesse, Organ, Sk1, SK2, Suzuki, Joe Gallardo, Lutz Buechner, Heinz Lichius, Rudy Grosser, Bob Barsotti, Fillmore, Chitlins, Chris Powers BGP, Sons of Champlin, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz CA, Joe Cool, Steve Allen, Purple Grotteaux, Al Jazzbeaux Collins, Julie Rix, Tim Jackson, Dr. Rob Klevan
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.
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