Hip Hop Chitlins LE BAR BAT NYC 1994

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1994 Performance of Jon Hammond Band original "Hip Hop Chitlins" at LE BAR BAT NYC 1994
Alex Foster (Saturday Night Live Band) tenor sax
Chuggy Carter (Donny Hathaway) congas percussion
James Preston (Sons of Champlin) drums
Barry Finnerty guitar
Jon Hammond XB-2 organ
Spcl. thanks Pete Fogel

David Fathead Newman, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond - GEORGIA

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In this May 17th 1990 performance at Zanzibar And Grill NYC: "Georgia On My Mind" played by Jon Hammond Band featuring late great tenor saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman who played on the original smash hit record by Ray Charles which became the Official Song of State of Georgia. Rare vocal performance from studio drummer Bernard Purdie also Ray Charles Alum, Jon Hammond soulful B3 organ solo, guitarist George Naha, cam by Joe Berger *Dedicated in Memory of David Newman and his surviving Wife, Karen Newman and Memory of Eric Fuchsman, owner of Zanzibar passed away at only 51 years of age. © http://www.HammondCast.com

Jon Hammond NEA Jazz Legends Photo Shoot, most important Jazz Photos in History

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From Jon Hammond Archive, Jon's pictures taken of surviving and then present (2004) NEA Jazz Master legends, many from this list including Horace Silver, Louis Bellson, Anita O'Day, Ron Carter, Cecil Tayloar, Frank Foster, Benny Golson, Roy Haynes, Hank Jones and many more, enjoy!
Jon Hammond
*Up-to-date NEA Jazz Master list as of 2009:
Toshiko Akiyoshi (2007)
David Baker (2000)
Danny Barker (1991)
Ray Barretto (2006)
Count Basie (1983)
Louie Bellson (1994)
Tony Bennett (2006)
George Benson (2009)
Art Blakey (1988)
Bob Brookmeyer (2006)
Cleo Brown (1987)
Ray Brown (1995)
Dave Brubeck (1999)
Kenny Burrell (2005)
Donald Byrd (2000)
Candido Camero (2008)
Benny Carter (1986)
Betty Carter (1992)
Ron Carter (1998)
Kenny Clarke (1983)
Buck Clayton (1991)
Jimmy Cobb (2009)
Ornette Coleman (1984)
Chick Corea (2006)
Miles Davis (1984)
Buddy DeFranco (2006)
Dorothy Donegan (1992)
Harry "Sweets" Edison (1992)
Roy Eldridge (1982)
Gil Evans (1985)
Art Farmer (1999)
Ella Fitzgerald (1985)
Tommy Flanagan (1996)
Frank Foster (2002)
Curtis Fuller (2007)
Dizzy Gillespie (1982)
Benny Golson (1996)
Dexter Gordon (1986)
Jim Hall (2004)
Chico Hamilton (2004)
Lionel Hampton (1988)
Slide Hampton (2005)
Herbie Hancock (2004)
Barry Harris (1989)
Roy Haynes (1995)
Percy Heath (2002)
Jimmy Heath (2003)
Joe Henderson (1999)
Luther Henderson (2004)
Jon Hendricks (1993)
Nat Hentoff (2004)
Billy Higgins (1997)
Andrew Hill (2008)
Milt Hinton (1993)
Shirley Horn (2005)
Freddie Hubbard (2006)
Milt Jackson (1997)
Ahmad Jamal (1994)
J.J. Johnson (1996)
Jonathan "Jo" Jones (1985)
Hank Jones (1989)
Elvin Jones (2003)
Quincy Jones (2008)
Andy Kirk (1991)
Lee Konitz (2009)
John Levy (2006)
John Lewis (2001)
Ramsey Lewis (2007)
Abbey Lincoln (2003)
Melba Liston (1987)
Tom McIntosh (2008)
Jackie McLean (2001)

Marian McPartland (2000)
Carmen McRae (1994)
Jay McShann (1987)
James Moody (1998)
Dan Morgenstern (2007)
Anita O'Day (1997)
Sun Ra (1982)
Paquito D'Rivera (2005)
Max Roach (1984)
Sonny Rollins (1983)
George Russell (1990)
Gunther Schuller (2008)
Jimmy Scott (2007)
Artie Shaw (2005)
Wayne Shorter (1998)
Horace Silver (1995)
Jimmy Smith (2005)
Billy Taylor (1988)
Cecil Taylor (1990)
Clark Terry (1991)
Toots Thielemans (2009)
McCoy Tyner (2002)
Rudy Van Gelder (2009)
Sarah Vaughan (1989)
George Wein (2005)
Frank Wess (2007)
Randy Weston (2001)
Joe Wilder (2008)
Joe Williams (1993)
Teddy Wilson (1986)
Gerald Wilson (1990)
Nancy Wilson (2004)
Phil Woods (2007)
Snooky Young (2009)
*Images © JON HAMMOND International *Official: http://www.HammondCast.com

Winter NAMM 2009 Day 1 HammondCast

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Jon Hammond on the scene for Day 1 opening of Winter NAMM 2009 January 15 with appearances by Os R. Leguizamo Suzuki Corporation USA, Bernard Purdie, Joe Berger and field test audio Superlux E531/BCS Stereo Condenser Microphone B3mk2 Hammond Cast KYOURADIO © http://www.HammondCast.com

Hammond Cast on Blinkx, Winter NAMM tomorrow in Anaheim CA

Chico Hamilton Interview with Jon Hammond on HammondCast

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Drummer, Bandleader, NEA Jazz Master Award Recipient CHICO HAMILTON on HammondCast KYOU Radio, excerpted from interview by Jon Hammond, organist and host of HammondCast Show 7 mornings a week on KYOU. ©2009 *Info: http://www.HammondCast.com Jon's MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jonhammondshow Visit Chico's MySpace site: http://www.myspace.com/chicohamilton

JIMMY SMITH Jazz Organist Last Jokes on HammondCast

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Jimmy Smith NEA Jazz Master Award Recipient Hammond Organist telling last jokes just one month before he passed away on February 8 2005. Filmed by Jon Hammond on NEA Panel including Kenny Burrell, Slide Hampton, Paquito D'Rivera, A.B. Spellman.
Jimmy tells the story about his adventures driving his Hammond B3 Organ and musicians in a Hearse and story of (like the commercial) "Got go gotta' go gotta go right now...almost made it" while on the gig on bandstand. Hilarious must see..!
Long Beach CA at IAJE convention © JH INTL. http://www.HammondCast.com spcl. thanks Dana Gioia, Brad Riesau as seen on Jon Hammond Show MNNTV & Hammond Cast KYOURADIO

Martin Mueller Executive Director of New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music with Jon Hammond of HammondCast 20 year meeting

Martin Mueller Executive Director of New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music with Jon Hammond of HammondCast 20 year meeting
20 year meeting of Martin Mueller Executive Director of Parsons New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music with Jon Hammond (organist accordionist) of HammondCast KYOURADIO at campus of The New School 55 W. 13th St. New York NY 10011 January 6 2009

MAX ROACH Photograph presented to Todd Barkan by Jon Hammond

Jon Hammond *Member American Federation of Musicians Union Local 802 and Host of HammondCast Show on KYOURADIO / KYCY 1550 AM Presents jazz producer Todd Barkan with original black & white photograph of MAX ROACH Jazz Drummer (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) seen in the famous photo by Hammond performing in Barkans defunct San Francisco jazz club Keystone Korner in North Beach year 1981:

Barkan is now Program Director of Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Jazz At Lincoln Center, interviewed by Jon Hammond for HammondCast Show

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Hammond seen here with Jazz Guitarist KENNY BURRELL in Hannover Germany:
Special guest Todd Barkan on HammondCast Show KYOURADIO, Jon Hammond interview with Todd Barkan, who ran Keystone Korner in North Beach. When Keystone closed in 1983, it was one of the last San Francisco clubs to regularly book national and international touring jazz groups. Barkan is now the artistic director of Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, the jazz club operated by Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, and he's also a highly regarded producer who works with numerous domestic and European jazz labels. ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com Todd Barkan http://www.toddbarkan.com/ Todd Barkan, Keystone Korner, Jon Hammond, Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, Jazz At Lincoln Center, HammondCast, KYOURADIO, Dexter Gordon, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Fantasy Records