Michael Brecker at Seventh Ave. South on HammondCast

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Jazzhaus Radio / Gabriele Benedix / Jon Hammond + Bonus Michael Brecker 1984 as seen on JH ShowJon Hammond going in to the archives here with an appearance on JAZZHAUS RADIO Hamburg with Host GABRIELE BENEDIX in cold winter Jon went to Somers NY with JOE BERGER to mix his new album NDR SESSIONS Projekt with ProTools Specialist JIM ROBERTS at Brandon Productions' studio. *Bonus: Great funky 1984 solo from MICHAEL BRECKER (RIP) jamming on Funk in A at his old club 'Seventh Ave. South' shot by Mr. Hammond personally, on band: Richie Morales-drums, Mark Grey-keys (RIP), Barry Finnerty-gtr., Wayne Brathwaite-bs As Seen on THE JON HAMMOND SHOW, now in 24th year NYC TV.For more info: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2007 HammondCast on KYOU Radio 1550 AM CBS Radio

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Check out the new Zooomr site, as featured on Techcrunch.com , congratulations Thomas Hawk (CEO) and Kristpher Tate !
Jon Hammond pics now on Zooomr. Also, today I'll be installing the new Leopard OS in my Mac, outta'sight!

Jon Hammond #1 On The Line at T-Mobile Sidekick LX Release Event San Francisco October 24, 2007

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This morning I was #1 On THE LINE at the big T-Mobile Sidekick LX Release Event at San Francisco corporate store 8266 at 699 Market St. San Francisco. I bought a dark blue Sidekick LX which is now my 4th Sidekick since I got the very first one Oct. 8 2002. 106KMEL was on the scene with promotional prizes and the Kick It Promo Team, T-Mobile Corporate Execs. and Sales people...it was wild!

One thing I would like to mention about the Sidekick and T-Mobile is the great support of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired community with this device and the great T-Mobile customer service and product support. Right on T-Mobile!
Check out this great phone/data device, highly recommended by Jon Hammond of KYOU Radio 1550 AM HammondCast Early Edition Show 7 early-mornings a week. http://www.HammondCast.com
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Cha Cha Cha in INDRA ! JON HAMMOND Band

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Cha Cha Cha in INDRA ! JON HAMMOND Band
On the same stage where The Beatles played first in Hamburg in 1960 pre-Ringo, JON HAMMOND Band performing Cha Cha Cha version of Theme From Black Orpheus. Lutz Buechner - tenor sax, Heinz Lichius - drums, Joe Berger - guitar, Jon Hammond - XB-2 Organ as heard on HammondCast Early Edition KYOU Radio ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com Special Thanks: ILLUSTRATORP, Knut Benzner, NDR Radio, JENNIFER - Camera *Note: Jon Hammond has also played on Reeperbahn in Regina Niteclub, Schmidt's Theatre, Skurillum, Top 10 Club, Mojo Club, Schlachthof

BLUES POWER ! JON HAMMOND Band in INDRA

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JON HAMMOND Band laying down a nice slow blues dedicated to BB & Albert King in INDRA, Home of The Beatles in Hamburg St. Pauli Grosse Freiheit: Lutz Buechner - sax, Heinz Lichius - drums, Joe Berger - guitar, Jon Hammond - XB-2 Organ ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com tune in 7 days a week on KYOU Radio 1550 AM for the best in FSB = Funk Soul Blues

Airbus Chief Test Pilot JACQUES ROSAY Brings A380 to SFO

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Airbus Chief Test Pilot JACQUES ROSAY Pilots A380 Super Jumbo to San Francisco International Airport with Interior Tour.
Jon Hammond is pleased to present this film of Aviation History as world’s largest airliner, the double-deck Airbus A380, arrives for the first time at SFO on October 4, 2007. Voila!
Special Thanks / Merci Beaucoup: Capt. Jacques Rosay, Mike McCarron, Clay McConnell, Air France Crew and United Airlines Ground Crew. HammondCast Early Edition KYOU Radio 1550 AM ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com Quote Barry Eccleston: "The Game Changer"!

