JON HAMMOND
*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. 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.
Journalist Ricky Richardson Los Angeles News Observer: “Organist Jon Hammond served up a set of original compositions, funky, swinging jazz and blues to the delight of the crowd gathered at the ADJ Arena Plaza Stage."
Funky Swinging Jazz and Blues instrumentals original compositions by organist Jon Hammond featuring international soloists. As seen on cable TV for 38 years Jon Hammond Show, long-running music, travel and soft news program. Jon Hammond and band members have been performing at NAMM Shows and Frankfurt musikmesse for 33 years, as well as Music China, Japan Musical Instruments Fair and toured Germany with 21 piece Landesjugendjazzorchester German Youth Jazz Orchestra. ASCAP Composer Publisher and Member American Federation of Musicians Local 6 and Local 802, 2014 NAMM Believe in Music award recipient.
2023 NAMM Show, Jon Hammond Funk Unit, Kick-off, Concert, Joe Berger, Nic Kubes, Chuggy Carter, Marc Baum, Jon Hammond, Hammond Organ, Funk Music, International Music Community
2023 NAMM Show, Jon Hammond Funk Unit, Kick-off, Concert, Joe Berger, Nic Kubes, Chuggy Carter, Marc Baum, Jon Hammond, Hammond Organ, Funk Music, International Music Community
Hammond Report December 7 2021 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from Jon Hammond the organ player & accordionist, today's music story is about playing a famous waltz at a recent reception in duo with my longtime friend Marc Baum tenor saxophone and yours truly Jon Hammond accordion - I just got off the phone with Chuggy Carter, Chuggy's birthday's coming right up - happy birthday upfront Chuggy! This song is one of my favorites from Fiddler on The Roof - Sunrise Sunset - have a beautiful Tuesday folks,
#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Down Home Music In Store Funky Jazz plus Red Beans by Chef Marc
Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/DOWNHOMEINSTOREPERFORMANCEJONHAMMONDMARCBAUMFunkyJazzBluesFreeRedBeansRice
Youtube https://youtu.be/jb8R1kHnz4U
Vimeo https://vimeo.com/217339146
Jon Hammond and Marc Baum go back a long long time! – Jon Hammond at the Hammond organ Marc Baum on tenor saxophone, Down Home Music Store – possibly a funky drummer as well folks (David Luce came and played) – http://www.downhomemusic.com/down-home-in-store-performance-jon-hammond-marc-baum-funky-jazz-blues-free-red-beans-rice-friday-may-12th-at-5pm/# c’mon down! Bring a spoon! (we’ll have plastic ones don’t worry), Chef Marc is cooking it up personally! -- "Thanks to all the folks who came out to our Down Home Music Store In-Store yesterday in downtown El Cerrito CA
- Home of Chris Strachwitz’ Arhoolie Records!:
"Artists who have recorded for the Arhoolie label include: Big Mama Thornton, Big Walter Horton, Dave Alexander, Nathan Beauregard, Juke Boy Bonner, