Letter from Jon Hammond Member AF of M Local 6 Musicians Union San Francisco, Subject: permit for the summer of Love 50th - June 4th 2017 in Golden Gate Park Commissioner Mark Buell, President Commissioner Allan Low, Vice President Commissioner Kat Anderson Commissioner Gloria Bonilla Commissioner Tom Harrison Commissioner Eric McDonnell

Dear San Francisco City Hall Commissioners and Permit Management Team: It has come to my attention that the permit for the free concert event in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love produced by Boots Hughston has just been denied on the grounds that it could put the public at risk. I would like to vouch for Mr. Hughston’s m.o. in organizing and handling security and all aspects of a large public concert event as a member in good standing of our Local 6 Musicians Union of San Francisco. Boots Hughston has already demonstrated that he can do this event safely, his team is well coordinated and experienced - I attended the 40th Anniversary of Summer of Love and it came off without a hitch - it was totally peaceful and everybody pitched in and cleaned up afterwards - fun for all ages, a real Family Event you could attend with your own children without any fear. This is an important part of the legacy of San Francisco - I have toured all over the world and everybody I meet who has never been to San Francisco tells me that they want to come to San Francisco and ‘wear flowers in their hair’ - this is one of the things that as City Administrators you should be greatly proud of and by all means support at the highest levels of the City and County of San Francisco, no doubt about it. We are lucky that many of the original musicians and participants in the original Summer of Love are still alive and have agreed to participate in the enactment of this 50th Anniversary of Summer of Love - free of charge, by and for the People. Please kindly reconsider your revocation of the permit and move forward to allow this very special event to take place on the appointed day of June 4th 2017, which has already been marked down on many calendars. Sincerely, Jon Hammond Member AF of M Local 6 Musicians Union of San Francisco #ActualSetList from 40th Anniversary Summer Of Love West Fest backstage photo taken by Jon Hammond: Member AF of M Local 6 Musicians Union San Francisco, Subject: permit for the summer of Love 50th - June 4th 2017 in Golden Gate Park Commissioner Mark Buell, President Commissioner Allan Low, Vice President Commissioner Kat Anderson Commissioner Gloria Bonilla Commissioner Tom Harrison Commissioner Eric McDonnell "We will file an appeal and refute all the allegations presented at the Park Commission meeting on Feb 16th in Room 416 at 10am, City Hall. All of us need to show up, we need everybody including friends etc. We need to make our voice heard. Letter from Boots Hughston: " Hi everybody, The permit for the summer of Love 50th has been denied on the grounds the event is unsafe sighting allegations that are totally fabricated and untrue. We will file an appeal and refute all the allegations presented at the Park Commission meeting on Feb 16th in Room 416 at 10am, City Hall. All of us need to show up, we need everybody including friends etc. We need to make our voice heard. Please send emails to the people listed below, very important it happens immediatly: Remind them how safe our events have been, how orderly and well run the production is, support my creditability as a producer, how this historic event has worldwide prominence, how San Francisco is seen worldwide as the father of the hip movement etc you get the drift. Please be respectful. Also remind them that the Golden Gate Park is for people of San Francisco not just for use of corporations to earn millions of dollars. We need to jump on this immediately. Please send them out with me BCC so I have a copy I will print them and take them to the meeting. We can win this but we need to jump on it now!!. we only have 7 days. Please also send it out to your friends list and ask them to send emails as well. Just draft one email and them copy and past to each address listed. Please send them to: Please send emails to: Tobius.L.Moore@sfgov.org Dana.Ketcham@sfgov.org diane.rea@sfgov.org phil.ginsburg@sfgov.org Sandra.Fewer@sfgov.org Mark.Farrell@sfgov.org Aaron.Peskin@sfgov.org Katy.Tang@sfgov.org Breedstaff@sfgov.org Jane.Kim@sfgov.org District 7 Norman Yee Norman.Yee@sfgov.org Jeff.Sheehy@sfgov.org Hillary.Ronen@sfgov.org Malia.Cohen@sfgov.org Ahsha.Safai@sfgov.org SF Park Commission All of the commissioners are at the same email address recpark.commission@sfgov.org in the Subject line Please put the their name send the emails to” Commissioner Mark Buell, President Commissioner Allan Low, Vice President Commissioner Kat Anderson Commissioner Gloria Bonilla Commissioner Tom Harrison Commissioner Eric McDonnell We need to move quick we only have until 16th - NEXT WEEK." West Fest Pt 2 of 2 by Jon Hammond HammondCast KYOU

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West Fest Celebration of 40th Anniversary of Woodstock free concert in Speedway Meadows Golden Gate Park Oct. 25, 2009 covered by Jon Hammond HammondCast KYOU Radio releasing of the doves, Jefferson Starship, Lester Chambers, El Chicano, Paul Lobster Wells, Bruce Lattimer shots by Mr. Hammond backstage and from crowd going to #29 bus © http://www.HammondCast.com special thanks Boots Hughston, Terence Hallinan

