Friday, January 31, 2014

Breaking Funky News from Anaheim Hilton - Bernard Purdie Thrills NAMM on Special Hammond Program

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: THE SOUND SOUL SUMMIT All Star Jam! Jon Hammond Band Featuring Bernard Purdie Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/THESOUNDSOULSUMMITAllStarJamJonHammondBandFeaturingBernardPurdie Head Phone - Jon Hammond Band THE SOUND SOUL SUMMIT All-Star Jam Video Movie of Jon's Band Featuring Bernard Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Alex Budman, Joe Berger2, Koei Tanaka, Jon Hammond Organ Group — with Stephen Fortner, Scott May, Joe Berger, Koei Tanaka and Jon Hammond at NAMM Anaheim Convention Center Hilton Anaheim Lobby Special Program on 80th Anniversary of Hammond Organ USA - Joe Lamond President CEO of NAMM presents special award to Mr. Shuji Suzuki President of Suzuki Musical Instruments Corp. makers of Hammond organ and Leslie speaker products on the occasion of 80th anniversary of Hammond organs - with Stephen Fortner of Keyboard Magazine and Gregg Grownowski of Hammond Suzuki USA also in photo - Jon Hammond Youtube http://youtu.be/7TApELTO1XI Front of House / FOH Mix by Brian English - Denny Mack Audio - announcement - Stephen Fortner - Editor Keyboard Magazine Jon Hammond Organ Group *Note: "Head Phone" composed by Jon Hammond ©JON HAMMOND Intl. ASCAP recorded with Bernard Purdieoriginally on Jon's album Late Rent in year of 1989 - Big Special Thanks toJay Dittamo for standin' in the cuff for Bernard, thanks Jay! special thanks to Scott May and Gregg Gregory Gronowski - Hammond Suzuki Musical Instruments Team Mr. M. Terada, Shuji Suzuki, Yu Beniya, Shigeyuki Ohtaka, Jeff Guilford JJ Guitars UK — with Joe Berger, Alex Budman, Stephen Fortner,Jay Dittamo, Bernard Purdie, Denny Mack and Koei Tanaka at Hilton Anaheim http://www.jonhammondband.com SOUND SOUL SUMMIT 2014•SHOW RUNNING ORDER•12 Jan 2014 
1.BRIAN AUGER AND OBLIVION EXPRESS Tune:TBD Keys:BRIAN AUGER (B3) Bass/Karma Auger:Drums/Guitar/Vocal 2.BILLY PRESTON TRIBUTE “Will It Go ‘Round In Circles” Keys:GARY SWAN (B3) / J.T. THOMAS (SK88) bringing own band TBD 3.JIMMY SMITH TRIBUTE “The Sermon” Keys REV. JIMMIE SMITH (sk2) / JIM ALFREDSON (B3) / RON OSWANSKI (sk88) Jay:Drums/Ron:Guitar 4.BILL CHAMPLIN “Turn Your Love Around” Keys: BILL CHAMPLIN (B3) / DAVID ROSENTHAL (SK88) Mike:Drums/Leo: Bass/Jack: Guitar/Terry Lawless:Sax 5.THE JON HAMMOND QUARTET Tune:TBD Keys:JON HAMMOND (B3) Bernard Purdie:Drums/Joe Berger:Guitar/TBA:Sax 6.KEITH EMERSON “Au Private” Keys: KEITH EMERSON (B3) Jay:Drums/Leo:Bass/Terry Lawless:Sax Guitar? 7:CHICAGO ALL-STARS “Mercy Mercy Mercy” Keys: C.J. VANSTON (B3)/ALAN HEWITT (SK2)/SCOTT MAY (SK88) Vocals:DENNIS TUFANO / TOM “TOAD” DOODY Brandon Bailey:Harmonica/Mike:Drums/Leo:Bass/Jack:Guitar 8:RYO OKUMOTO Tune:TBD Keys: Ryo Okumoto (TBD) Koei Tanaka: Harmonica/Jay:Drums/Leo:Bass/Ron:Guitar 9:REVENGE OF THE KEYBOARD ROCKERS “Free Bird” Keys: PETER KEYS (SK88)/TERRY LAWLESS (Sk2)/DAVID ROSENTHAL (B3) Vocals:ALEX NESTER Mike:Drums/Leo:Bass/Jack:Guitar Anaheim California -- Jay Dittamo and Jon Hammond - Jay, your playing last night was magnificent and impeccable!! Many many thanks and thanks to Joe Berger for bringing you in on Hammond Organ USA summit gig this year and last year! Wonderful musician Jay!! c u in a minute, Jon (this was at the Hammond Meet and Greet party before we hit folks, wow cool!) — with Jay Dittamo at Hilton Anaheim Bernard Purdie Plays Pocket Funk on Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/bernard-purdie-plays-pocket-funk-namm-center-patio-jon-hammond-band-6721909 Higher Quality) Surprise! Bernard Purdie and Jon Hammond reprise "Pocket Funk" on NAMM Center Patio Stage: Koei Tanaka harmonica, Joe Berger guitar, Alex Budman tenor saxophone, Jon Hammond at the organ and Bernard Purdie on the fatback drums! Very special thanks to Dom Famularo (Sabian), Bespeco Accessori, Alex Mingmann Hsieh / P Mauriat HQ Pmauriat Albest saxophones, Suzuki Musical Instruments Instruments, JJ Guitars, The NAMM Show Organization - Greg Herreman Productions - Bernard Purdie / Bernard "Pretty" Purdie / Koei Tanaka / 田中光栄 - fan site http://www.jonhammondband.com/ "Pocket Funk" ©JON HAMMOND International ASCAP Jon Hammond Band / Jon Hammond Organ Group — at NAMM Anaheim Convention Center Breaking News, Funky drums, Bernard Purdie, 80th Anniversary of Hammond, NAMM Show, Keyboard Magazine, Jon Hammond, Head Phone, ASCAP, Joe Lamond, Koei Tanaka, Suzuki Harmonica, Local 802, Musicians Union

Monday, January 20, 2014

Koei Tanaka aka Suzuki Harmonica Santa will be joining Jon Hammond Band again NAMM Show 2014 Hilton Lobby Hammond extravaganza!

For Immediate Release: Koei Tanaka aka Suzuki Harmonica Santa will be joining Jon Hammond Band again NAMM Show 2014 Hilton Lobby Hammond extravaganza commemorating 80th Anniversary of Hammond Organ with All Star Show Friday night January 24th start time 9PM From Tokyo Japan, Koei Tanaka returning to NAMM Show *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Koei Tanaka harmonica Jon Hammond B3mk2 organ Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondPart2of3SpecialConcertforPresidentSuzukiandCompanyinHamamatsu Partial Set List: *Note: Jon Hammond Quartet featuring Bernard Purdie is scheduled to come on after Bill Champlin : 1.BRIAN AUGER AND OBLIVION EXPRESS! Tune:TBD! Keys:BRIAN AUGER (B3)! Bass/Karma Auger:Drums/Guitar/Vocal! ! 2.BILLY PRESTON TRIBUTE! “Will It Go ‘Round In Circles”! Keys:GARY SWAN (B3) / J.T. THOMAS (SK88)! bringing own band TBD! ! 3.JIMMY SMITH TRIBUTE! “The Sermon”! Keys REV. JIMMIE SMITH (sk2) / JIM ALFREDSON (B3) / RON OSWANSKI (sk88)! Jay:Drums/Ron:Guitar! ! 4.BILL CHAMPLIN! “Turn Your Love Around”! Keys: BILL CHAMPLIN (B3) / DAVID ROSENTHAL (SK88)! Mike:Drums/Leo: Bass/Jack: Guitar/Terry Lawless:Sax! ! 5.THE JON HAMMOND QUARTET! Tune:TBD! Keys:JON HAMMOND (B3)! Bernard Purdie:Drums/Joe Berger:Guitar/TBA:Sax! *Note: Plus Very special Surprise Guests I am not at liberty to announce yet - it's going to be great, hope to see you there! Jon Hammond & Band Breaking Jon Hammond Band News: Welcoming Bernard Purdie back to the bandstand for 80th Anniversary of Hammond Organs and Hall of Fame night in Hilton Hotel Lobby 2014 NAMM Show - 4th band up after Brian Auger Oblivion Express - lineup will be Joe Berger guitar, Bernard Purdie drums, Jon Hammond B3 organ and tenor saxophonist tba - http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men flashback time with Bernard Purdie: Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondFATHEADLateRentJONHAMMONDBand The late great tenor saxophonist David Fathead Newman plays Late Rent - Jon Hammond Band theme song from long-running cable TV show The Purdie Shuffle! Bernard Purdie dedication to his students in the house - Jon Hammond at the B3 organ Jon Hammond Band theme song LATE RENT in Zanzibar and Grill NYC Bernard Purdie drums, Jon Hammond at B3 organ with his long time theme song of The Jon Hammond Show TV Show NAMM Show Jazz Blues on 80th Anniversary of the Hammond Organ - Jon Hammond Band Performance Info http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2014/concerts-performances/jon-hammond-band Announcing Jon Hammond Band News: Welcoming Bernard Purdie back to the bandstand for 80th Anniversary of Hammond Organs and Hall of Fame night in Hilton Hotel Lobby 2014 NAMM Show - 4th band up after Brian Auger Oblivion Express - lineup will be Joe Berger guitar, Bernard Purdie drums, Jon Hammond B3 organ and tenor saxophonist Alex Budman - Congratulations everybody on the 80th Anniversary of the invention of the Hammond organ - first commercial model was the model A I owned one that actually had Neon Lights installed under both keyboards and over the pedal board - it is in the photo here where I'm playing a Cordovox Super V - the model A is in back of me - Jon Hammond Here I am with the more modern famous Model B3 and 2 Leslie Speakers - Jon Hammond This is the inside of the very same 1965 Hammond B3 organ - with a few very special custom modifications by the late great Bill Beer of Keyboard Products Los Angeles CA Custom Inputs: You can see some of the custom modifications Bill Beer installed in my B3 organ more mods by Bill Beer Keyboard Products Koei Tanaka, Suzuki Santa, Harmonica, Jazz, Blues, Soul Music Extravaganza, 80th Anniversary Hammond Organ, NAMM Show, Jon Hammond, Local 802, Musicians Union, Bernard Purdie

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Rumors of New T-Mobile Sidekick Abound after CES and LG Optimus F3Q QWERTY smartphone appear - Jon Hammond

Rumors of New T-Mobile Sidekick Abound after CES and LG Optimus F3Q QWERTY smartphone appear - Jon Hammond *WATCH VIDEO HERE: Video of Microsoft's KIN phone unfortunate launch press event Jon's archive: https://archive.org/details/JonHammondKINMicrosoftPMXDangerPhonePressEventHammondCastbroughttoyoubyJonHammond Downloaded 625 times T-Mobile Sidekick Launch Event Photos San Francisco CA -- Jon Hammond San Francisco-- KIN One and KIN Two the new smart phones, successor to the hugely popular Sidekick were introduced to the Press today by the folks from the PMX Division of Microsoft, Roz Ho in attendance, Mark Fisher SVP of Danger, now part of Microsoft and long-time Sidekick user since Oct. 8, 2002 Musician / Journalist Jon Hammond flew in from Frankfurt Germany where he had just wrapped up performing with his band for 24th consecutive year at the Musikmesse trade show. See his exclusive video coverage of the event here, still warm, with musical intro and outro by Jon Hammond Band rocking out in the Jazzkeller Frankfurt with Jon's original shuffle Blues composition No X-cess Baggage Blues with smoking Joe Berger guitar solo at end of the historic film shot by Mr. Hammond personally as it took place at the Mighty San Francisco Club at 119 Utah St. in the hip emerging SOMISSPO area