Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Paul J. Ash Tribute Concert Jon's Journal

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Paul J. Ash Tribute Concert 540p version Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/PaulJ.AshTributeConcert 720p version from Jon's archive - takes longer to load: https://archive.org/details/PaulJ.AshTributeConcert720p Remembering Paul J. Ash with this Allstar Lineup concert video and pics by Jon Hammond - taken during a very powerful celebration of the life of Paul J. Ash LINK to Tribute Page For Paul J Ash March 29, 1929 - February 5, 2014 Tribute Page For Paul J Ash March 29, 1929 - February 5, 2014 at Jazz Ministry at Saint Peter's - packed with heavy weight musicians to pay tribute to long-time husband of my friend Nobuko Cobi Narita, I'm happy I could be there, keep the Spirit and great memories! Jon Hammond - on this segment: Harold Mabern piano, Little Bird Jimmy Heath tenor saxophone, Carol Sudhalter flute, Jack Jeffers bass trombone, Art Baron trombone, Lisle Atkinson bass, Bernard Purdie drums - *note: The great Frank Owens played piano throughout most of the evening, the music continued on through the whole night - JH — with Art Baron, Carol Sudhalter, Bernard Purdie, Nobuko Cobi Narita and Martin W. Mueller This movie is part of the collection: Community Video Last night, a rousing 'Satin Doll' with Little Bird Jimmy Heath tenor, Carol Sudhalter flute, Bernard Purdie drums, Art Baron trombone, looks like Jack Jeffers bass trombone Harold Mabern at the piano, Lisle Atkinson bass (had just taken over from Wilbur Bascomb who played earlier *Bernice Brooks is the drummer, thanks Carol! JH - I was there for 5 hours and it was still going on when I finally had to split - he left the most amazing network of friends and musicians that continues on, I'm happy I could be there - R.I.P. Paul Ash March 29, 1929 - February 5, 2014 - Jon Hammond From photo film shown golden moments - Paul and Cobi Jon Hammond's photos and video clip taken during a very powerful celebration of the life of Paul J. Ash - Jazz Ministry at Saint Peter's NYC Lexington and 54th Street The Famous Stevie Wonder and Jon Hammond Photo Just In! http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1099403 Stevie Wonder and Jon Hammond Photo Just In! Photo Credit and Many Thanks to Bernie Capicchiano of Bernies Music Land Australia, thanks a million Bernie!!! You can clearly see Stevie is shanking my hand - he shook it about 5 different ways while we were talking, his fingers are his eyes living in the world of Music that has blessed us all! This was at the Hammond Organ USA Suzuki Musical Instruments stand number 5100 Winter NAMM Show 2014, I got to speak with him last year also and met him the first time in 1972 - this is a precious photo from Bernie! - Jon Hammond - at The NAMM Show Stevie's Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy, he has become one of the most creative and loved musical performers of the late 20th century.[2] Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of eleven[2] and continues to perform and record for Motown as of the early 2010s. He has been blind since shortly after birth.[3] Among Wonder's works are singles such as "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; and albums such as Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life.[2] He has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and received twenty-two Grammy Awards, the most ever awarded to a male solo artist, and has sold over 100 million albums and singles, making him one of the top 60 best-selling music artists.[4] Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a holiday in the United States.[5] In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace.[6] In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's fiftieth anniversary, with Wonder at number five...cont. — with Stevie Wonder at NAMM Anaheim Convention Center Dankeschön to my good friend Tino Pavlis for sending me this very precious photograph of me speaking with Stevie Wonder last month at The NAMM Show, thanks a million Tino! P.Mauriat Players Session with Jon Hammond Day 1 NAMM 2014 Youtube http://youtu.be/35qxoEkC74E (Higher Quality) A wonderful jazz session at P.Mauriat / Pmauriat Albest NAMM stand number 4514 on first day of NAMM 2014 together with Jon Hammond on the organ with tenor saxophonists Aldo Salvent, Alex Budman, Josh Quinlan, Terell Stafford trumpet, checking names, more coming - Jon Hammond http://www.HammondCast.com/ - The NAMM Show — with Alex Budman, Aldo Salvent, Terrel Stafford, Josh Quinlan and more.. http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1099403 