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West Fest Celebration of 40th Anniversary of Woodstock free concert in Speedway Meadows Golden Gate Park Oct. 25, 2009 covered by Jon Hammond HammondCast KYOU Radio with Freddie Herrera, Zero Nylin, Narada Michael Walden, Annie Sampson, Dr. Eugene Schoenfeld special thanks Boots Hughston, Terence Hallinan


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HammondCast 129 KYOU Radio, special guest BOOTS HUGHSTON organizer of Summer of Love 40th and West Fest Sunday Blues And Jazz Session NAMM Show 2017 White Onions Hammond Organs Stand 5104 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/SundayBluesAndJazzSessionNAMMShow2017WhiteOnionsHammondOrgansStand5104 Youtube https://youtu.be/BzDK39Xiz1g Facebook video https://www.facebook.com/hammondcast/videos/10154075375652102/ Vimeo https://vimeo.com/200668711 Anaheim CA -- 2017 NAMM Show​ Sunday Blues and Jazz Session with Jon Hammond and Friends "White Onions" - Koei Tanaka​ on Suzuki Harmonica - Official Facebook Page​ chromatic harmonica, Chuggy Carter​ (GON BOPS​) percussion, Joe Berger​ guitar (TV Jones), Jon Hammond​ at the Sk1 Hammond organ - camera: Jesse Gay​, Special thanks Steve Simmons​, Ray Gerlich, Scott May​, Suzuki Musical Instruments​ Team - in memory of Gregg Gregory Gronowski​ http://www.HammondCast.com Producer Jon Hammond Language English Published January 23, 2017 Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Topics Blues and Jazz, Hammond Organs, Suzuki Chromatic Harmonica, Koei Tanaka, Onions, NAMM Show, Jon Hammond, Chuggy Carter, Joe Berger, TV Jones, Sk1 organ, Sunday Jon Otis: "Nice to see my pal keyboardist Jon Hammond at the NAMM show!!!" NAMM Show -- Great to see my old friend Jon Otis great drummer/percussionist at NAMM on last day, we go way back folks! - Jon Hammond NAMM Show: Jon Hammond This is an absolutely priceless shot Koei Tanaka, Wow...Big Congratulations!!! - Jon Hammond - Suzuki Musical Instruments - Stevie Wonder - Koei Tanaka / 田中光栄 - fan site #StevieWonder #KoeiTanaka Sunday Blues and Jazz Session in Hammond Organ USA Stand 5104 NAMM Show 2017 10AM sharp! Camera credit: Jesse Gay Koei Tanaka - Suzuki chromatic harmonica Chuggy Carter - Percussion Joe Berger - Guitar Jon Hammond - Sk1 Organ Uwe Petersen in the house! NAMM Show 2017 -- Heinz Lichius & Joe Berger, Jon Hammond & Heather from EARasers earplugs - Michael Turner Kate Hathaway Heather & Don of EARasers earplugs - Ray Gerlich of Hammond Organ USA & Jay Valle Viscount Organs Corporation - Heinz Lichius & Stephen Ferrone - Brian Larsen Gator Cases new Transit Series gig bag/cases - Seymour Duncan lends some hair to a friend! - Jon Hammond I want the Official NAMM Show Plastic Poncho Salem from the NAMM Show Crew, thanks Salem! - NAMM Show 2017 -- I love playing with these cats, it was a huge disappointment for our scheduled NAMM Show concert to be canceled without notice - Heinz Lichius flew all the way in from Hamburg for the hit, Koei Tanaka all the way from Tokyo Japan - Joe Berger from 43rd Street and Chuggy Carter (not pictured but was there) from New Jersey - big thanks to Jim Roberts and his wife for coming, thanks Jim! Photo Credit: Lawrence Gay co-producer of West Coast Live Radio Show Heinz Lichius and Jon Hammond on shut-down CenterStage L to R Chuggy Carter, Heinz Lichius, Jon Hammond, Koei Tanaka, Joe Berger link to the 2017 NAMM Industry Memorial Tribute video: https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/namm-memoriam-industry-tribute-2017 Very sadly this year our dear friend Lutz Büchner was memorialized, but we will keep Lutz' Spirit! Big Thank You to my good friends in Bespeco Professional! From beautiful Castelfidardo Italy! Jon Hammond - NAMM Show — with Bespeco Professional Showtime! - Jon Hammond Funk Unit NAMM Show Jon Hammond Band - photo by the great photographer Lawrence Gay co-producer of West Coast Live Radio Show https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2017/events/jon-hammond-funk-unit — with Pioneer DJ NAMM's John Riddle! - #NAMMShow Priceless NAMM Show shots by my friend Lawrence Gay co-producer of West Coast Live Radio Show! - Jon Hammond — at NAMM Show: Nico Teng and Jon Hammond at Superlux Avlex Super Nico! - #NAMMShow Priceless NAMM Show shots by my friend Lawrence Gay co-producer of West Coast Live Radio Show! - Jon Hammond Superlux — at NAMM Show Jon and Bernard Purdie! #NAMMShow Priceless NAMM Show shots by my friend Lawrence Gay co-producer of West Coast Live Radio Show! - Jon Hammond — with Bernard Purdie at NAMM Show: Now with Heritage Guitars folks!: Rich Severson and Gail Meyer Severson! - #NAMMShow Priceless NAMM Show shots by my friend Lawrence Gay co-producer of West Coast Live Radio Show! - Jon Hammond My friends Bernard Purdie and Lawrence Gay co-producer of West Coast Live) Radio show! - #NAMMShow Jon Hammond — with Bernard Purdie and West Coast Live at NAMM Show: -- RIP my friend Ron Polte - manager of Quicksilver, Ace of Cups, Wild West Fest - Jon Hammond (my band opened for Copperhead on one of the very few live gigs they played in 1972 at The Longbranch Saloon) Tam Junction and Piatti Mill Valley Restaurant - Breakfast with Ron, rest in peace Ron Polte - Jon Hammond : *Note: We had a lot of fun in the old days at 759 Harrison Street San Francisco when we shared rehearsal space with The Quicksilver Messenger Service at Bruce Hatch's San Francisco Radical Laboratories aka SF Rad Lab in years 1968 / 1969 (not to be confused with radiation lab folks! I am still in touch with QSM guitarist Gary Duncan, sending my condolences Gary! - JH *Note: This was Ron's big project some years ago folks: http://jonhammondband.com/blog.html/jon_hammond_reflections_on_wild_west_festival/ JON HAMMOND REFLECTIONS ON WILD WEST FESTIVAL - LINK: http://kernelpanichammondcast.blogspot.com/2016/09/wow-folks-i-was-there-jon-hammond.html Wow folks, I was there! This was very nearly the biggest Rock Music Festival that almost happened - it was very close. I went to many meetings with Ron Polte and a lot of very heavy San Francisco Rock bands were down to play the "Wild West Festival" (1969) Posters were already made up, we had meetings in the Zoetrope building now owned by Francis Ford Coppola and The Straight Theatre on Haight Street - Ron Polte was part owner of Straight Theatre in addition to being the manager of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Ace of Cups and for a time Sons of Champlin as well. I highly recommend watching and listening to this very rare footage of the press conference with Big Daddy Tom Donahue speaking about the project - Jon Hammond Band​ photo by Jon Hammond​ - breakfast with Ron I just saw Ron's obit by Paul Liberatore​ in the Marin IJ: http://www.marinij.com/article/NO/20160916/NEWS/160919827 "Quicksilver Quicksilver Messenger Service - Band​ manager Ron Polte dies in Mill Valley at 84" " By Paul Liberatore, Marin Independent Journal Posted: 09/16/16, 5:53 PM PDT | Updated: 6 hrs ago Ron Polte, who managed the psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service and the all-female quintet the Ace of Cups during the glory days of the San Francisco Sound, died Wednesday at his longtime home in Mill Valley. He was 84. Mr. Polte had been suffering from multiple health problems and had been under Hospice care since May, said his wife of 20 years, Sally Robert. “He was a good man,” said Quicksilver band member David Freiberg, speaking by phone from Florida while on tour with the Jefferson Starship. “I could always trust him to do what he thought was right.” Born on the south side of Chicago into a family of nine children, Mr. Polte had a tough childhood, but managed to turn his life around after being in and out of trouble with the law as a teenager, his wife said. In Chicago, he became friends with blues singer-songwriter Nick Gravenites (“Born in Chicago,” “Buried Alive in the Blues”) when they were teenagers and followed him out to San Francisco in the early 1960s. They were the first of the Chicago blues crowd, including Mike Bloomfield, Elvin Bishop and Mark Naftalin of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, to relocate in the Bay Area, most of them settling in Marin and Sonoma counties. In 1967, Mr. Polte took over management of Quicksilver and the Ace of Cups after their original manager, Ambrose Hollingworth, was seriously injured in a car crash near Muir Beach. “When we needed somebody, there he was,” Freiberg said. Quicksilver was the last of the San Francisco hippie bands to ink a major label deal when they signed with Capitol Records in late 1967. “He took it slow and steady and wouldn’t take a deal if he didn’t think it was right,” Freiberg recalled. “It took a while, but we got a really good deal with Capitol.” Mr. Polte was known as a dutiful and resourceful manager who did what he could to meet the needs of the young musicians in his bands. Freiberg remembered that when he and his Quicksilver bandmates were living together in a house in Mill Valley, they informed him of their desire to move onto a farm in the country with a barn where they could rehearse. Mr. Polte wasted no time making that wish come true. “Within a week and a half, we were living on an old dairy farm in Olema,” Freiberg recalled, chuckling. “He really cared about making sure everybody was taken care of.” Diane Vitalich of Novato, drummer for the Ace of Cups, recalled that when she and her bandmates needed transportation, Mr. Polte went to an auction of state vehicles at San Quentin and bought cars for all of them. “He bought us five 1963 Dodge Darts,” she said. “They were all blue and all looked the same.” During this time, Mr. Polte started Westpole, a booking agency that handled Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, the Sons of Champlin and other seminal Bay Area rock groups. He’s also credited with inspiring the name of the band Electric Flag, a short-lived supergroup formed by Bloomfield, Gravenites, keyboardist Barry Goldberg, bassist Harvey Brooks and drummer Buddy Miles. According to Gravenites, Quicksilver had somehow come into possession of a light-up electric flag after a gig at a veterans hall. “He brought it over to where we were all living and rehearsing in Tam Valley,” he recalled. “We plugged it in and it lit up and started waving. We said, ‘Hey, look at that. Let’s call ourselves the Electric Flag.’” Eventually, Mr. Polte escaped from the hard living and tumult of the music business, spending time on a remote lodge in the New Mexico wilderness owned by Frank Werber, the charismatic manager of the Kingston Trio and owner of the Trident, a legendary Sausalito restaurant. Through it all, he never lost the values that defined the ‘60s generation in San Francisco. “All the altruistic thinking that came out of that era he agreed with a thousand percent,” Gravenites said. “He remained a firm defender of all the idealism from those years.” In addition to his wife, Mr. Polte is survived by two daughters, Pamela Polte of Sutter Creek, Amador County, and Patti Ann Lindecker of Chicago; two sons, Thomas Polte of Chicago and Jeremy Polte of Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, and two sisters, Marilyn McMinn and Nancy Brunanchon of Pine Grove, Amador County. A private memorial service is being planned. " JON HAMMOND REFLECTIONS ON WILD WEST FESTIVAL - LINK: http://kernelpanichammondcast.blogspot.com/2016/09/wow-folks-i-was-there-jon-hammond.html Wow folks, I was there! This was very nearly the biggest Rock Music Festival that almost happened - it was very close. I went to many meetings with Ron Polte and a lot of very heavy San Francisco Rock bands were down to play the "Wild West Festival" (1969) Posters were already made up, we had meetings in the Zoetrope building now owned by Francis Ford Coppola and The Straight Theatre on Haight Street - Ron Polte was part owner of Straight Theatre in addition to being the manager of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Ace of Cups and for a time Sons of Champlin as well. I highly recommend watching and listening to this very rare footage of the press conference with Big Daddy Tom Donahue speaking about the project - Jon Hammond *long-time member Local 6 Musicians Union (but not then!) *LINK: https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/201631 **From KQED piece: " KQED News report from 1969 featuring a press conference by Tom Donahue (1928-75), who discusses the Wild West Rock Festival that was to have taken place in Golden Gate Park but was cancelled due to protests by locals. Donahue believes that even though the concert never happened, this was a positive experience for the San Francisco community. He states that: "We also felt that a great deal of the good things that have come out of the artistic community in this country have originated in San Francisco. That it's a starting point. Thay may sound chauvanistic but I also think it's the truth." Ends with brief comments from another spokesman, who refers to the "unecessary and ... unwarranted paranoia" that the Wild West project had to deal with. It is worth noting that Donahue was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a non-peformer, one of only three disc jockeys to receive that honor to date (2011). Tags: golden gate park, kqn 486, news cameras, rock concerts, ron polte, tom donahue, wild west festival Added to San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive on November 18, 2011. " Tom Donahue on the Wild West Festival (1969) (Updated over a year ago) #HammondCast #GoldenGatePark #HammondOrgan, Big Daddy, Jon Hammond, Local 6, Musicians Union, Ron Polte, San Francisco, Tom Donahue, Wild West Festival Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondPartyBarge_2SONSofCHAMPLIN_JONHAMMOND Views 542 #542 Youtube https://youtu.be/inzkjTzdecs 7,373 views #7373 Boots Hughston put this on Facebook the other day: "From Boots Hughston In Answer to the denial of our Permit and demeaning letter questioning my credibility I have been a promoter for over 40 years in San Francisco and although I am not Bill Graham or Chet Helms I have promoted and produced hundreds if not thousands of shows in San Francisco and its parks. I will let my accomplishments speak for themselves. We’ve never had any problems with events we’ve produced; our production is tight, well oiled and very professional. Our production teams are the best in the industry and have pulled off the impossible many times such as having 21 bands and 17 speakers in 7 hours – with no performers being late. There are very few production companies in the industry able to accomplish this. The amazing thing is it’s done by volunteers’, professional people in the industry volunteering their time and expertise. Even the artists and musicians donate their services; no one gets paid - not even me. Because we are volunteers does not mean we are incompetent. We choose to be a part of this event, we do it out of love for our culture and the principles this event stands for Peace, Love, and Compassion. Now, if I had no creditability do you think musicians would play for free? Or the production people would work for free?, Believe me they wouldn’t. It is precisely the opposite; they want to be a part of this event because I have creditability and they respect the event and its history. All the people donate their services because they know our events are produced and managed professionally and above all are peaceful. My background as a promoter goes back many years - do you think I would mislead the Permits people or the Police Department? I would not, those are amateur promoter mistakes. They have taken statements out of context and twisted the meaning to benefit their own purpose. We will present our appeal this Thursday at 10am in RM 416 at city Hall. Please attend we need your help and participation. We will show documents proving I filed the Department of Emergency Services plan on time; we have Rock Med handling medical and they will refute the Parks statements. We also have email exchanges showing the statements they have taken out of context. Do not believe their slanderous statements. The question is Why: The parks have become a cash cow for the city and they don’t want events like ours – they want it to be corporate. They receive millions of dollars from fees charged; Outlands paid 3M dollars. They are ignoring non-profit groups like ours. They forget the Golden Gate Park and the Parks system is for citizens of San Francisco not for corporations to make money. It is important we honor our culture; the world sees this event and San Francisco as where a positive change came over our cultures, where creativity and spirituality became more important than money. This event gives us the opportunity to come together as one, in harmony showing the world we can unite under the banner of peace while respecting Mother Nature and our Earth. This event is seen around the world as the spear head of cultural change and represents San Francisco in a positive light internationally. Our last event had thousands of international press writing about San Francisco. It would be smart for the city to embrace this event not only to allow the permits to go forward, but take this event under its wing making it a reoccurring celebration of San Francisco and its Citizens. With Respect, Boots-2b1 " Awesome photos by Lawrence Gay - Joe Berger playing in Hammond Organ USA Stand number 5104 at NAMM Show traditional Sunday Session, Jon Hammond at his trusty Sk1, Jon and Dr. Lonnie Smith counseling - we'll all be playing Feb. 22nd Memorial bash in memory of Gregg Gronowski at Arcada Theatre - hope to see you there! http://youtube.com/jonhammondband Anaheim, California -- Jon Hammond and Bernard Purdie at NAMM Show Photo by Lawrence Gay Letter from Jon, Permit Summer of Love, Boots Hughston, Golden Gate Park, City Hall Flowers in Hair, #2b1 #HammondOrgan #Festival

Part 4 of 4 Conversations with main man Harold Channer - starts out telling the story about Teddy Venus in the Combat Zone - enjoy! Jon Hammond

#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Part 4 of 4 Conversations with main man Harold Channer - starts out telling the story about Teddy Venus in the Combat Zone - enjoy! Jon Hammond Part 4 of 4 Conversations with main man Harold Channer - starts out telling the story about Teddy Venus in the Combat Zone - enjoy! Jon Hammond Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondConversationsWithHaroldChannerPt4JonHammondInterview Harold Hudson Channer and Jon Hammond in conversation Conversations With Harold Channer Pt 4 Jon Hammond Interview Music News Brought To You By Jon Hammond on CONVERSATIONS WITH HAROLD HUDSON CHANNER on MNNTV Intelligent Relevant Television Talk Harold Channer is a talk-show host on public access television network Manhattan Neighborhood Network, or MNN. He is the longest-running producer for the network, having done over 2,200 interviews over 40 years. Speaking here with Jon Hammond of KYOU Radio, Music News Brought To you by Jon Hammond on Conversations, Pt 4 of one hour program *WATCH VIDEO: Conversations With Harold Channer Part 4 Jon Hammond Interview http://www.archive.org/details/JonHammondConversationsWithHaroldChannerPt4JonHammondInterview Hear Jon Hammond telling Harold Hudson Channer about his days playing Hammond organ nightly in the strip tease clubs in Boston Combat Zone in the mafia clubs as house organist at World Famous 2 O'Clock Club run by mobsters like Teddy Venus and Louie Venus the Venus Brothers. Just back from performing and presenting a Key Note Presentation in Melbourne Australia Ringwood Victoria at Bernies Music Land. Jon brought back a classic Akubra Australian Hat and recorded an album with drummer Michael Jordan LIVE AT BERNIES http://www.amazon.com/Live-At-Bernies-Jon-Hammond/dp/B003K7TMWM and a segment of Jon Hammond Band live in Jazzkeller Frankfurt with introduction by club owner Eugen Hahn featuring Jon's lineup of Joe Berger guitar, Kevin James Mauder tenor saxophone, Heinz Lichius drums and Jon Hammond at the organ Jon Hammond with Akubra Hat from Australia Eugen Hahn introducing Jon Hammond Band at Jazzkeller Frankfurt Harold Hudson Channer and Jon Hammond in conversation Jon Hammond new touring rig with Hammond Sk1 organ, EXP-50 Expression Pedal, Italian keyboard stand by Bespeco, Flight Case by Gator cases, Kart-A-Bag Super 600 wheels Jon and Harold looking at the in-studio monitor in studios of MNN TV on W. 59th St. in New York City Conversations Pt 4 Harold Channer and Jon Hammond Jon Hammond Band onstage at Jazzkeller Frankfurt with Kevin James Mauder tenor sax, Heinz Lichius drums, Joe Berger guitar, Jon Hammond at XB-2 Hammond organ Looking good on the TV Neil Portnow! #ASCAPPOP Great to see NARAS Grammy Award main man Neil Portnow at the reception this evening for ASCAP Pop Music Awards - we spoke about George Greif and Joe Cocker at the 1982 I attended, looking good Neil! Grammy Awards 2017 Live Online - Jon Hammond London, United Kingdom & Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, United Kingdom - from the Bus Big Ben...thanks to the fine folks at Highland Express Airways for their hospitality aboard Highland 747-123 and accommodations at The Old Bell - which dates back to 1485! - Jon Hammond traveling with Joe Berger in United Kingdom Thanks to the fine folks at Highland Express Airways for their hospitality aboard Highland 747-123 and accommodations at The Old Bell - which dates back to 