ENRICO BANDUCCI Dead - 1922-2007 Impressario of North Beach San Francisco

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I played Hammond organ at the El Cid Club for the topless shows in North Beach San Francisco at 606 Columbus Ave. 40 years ago so I was saddened to hear this morning that my old friend Enrico Banducci had passed away. We all would end up after hours at Enrico's, the topless dancers and musicians to eat Italian food and hang out under the element heaters sitting al fresco at 3AM to see and be seen.
Enrico of course the flamboyant character who would come by our tables and play his violin and tell stories. He started the whole scene during SF's Beatnik and Bohemian days with the hungry i, where Barbra Streisand, Woody Allen, Mort Sahl and Bill Cosby, among others, got their starts. Everybody loved Enrico, he was very generous and if you were short dough on the check he would always take an IOU until pay day.
I always saw Big Daddy Tom Donahue the great radio broadcaster there, The Beau Brummels and SF's gliteratti.

Later around 1980 when the Punk Rock scene was raging across the street at MABUHAY GARDENS 443 Broadway, all the Punkers would come over to Enrico's too, the place was always Rockin'...RIP Enrico Banducci ! Let me know if you hear about his funeral or memorial event. Jon Hammond organ player/radio broadcaster

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JON HAMMOND
Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar
Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974
Languages: English, German
*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. Jon has played professionally since age 12. Beginning as a solo accordionist, he later played Hammond B3 organ in a number of important San Francisco bands. His all original group HADES opened shows for Tower of Power, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Michael Bloomfield. Eddie Money and Barry Finnerty became musical associates.
Moving East he attended Berklee College of Music and 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.

Moscow Concert Hammond Butman

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Most of the day I stayed in the room practicing my instrument and looking out at Red Square. Jennifer and I wanted to get to the club early so that we could get a sound check and settle in. Faina picked us up and we stuffed my organ and all our equipment in her compact car and off we went to Le Club in the Taganka Theatre Building.When we arrived the big friendly doormen picked up my heavy cases like they were toothpicks and brought them up the stairs for me! Vladimir the sound engineer for the club was very smooth and professional, and a very nice guy. We got a good sound on the organ and then came Eduard Zizak the great drummer! I had already met Eduard in New York the week before when he was there performing with Igor's quartet at Birdland. Eduard is an incredible drummer and also a very nice guy. We made a little soundcheck and right away I could tell that he had listened to my music and we would lock up with some very tight grooves...no problem!But where was Igor?...Click above Link to find out!

Blues In The Moscow White Nights - Jon Hammond Trio Russia Concerts with Igor Butman Story

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The story of my first concerts in Russia with Igor Butman (sax), Eduard Zizak (drums) by organist Jon Hammond (USA) for Jazz Quad

Coming to Russia to play in concert together with Igor Butman and Eduard Zizak recently, was one of the greatest experiences in my life/career! I was highly anticipating this journey for many reasons. First of all since my family originally came from Russia and Latvia many years ago, I had heard so many stories as a young child about the land and people I was about to visit. My grandparents were never able to return to Russia but when I arrived it felt like I was coming home.

From the beginning of my preparations I could see that this was not going to be any ordinary music tour! From obtaining visas it was apparent that the procedure was slightly different. I traveled with my girlfriend Jennifer on British Airways departing JFK to London and then from there we changed planes to Moscow. Upon arriving at Moscow SVO airport we quickly found ourselves among 20 persons who arrived with no baggage. There was nobody there to speak in English with from BA, so we had an interesting conversation and procedure with the official Lost and Found desk there and filled out the Baggage Irregularity Report papers. Leaving the customs area without our baggage we were very happy when we stepped out and saw a nice man holding a big Jon Hammond poster. We knew this was our man!
Luckily we came 2 days before the concerts and our bags were finally found and delivered to our hotel the next day. *continued from Link...

Full Size Photos Jon Hammond & Igor Butman Jazz Moscow Concerts

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BUTMAN ZIZAK HAMMOND
Jon Hammond & Eduard Zizak discussing music backstage.
Igor Butman, Eduard Zizak, Jon Hammond onstage trio formation.
Jon Hammond at the organ.
Jon's girlfriend Jennifer and Oksana Butman, Igor's wife at Le Club, Moscow Russia.
Jon Hammond links and Moscow Story with Igor & Eduard:
http://community.webtv.net/GoldenPenMan/BLUESINTHEMOSCOW
Igor Butman & Gary Walker at door of WBGO
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