P Mauriat HQ / Pmauriat Albest action - Jon Hammond flanked by Eric Hsu and David Kornusov - bringing down the volume with Jazz Ballads LINK http://youtu.be/Llv6MKNOvks Jon Hammond and Greg Osby LINK: http://youtu.be/3UukhoJPe0E Jon Hammond and Arno Haas - The NAMM Show stand 4514 This is how we sound check at 9 o'clock in the morning in the bright California sun - thanks Fender for the big super bad Fender Super Bassman amp, it's amazing how good 10 inch speakers can sound! Jon Hammond - The NAMM Show Center Patio Stage - LINK: http://youtu.be/0656E-IWDn8 Dom Famularo Feature on Jon Hammond Band NAMM Show — with Jon Hammond at NAMM Anaheim Convention Center Fender Super Bassman - 300 watts Tube Power, sounds good with my organ! Jon Hammond Dick Boak of C.F. Martin & Company (Guitars)- thanks for bringing Eric Clapton's Blue acoustic guitar to NAMM, looking / sounding real good Dick! - Jon Hammond Detlef Kinsler Journal Frankfurtl / Frankfurter Rundschau) and Jon Hammond here at Jon's last musikmesse Warm Up Party - next one: 11th March 21:00UHR - celebrating 28th year Frankfurt Musikmesse Action World’s Largest Musical Instruments Show and Prolight + Sound and Jon's birthday with special guests and friends from Messe Frankfurt in the good old Jazzkeller with Jon Hammond Band Easier Download FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: http://blog.sfgate.com/jon-hammond/2014/03/01/easier-download-for-immediate-release-musikmesse-warm-up-party/ Jon’s archive https://archive.org/details/NoXCessBaggageBlues2013HD720p Oslo Norway -- Jon Hammond flanked by Jan Grindheim and Kevin Gallagher in front of Oslo City Hall - LINK: http://youtu.be/3SEJhqXVqiU 06 A special visit with Lord Mayor of Oslo Per Ditlev-Simonsen in Oslo Norway on Jon Hammond's HammondCast Show — at Oslo City Hall Nice job on "Body and Soul" James Carter when we played it last month in the Pmauriat Albest / P Mauriat HQ Stand at The NAMM Show — with Jon Hammond and James Carter at NAMM Anaheim Convention Center L to R: Richard Clements, Mike Camoia, Jon Hammond, Bob Cunningham Jon Hammond and Bob Cunningham playing at Local 802 In 720p Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/NoXCessBaggageBlues2013HD720p No X-Cess Baggage Blues Written by Jon Hammond for his friends at PIA because they let him take quite a lot of baggage over many times in the old days on Pakistan International Airlines - Joe Berger gets down on his custom JJ Guitar here, Tony Lakatos Pmauriat Albest tenor saxophone, Giovanni Totò Gulino drums, Jon Hammond at his Hammond SK-1 organ / bass ©JH INTL ASCAP - Jon Hammond's annual musikmesse Warm Up Party 27th year in Jazzkeller - as seen in Journal Frankfurt article http://www.journal-frankfurt.de/journal_news/Kultur-9/My-home-away-from-home-Jon-Hammond-zum-27-Mal-auf-der-Musikmesse-18308.html?src=funkyjazz&id&rewrite_titel MY HOME AWAY FROM HOME Folks, I'm happy to announce that Peter Klohmann will be stepping in to play tenor saxophone on The Jon Hammond Band for our 28th year Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Frankfurt Tuesday 11th of March! Giovanni Totò Gulino drums, Joe Berger guitar and myself Jon Hammond at the organ, it's going to be a great evening in the very precious Jazzkeller Frankfurt, down below in the keller on the Kleine Bockenheimer Straße 18a, 60313 Frankfurt am Main - fantastic atmosphere and Team and wonderful occasion - looking forward to see all our friends again, continuing this wonderful tradition to kick off the fantastic musikmesse event once again! We hope that all our exhibitor friends will have enough energy left after a day of building their stands to come join us, relax with some good music, good company and some special surprises I can promise! Coming up real soon - see you from other side - everybody have safe smooth flights coming in to the beautiful Frankfurt Airport / Flughafen from all over the world for this great International Trade Fair! Jon Hammond & Band Youtube http://youtu.be/zQBZ1N-xq9Y Main Man Eugen Hahn announcing Jon Hammond Band MY HOME AWAY FROM HOME http://journal-frankfurt.de/funkyjazz Jazzkeller Frankfurt Tuesday 11th of March From Detlef Kinsler Journal Frankfurt Nomen est omen. Der Mann heißt Hammond und spielt eine Hammond. Der Organist aus New York freut sich auf Frankfurt und lädt zur Musikmesse Warm Up Party Photo by Joachim Hildebrand Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/p-mauriat-players-session-with-jon-hammond-day-1-namm-2014-6741701 Remembering Paul Ash, Sam Ash Music, NAMM Show, Jazz, Memorial, Local 802, Bob Cunningham, Bernard Purdie, Allstar Lineup, Jimmy Heath, Cobi Narita, Community, Jon Hammond historian