1485! - Jon Hammond — at London Stansted Airport. Glasgow Prestwick Airport / PIK - Thanks to the fine folks at Highland Express Airways for their hospitality aboard Highland 747-123 and accommodations at The Old Bell - which dates back to 1485! - / Tracie Diamond in the lounge! - Jon Hammond — at London Stansted Airport. Special Delivery! - Pine Hill Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, United Kingdom The Old Bell landing pad - Thanks to the fine folks at Highland Express Airways for their hospitality aboard Highland 747-123 and accommodations at The Old Bell - which dates back to 1485! - Jon Hammond — at London Stansted Airport. R.I.P. Al Jarreau Feb. 12, 2017 - Photos ©Jon Hammond International a Musikmesse 2016 with hr-bigband #hrbigband #aljarreau #tonylakatos Tony Lakatos tenor with Jörg Achim Keller conducting *Note: I first saw Al Jarreau in 1977 at a special Warner Brothers showcase at Alan Pepper's Bottom Line club in Greenwich Village NYC along with George Benson and Earl Klugh - he was great! Very successful show, he then stopped his job as a teacher and went full time in to music. Then I had the good fortune to see him again last year on the night of the final day of 2016 musikmesse together with the hr-Bigband - Frankfurt Radio Big Band *see my photos at the Congress Center Messe Frankfurt - and also Al did several shows with my friends in the NDR Bigband as well - JH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau Birth name Alwin Lopez Jarreau Born March 12, 1940 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Died February 12, 2017 (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, United States Genres Jazz, R&B, soul Occupation(s) Singer Instruments Vocals Vocal percussion Years active 1967–2017 Alwin Lopez "Al" Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American jazz singer.[1] He won seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more. He was best known for his 1981 album Breakin' Away and for singing the theme song of the late-1980s television series Moonlighting. Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the fifth of six children. His website refers to Reservoir Avenue, the name of the street where he lived. His father was a Seventh-day Adventist Church minister and singer, and his mother was a church pianist. He and his family sang together in church concerts and in benefits, and he and his mother performed at PTA meetings.[2] He was student council president and Badger Boys State delegate for Lincoln High School. At Boys State, Jarreau, was elected governor.[3] He went on to attend Ripon College, where he also sang with a group called the Indigos. Jarreau graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology.[1] He went on to earn a master's degree in vocational rehabilitation from the University of Iowa, worked as a rehabilitation counselor in San Francisco, and moonlighted with a jazz trio headed by George Duke. In 1967, he joined forces with acoustic guitarist Julio Martinez.[1] The duo became the star attraction at a small Sausalito night club called Gatsby's. This success contributed to Jarreau's decision to make professional singing his life and full-time career. Going full-time[edit] Al Jarreau in Wrocław, Poland; June 25, 2006 Al Jarreau headlining "Jazz in Kiev 2008" festival In 1968, Jarreau made jazz his primary occupation. In 1969, Jarreau and Martinez headed south, where Jarreau appeared in such Los Angeles hot spots as Dino's, The Troubadour, and Bitter End West. Television exposure came from Johnny Carson, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, Dinah Shore, and David Frost. He expanded his nightclub appearances performing at The Improv between the acts of such rising-star comics as Bette Midler, Jimmie Walker, and John Belushi. During this period, he became involved with the United Church of Religious Science and the Church of Scientology, but he later dissociated from Scientology. Also, roughly at the same time, he began writing his own lyrics, finding that his Christian spirituality began to influence his work. In 1975, Jarreau was working with pianist Tom Canning when he was spotted by Warner Bros. Records. On Valentine's Day 1976 he sang on the 13th episode of NBC's new Saturday Night Live hosted, that week, by Peter Boyle (Young Frankenstein, Everybody Loves Raymond). Soon thereafter he released his critically acclaimed debut album, We Got By, which catapulted him to international fame and garnered him a German Grammy Award. A second German Grammy would follow with the release of his second album, Glow. One of Jarreau's most commercially successful albums is Breakin' Away (1981), which includes the hit song "We're in This Love Together". In 1984, his single "After All" reached 69 on the US Hot 100 chart and number 26 on the R&B chart. It was especially popular in the Philippines. His last big hit was the Grammy-nominated theme to the 1980s American television show Moonlighting, for which he wrote the lyrics. Among other things, he was well known for his extensive use of scat singing, and vocal percussion. He was also a featured vocalist on USA for Africa's "We Are the World" in which he sang the line, "...and so we all must lend a helping hand." Another charitable media event, HBO's Comic Relief, featured Al in a duet with Natalie Cole singing the song "Mr. President", written by Joe Sterling, Mike Loveless and Ray Reach. Jarreau took an extended break from recording in the 1990s. As he explained in an interview with Jazz Review: "I was still touring, in fact, I toured more than I ever had in the past, so I kept in touch with my audience. I got my symphony program under way, which included my music and that of other people too, and I performed on the Broadway production of Grease. I was busier than ever! For the most part, I was doing what I have always done … perform live. I was shopping for a record deal and was letting people know that there is a new album coming. I was just waiting for the right label (Verve), but I toured more than ever."