of SF where SOMA, The Mission and Portrero Hill meet. Jon Hammond has had every Sidekick phone since October 2002 and is currently using the Sidekick 4G - here are some of Jon's Sidekick T-Mobile phones: Jon Hammond Jon Hammond is host of daily radio program HammondCast on CBS' KYOU Radio and Member of AFM Local 802 & Local 6 Musicians Union, ASCAP Composer Publisher. Jon Hammond met CNET Technology Reporter Ina Fried on the waffle line, see Ina's article Here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20002281-56.html?tag=smallCarouselArea.0 *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE on Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/kin-microsoft-pmx-danger-phone-press-event-hammondcast-brought-to-you-by-jon-hammond-3502207 All the Sidekickers are eagerly awaiting the next T-Mobile Sidekick QWERTY flip phone, one of the most popular phones in the history of T-Mobile the American subsidy of Deutsche Telekom - Jon Hammond In the meantime, now that CES is wrapped up: NAMM Show is next this week folks! Breaking NAMM Show NEWS: Koei Tanaka Suzuki Harmonica Artist from Tokyo will be joining Jon Hammond Band in Hilton Hotel Jan. 24th: Expecting Rain in California! Partial Set List: *Note: Jon Hammond Quartet featuring Bernard Purdie is scheduled to come on after Bill Champlin : 1.BRIAN AUGER AND OBLIVION EXPRESS! Tune:TBD! Keys:BRIAN AUGER (B3)! Bass/Karma Auger:Drums/Guitar/Vocal! ! 2.BILLY PRESTON TRIBUTE! “Will It Go ‘Round In Circles”! Keys:GARY SWAN (B3) / J.T. THOMAS (SK88)! bringing own band TBD! ! 3.JIMMY SMITH TRIBUTE! “The Sermon”! Keys REV. JIMMIE SMITH (sk2) / JIM ALFREDSON (B3) / RON OSWANSKI (sk88)! Jay:Drums/Ron:Guitar! ! 4.BILL CHAMPLIN! “Turn Your Love Around”! Keys: BILL CHAMPLIN (B3) / DAVID ROSENTHAL (SK88)! Mike:Drums/Leo: Bass/Jack: Guitar/Terry Lawless:Sax! ! 5.THE JON HAMMOND QUARTET! Tune:TBD! Keys:JON HAMMOND (B3)! Bernard Purdie:Drums/Joe Berger:Guitar/TBA:Sax! *Note: Plus Very special Surprise Guests I am not at liberty to announce yet - it's going to be great, hope to see you there! Jon Hammond & Band Breaking Jon Hammond Band News: Welcoming Bernard Purdie back to the bandstand for 80th Anniversary of Hammond Organs and Hall of Fame night in Hilton Hotel Lobby 2014 NAMM Show - 4th band up after Brian Auger Oblivion Express - lineup will be Joe Berger guitar, Bernard Purdie drums, Jon Hammond B3 organ and tenor saxophonist tba - http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men flashback time with Bernard Purdie: Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondFATHEADLateRentJONHAMMONDBand The late great tenor saxophonist David Fathead Newman plays Late Rent - Jon Hammond Band theme song from long-running cable TV show The Purdie Shuffle! Bernard Purdie dedication to his students in the house - Jon Hammond at the B3 organ Jon Hammond Band theme song LATE RENT in Zanzibar and Grill NYC Bernard Purdie drums, Jon Hammond at B3 organ with his long time theme song of The Jon Hammond Show TV Show NAMM Show Jazz Blues on 80th Anniversary of the Hammond Organ - Jon Hammond Band Performance Info http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2014/concerts-performances/jon-hammond-band Announcing Jon Hammond Band News: Welcoming Bernard Purdie back to the bandstand for 80th Anniversary of