Thinking about Willie Mays one of my all-time heroes on the day after his actual birthday folks! - Jon Hammond

Thinking about Willie Mays one of my all-time heroes on the day after his actual birthday folks! - Jon Hammond ©Jon Hammond International - Photo by Jon Hammond #24 Willie Mays Willie Mays photo by Jon Hammond number 24 at his SkyBox Lounge which was briefly open at site of the old Kimball's East where Jon Hammond Band played with Bernard Purdie in Oct. of 1998 at 6005 Shellmound St. Emeryville, CA, 94608 http://www.HammondCast.com/ Willie's wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Mays Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder who spent almost all of his 22 season career playing for the New York and San Francisco Giants, before finishing with the New York Mets. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility... Jon Hammond Funk Unit in Concert on NAMM Nissan Stage - Summer NAMM 2016 - Funky Jazz and Blues Musicians: Roland Barber trombone, Cord Martin tenor, Louis Flip Winfield drums, Joe Berger guitar, Jon Hammond organ -- Special Guest TBA - FRIDAY June 24 - 2PM - 2:45PM - The NAMM Show Nasvle Music City Center - special thanks Mothertone / Sleishman Drum Co Michael Turner, Greg Herreman, NAMM Show Team WATCH FILM HERE: Jon Hammond Funk Unit Facebook Event Page https://www.facebook.com/events/504179796453763/ As Seen on TV! - 34 Years The Jon Hammond Show As Heard on Radio - HammondCast Jon Hammond Funk Unit Returning to Nashville Summer NAMM Show! https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2016/events/jon-hammond-funk-unit Willie Mays, Skybox Lounge, Public Market Emeryville, Kimball's East, Jon Hammond Band, #HammondOrgan #Jazz #CNNiReport

Jon Hammond with Meetinghouse Jazz Orchestra at Friends Seminary

*WATCH THE FILM HERE: Original Music Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/48MinuteDocumentaryJazzMovieBigBandWithOrganistJonHammond Youtube https://youtu.be/2mcykc-OHTg Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Topics Big Band, Jazz Orchestra, Meetinghouse, Todd Anderson, Bob Rosen, Jon Hammond, Hammond Organ, B3, Sk1, Funky Jazz, Sight Readers, AFM Musicians Union, Greater New York, Local 802, ASCAP Composer Photographs courtesy of Elmar Lemes 48 minute Documentary movie of Tuesday night session at Friends Seminary School in Manhattan, 5 original compositions! "Head Phone" by Jon Hammond arranged by Todd Anderson "Lydia's Tune" by Jon Hammond arranged by Todd Anderson "Late Rent" by Jon Hammond arranged by Todd Anderson "Pocket Funk" by Jon Hammond arranged by Todd Anderson "Have a Nice Day Blues" by Todd Anderson arranged by Todd Anderson *Note: Tenor Saxophonist Arranger Todd Anderson was Jon Hammond's teacher for Arranging and Compostion at Berklee College of Music in Boston MA in 1973. 10 years later they recorded this music for TV Show "The Jon Hammond Show" still on TV every week for 32 years, the recording session went down at Intergalactic Recording Studios where John Lennon did some of his last recording dates. The big band here is presided over by Professor Bob Rosen in charge of the music program at Friends Seminary School on Manhattan's East Side, 230 year old school K - 12th grade. Top sight reading musicians gather weekly - more info: http://www.HammondCast.com ©JON HAMMOND International ASCAP / BMI Producer Jon Hammond Language English Meetinghouse Jazz Orchestra, Todd Anderson, Bob Rosen, Friends Seminary, Jon Hammond, #HammondOrgan #Jazz #CNNiReport