[4] In 2003, Jarreau and conductor Larry Baird collaborated on symphony shows around the United States, with Baird arranging additional orchestral material for Jarreau's shows. He toured and performed with Joe Sample, Chick Corea, Kathleen Battle, Miles Davis, David Sanborn,[5] Rick Braun, and George Benson. He also performed the role of the Teen Angel in a 1996 Broadway production of Grease. On March 6, 2001, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7083 Hollywood Boulevard on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue. In 2006, Al Jarreau appeared in a duet with American Idol finalist Paris Bennett during the Season 5 finale and on Celebrity Duets singing with actor Cheech Marin. In 2010, Al Jarreau was a guest on the new Eumir Deodato album, with the song "Double Face" written by Nicolosi/Deodato/Al Jarreau. The song was produced by the Italian company Nicolosi Productions. On February 16, 2012, he was invited to the famous Italian Festival di Sanremo to sing with the Italian group Matia Bazar. On February 8, 2017, after being hospitalized for exhaustion, he cancelled his remaining 2017 tour dates and retired from touring.[6] Personal life Jarreau was married twice. His first marriage, to Phyllis Hall, lasted from 1964 to 1968. His second wife was model Susan Elaine Player, whom he married in 1977. Jarreau and Player had one son together, Ryan. It was reported on July 23, 2010 that Jarreau was critically ill at a hospital in France, while in the area to perform a concert at nearby Barcelonnette, and was being treated for respiratory problems and cardiac arrhythmias.[7] He was taken to the intensive-care unit at Gap late on July 22, 2010.[8] Jarreau was conscious, in a stable condition and in the cardiology unit of La Timone hospital in Marseille, the Marseille Hospital Authority said. He was expected to remain there for about a week for tests.[9] In June 2012, Jarreau was diagnosed with pneumonia, which caused him to cancel several concerts in France.[10] Jarreau made a full recovery and continued to tour extensively until February 2017.[11][12] In 2009 children's author Carmen Rubin published the story Ashti Meets Birdman Al, inspired by the music of Al Jarreau. He wrote the foreword for the book and read from it across the world. Al and Carmen worked together to promote literacy and the importance of keeping music alive in children. Death[edit] Al Jarreau suffered pneumonia and some effective seizures and was hospitalized. He died on February 12, 2017 at the age of 76. El Cerrito High School Jazz Festival: University of the Pacific Jazz Ensemble was sounding real good yesterday conducted by Patrick Langham folks! from the Brubeck Institute - Jon Hammond Oakland, California -- Outrageous colors last night's sunset - seen from Oakland Hills - Jon Hammond Early bird gets the worm...2nd mouse gets the paradiddle! 8AM Alan Hall Drum Master Class El Cerrito High School Bands Jazz Festival - Jon Hammond http://echsbands.com/festival/ "The Third Annual El Cerrito Jazz Festival is taking place on Saturday, February 11, 2017 in the ECHS Performing Arts Center" First bands up Albany High School Instrumental Music HS Jazz Lab and Northgate Instrumental Music Boosters - NIMB Jazz Band II 4 minutes ago Times Square, New York City is the most famous and oft-visited place in the world - always exciting and non-stop action here in 'The City That Never Sleeps'! Always well lit and with giant interactive TV screens - the ultimate tourist location and for locals alike. In the days before LED lights and screens, the very first large outdoor TV screen was the Mitsubishi USA Diamond Vision Screen - and then followed by the Sony Jumbotron. I personally produced clips that were shown on the Diamond Vision Screen at 47th & Broadway (across from TKTS, at the time it was on top of Bowery Savings Bank branch) - the clips were shown 80 times daily for 3.5 minutes, and we did the psychedelic countdown to the New Year on New Years Eve twice, seen by millions live and on ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve - c u there folks! - Jon Hammond — Times Square, New York Hammond organ concert to benefit family of Gregg Gronowski - from Chicago Tribune Kathy Cichon Elgin Courier News in Land O' Lincoln folks! - I'll be playing with Joe Berger and 2 local cats: Sam Jewell drums and Steve Eisen tenor sax for 'Gregg' Gregory Gronowski Feb. 22nd in St. Charles IL Arcada Theatre *thanks Ron Onesti - Hammond Organ USA http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-ecn-hammond-organ-st-0217-20170210-story.html : Feb. 10, 2017 10:31 AM "The Hammond organ seems to inspire not just loyalty amongst the musicians who play it, but also a spirit of camaraderie. "It's