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 Report September 6 2021 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organ player & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's music about a very special soundcheck of my band for the Ellington Room Session in NYC, I brought out my 1959 Hammond B3 + Bill Beer custom Leslie Speaker for this date. Todd Anderson the tenor player is on the orginal record of this composition of mine entitled Lydia's Tune - I wrote it in Paris France in 1981 - Ray Grappone drums, Leslie J. Carter Chuggy Carter congas + percussions, Joe Berger guitar - faster tempo than usually, as I wanted to run the tune before people came - when I looked up a lot of people came in already! Happy Labor Day 2021 folks! Back tomorrow with another Hammond Report,
Jon Hammond the B3 organist, not the singer "The FINGERS are The SINGERS!"™
HammondCast 174 KYOURADIO with special guest TOOD BRYANT WEEKS, Jazz Rep at Local 802 Musicians Union and Author, HOT LIPS PAGE "When the Saints Go Marching In" "St. Louis Blues" "How Come You Do Me Like You Do" AL JAZZBEAUX COLLINS and JON HAMMOND "Little Red Riding Hood"Details and past shows available at: www.jonhammondband.com/
HammondCast 172 KYOURADIO ASCAP "I Create Music Expo" spcl. #2 with PAUL WILLIAMS "Rainy Days & Mondays", "You and Me Against The World", "Evergreen", "Love Boat", SEIDAH GARRETT "Man In The Mirror", ALEJANDRO LERNER, CRAIG WISEMAN more info:Details and past shows available at: www.jonhammondband.com/
HammondCast 166 KYOURADIO Winter NAMM Show, Bernard Purdie with ARETHA FRANKLIN "Rock Steady", "Reach Out and Touch Someone", DANNY GLOVER & Jon, LOUIS ARMSTRONG "What a Wonderful World", JAMES BROWN "I'm Black and I'm Proud", ROBERTA FLACK & DONNY HATHAWAY "You've Got A Friend", Donny "Song For You" LYDIA PENSE & COLD BLOOD "It Could Be Me, It Could Be You"Details and past shows available at: www.jonhammondband.com/
HammondCast 163 from OSAKA Japan: HIDEO OSAKA ENSEMBLE "Japanese Fisherman", Interview with Officials from Mayor KUNIO HIRAMATSU's Office of Tourism and International Relations, OSAKA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA "Violin Concerto: Allegro Vivace", Jon in Rug Time Osaka "Shadow of Your Smile", HEINZ von HERMANN "But Beautiful" & "Dindi", LEW DEL GATTO "Blues Up and Down"Details and past shows available at: www.jonhammondband.com/
HammondCast 159 KYOURADIOwith special guest DICK CONTINO "Lady of Spain", Interview with Jon, "Beginning to See The Light", JON HAMMOND "Jennifer's Song", "Cannonball '99"
Details and past shows available at: www.jonhammondband.com/
HammondCast 158KYOURADIO music from DON PENDER "Like Someone in Love", "Scorpio", Interview & Music BERNARD PURDIE "P.I.F.H", MACEO "Song for My Teacher"
Details and past shows available at: www.jonhammondband.com/
HammondCast 149KYOURADIO with music of ANTON FIG "More Than Friends", MATT SMITH "Baby It's Cold Outside", JOE BAIONE "Oh Yeah!", ROY MERIWETHER "Don't Look Under The Bed", "When I Think of Miles", THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIRMEN OF NOTE "It's All Right With Me", "Call Back", SLAU "The Weight of Words"
Details and past shows available at: www.jonhammondband.com/
Alex Ligertwood, Bill Graham, Carlos Santana, Jon Hammond, Air France Concorde, Jazz, Blues, Soul, B3 organist, CBS Radio Network, Musicians Union, Local 802, Glasgow, AWB, Maggie Bell
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.
Hammond Report September 6 2021 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organ player & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's music about a very special soundcheck of my band for the Ellington Room Session in NYC, I brought out my 1959 Hammond B3 + Bill Beer custom Leslie Speaker for this date. Todd Anderson the tenor player is on the orginal record of this composition of mine entitled Lydia's Tune - I wrote it in Paris France in 1981 - Ray Grappone drums, Leslie J. Carter Chuggy Carter congas + percussions, Joe Berger guitar - faster tempo than usually, as I wanted to run the tune before people came - when I looked up a lot of people came in already! Happy Labor Day 2021 folks! Back tomorrow with another Hammond Report,Jon Hammond the B3 organist, not the singer "The FINGERS are The SINGERS!"™