Hammond Organs and Hall of Fame night in Hilton Hotel Lobby 2014 NAMM Show - 4th band up after Brian Auger Oblivion Express - lineup will be Joe Berger guitar, Bernard Purdie drums, Jon Hammond B3 organ and tenor saxophonist Alex Budman - http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondNAMMHammondSummitShowLateRentJonHammondBandinHiltonAnaheim Very special performance on first ever Hammond night in Hilton Hotel Lobby at Winter NAMM 2013 presented by Hammond Suzuki USA "Sound Soul Summit" "The Ultimate All-Star Jam" MC Scott May introduces Jon Hammond Band to play their theme song "Late Rent" after a very cool pre-show party Meet and Greet with a who's who of Hammond organists. Donny Baldwin drums (from Jefferson Starship & Lydia Pense & Cold Blood), Alex Budman tenor saxophone Joe Berger guitar Jon Hammond New B-3 Portable organ Sound mix by Denny Mack Special thanks Hammond Suzuki USA and Suzuki Musical Instruments Team NAMM = National Association of Music Merchants http://www.jonhammondband.com This year Dom Famularo will be playing drums first time on Jon Hammond Band folks, this is going to be amazing! L to R: Jon Hammond, Joe Berger, Tony Arambarri Folks, remembering the late great John Entwistle today bassist of The Who! Joe Berger introduced us in Frankfurt Musikmesse 1987 - here we are in 1988 in Franfurt - R.I.P. John! - Jon Hammond Band Looking forward to NAMM 2014! Joe Berger, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond - Roseland Ballroom — with Joe Berger, Jon Hammond and Bernard Purdie at Roseland Ballroom Jon Hammond: This is the lineup for our appearance Friday Jan. 24th Hilton Lobby 80th Anniversary Hammond Organ, L to R: Joe Berger, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond and Alex Budman tenor sax 4th up after Brian Auger Oblivion Express, show hits at 9PM - First-ever Hammond Hall of Fame announcemnts - Jon Hammond Band we are going to break it down funky with Bernard folks! - JH © http://www.HammondCast.com QWERTY, LG F3Q, CES, Smartphone, KIN, Microsoft, PMX, Roz Ho, Jon Hammond, Ina Fried, Mark Fisher, Danger, Pink, Phone, HammondCast, Sidekick, T-Mobile, Koei Tanaka, NAMM Show, Anaheim, Hammond organ, Jazz, Blues, Local 802, Musicians Union

Monday, January 13, 2014

Sound Soul Summit 2014 Poster for The Ultimate Hammond All-Star Jam NAMM Show Hilton Hotel

Partial Set List: *Note: Jon Hammond Quartet featuring Bernard Purdie is scheduled to come on after Bill Champlin : 1.BRIAN AUGER AND OBLIVION EXPRESS! Tune:TBD! Keys:BRIAN AUGER (B3)! Bass/Karma Auger:Drums/Guitar/Vocal! ! 2.BILLY PRESTON TRIBUTE! “Will It Go ‘Round In Circles”! Keys:GARY SWAN (B3) / J.T. THOMAS (SK88)! bringing own band TBD! ! 3.JIMMY SMITH TRIBUTE! “The Sermon”! Keys REV. JIMMIE SMITH (sk2) / JIM ALFREDSON (B3) / RON OSWANSKI (sk88)! Jay:Drums/Ron:Guitar! ! 4.BILL CHAMPLIN! “Turn Your Love Around”! Keys: BILL CHAMPLIN (B3) / DAVID ROSENTHAL (SK88)! Mike:Drums/Leo: Bass/Jack: Guitar/Terry Lawless:Sax! ! 