not joining the Elks or the Moose Lodge or something, but it is a fraternity/sorority... People helping and coming together. A lot of this was formed by Gregg. If you needed help, Gregg was there to help," said Scott May, organist for the Ides of March and project manager/artist liaison for Hammond USA. "That selflessness and brotherhood became the order of the day, and it's been wonderful to have that with so many artists and so many big names. It started with Gregg, and now we perpetuate. More than 20 Hammond artists will come to together Wednesday, Feb. 22 at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles for the sixth annual Hammond Sound Soul Summit. The concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m., features musicians from across the genres including rock, jazz, pop, Gospel and more. During this year's Summit - the first time the event is held in the Chicago area - they will celebrate the life of Gregg Gronowski, Hammond USA's director of sales and marketing. Gronowski, who is credited with helping to create the family-like relationship among the Hammond musicians that's affectionately dubbed "HamFam," died in August 2016 following a massive stroke. All proceeds from the concert will benefit Gronowski's family. "He was a great guy, a special guy. He's brought together this Hammond family," said Robby Robinson, longtime music director for Frankie Valli. "He was kind of the Papa Bear of the HamFam. All of this Hammond organ people have this affinity and brotherhood so to speak, that it really is kind of a family. It's really special, and I'm so blessed to be a part of it." The night of music features what May calls "an unprecedented lineup" of Hammond musicians across a variety of musical genres. "You don't get to see these artists together in one place. You'll never see Mark Stein from Vanilla Fudge and Dr. Lonnie Smith together in the same show," May said. "You'll never see some of the Gospel artists and some of the rock artists together in the same show. It demonstrates the depth of Hammond family and the camaraderie we have." Among those performing are jazz legend Dr. Lonnie Smith, Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge, Emiko, Rev. Jimmie Smith, Red Young of Eric Burdon's The Animals, Kevin McKendree of the Brian Setzer and Delbert McClinton bands, Yates McKendree, former Tower of Power musician Ellis Hall, Kim Tibbs, Jon Hammond, Jim Afredson, Tommy Leershen, Justin Dillard, Anthony Williams of the Bobby Jones Gospel TV show, Marine LaCoste of Uncle Kracker, Gary Swan from Etta James' band, Steven Eaklor, Peter Gallinari of Leslie West's and Richie Scarlett's bands and Jim Kozak. Also performing is May with the Ides of March featuring Jim Peterik, as well as Robinson with members of the Jersey Boys cast. "We're going to do a medley of Frankie Valli songs," Robinson said. "I've been living those songs for ever and ever. " During the Summit, musical equipment donated by Addison-based Hammond – including an organ – will be raffled, with those proceeds also going to Gronowski's family. "Gregg was very, very special to the company. He wasn't a keyboard player, he was a bass player by trade," May said. "He learned a lot about the instrument and did a lot to bring the company up to a modern level." Robinson said Gronowski was a genuinely warm person who connected with everyone, and that he had a real passion for music and the Hammond organ. That passion for Hammond is something Robinson shares. "I've been playing Hammond since the 60s. I own eight Hammond organs," said Robinson, who is also a composer and producer. What is it about the instrument that inspires such devotion? "There is no other organ in pop music or rock music or Gospel music that has become the standard bearer for the instrument in any of those genres. It just doesn't happen," Robinson said. "It's a one of a kind instrument. It's hard to quantify exactly … but there's no doubt that anybody who is Hammond organ player has a love affair with the instrument. "I love to play piano but when I sit down at the Hammond organ, it's the most fun thing I do in music," he said. "There's a special connection that I cannot articulate what it is, because it's such an emotional experience that it's hard to define it. But it is consistent and it is real." And during the Sound Soul Summit, audience members will have a chance to share that experience when the artists perform. "Guitarists get all the press. Everybody loves guitar players. They get all the press and all the action. The keyboard players kind of sit back," May said. "Now this is time for the keyboard players to step to the front of the stage and shine." Kathy Cichon is a freelance reporter for the Elgin Courier-News. Hammond Organ Sound Soul Summit When: Feb. 22 Where: Arcada Theatre, 105E. Main St., St. Charles Tickets: $25-$100 Information: 630-962-7000 or www.arcadalive.com Copyright © 2017, The Naperville Sun Hammond heaven -- playing my mostly stock 1965 Hammond B3 + 122 Leslie speaker - I opened it up so you can see a few mods by the late great master Bill Beer / Keyboard Products of Los Angeles - I bought this organ rig at the age of 18, not too long ago folks! - Jon Hammond http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Part 4, Conversations, Harold Channer, MNN TV, Gregg Gronowski, Arcada Theatre, Chicago Tribune, #HammondOrgan #B3 #Arcada #Chicago