5.THE JON HAMMOND QUARTET! Tune:TBD! Keys:JON HAMMOND (B3)! Bernard Purdie:Drums/Joe Berger:Guitar/TBA:Sax! *Note: Plus Very special Surprise Guests I am not at liberty to announce yet - it's going to be great, hope to see you there! Jon Hammond & Band Breaking Jon Hammond Band News: Welcoming Bernard Purdie back to the bandstand for 80th Anniversary of Hammond Organs and Hall of Fame night in Hilton Hotel Lobby 2014 NAMM Show - 4th band up after Brian Auger Oblivion Express - lineup will be Joe Berger guitar, Bernard Purdie drums, Jon Hammond B3 organ and tenor saxophonist tba - http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men flashback time with Bernard Purdie: Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondFATHEADLateRentJONHAMMONDBand The late great tenor saxophonist David Fathead Newman plays Late Rent - Jon Hammond Band theme song from long-running cable TV show The Purdie Shuffle! Bernard Purdie dedication to his students in the house - Jon Hammond at the B3 organ Jon Hammond Band theme song LATE RENT in Zanzibar and Grill NYC Bernard Purdie drums, Jon Hammond at B3 organ with his long time theme song of The Jon Hammond Show TV Show NAMM Show Jazz Blues on 80th Anniversary of the Hammond Organ - Jon Hammond Band Performance Info http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2014/concerts-performances/jon-hammond-band Announcing Jon Hammond Band News: Welcoming Bernard Purdie back to the bandstand for 80th Anniversary of Hammond Organs and Hall of Fame night in Hilton Hotel Lobby 2014 NAMM Show - 4th band up after Brian Auger Oblivion Express - lineup will be Joe Berger guitar, Bernard Purdie drums, Jon Hammond B3 organ and tenor saxophonist Alex Budman - http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondNAMMHammondSummitShowLateRentJonHammondBandinHiltonAnaheim Very special performance on first ever Hammond night in Hilton Hotel Lobby at Winter NAMM 2013 presented by Hammond Suzuki USA "Sound Soul Summit" "The Ultimate All-Star Jam" MC Scott May introduces Jon Hammond Band to play their theme song "Late Rent" after a very cool pre-show party Meet and Greet with a who's who of Hammond organists. Donny Baldwin drums (from Jefferson Starship & Lydia Pense & Cold Blood), Alex Budman tenor saxophone Joe Berger guitar Jon Hammond New B-3 Portable organ Sound mix by Denny Mack Special thanks Hammond Suzuki USA and Suzuki Musical Instruments Team NAMM = National Association of Music Merchants http://www.jonhammondband.com This year Dom Famularo will be playing drums first time on Jon Hammond Band folks, this is going to be amazing! L to R: Jon Hammond, Joe Berger, Tony Arambarri Folks, remembering the late great John Entwistle today bassist of The Who! Joe Berger introduced us in Frankfurt Musikmesse 1987 - here we are in 1988 in Franfurt - R.I.P. John! - Jon Hammond Band Looking forward to NAMM 2014! Joe Berger, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond - Roseland Ballroom — with Joe Berger, Jon Hammond and Bernard Purdie at Roseland Ballroom Jon Hammond: This is the lineup for our appearance Friday Jan. 24th Hilton Lobby 80th Anniversary Hammond Organ, L to R: Joe Berger, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond and Alex Budman tenor sax 4th up after Brian Auger Oblivion Express, show hits at 9PM - First-ever Hammond Hall of Fame announcemnts - Jon Hammond Band we are going to break it down funky with Bernard folks! - JH Sound Soul, Summit 2014, NAMM Show, Hilton Hotel, Hammond Organ, Suzuki Musical Instruments, B3, Jon Hammond, Bernard Purdie, Jazz, Blues, Funky, Soul, Local 802, Musicians Union, All-Star, Jam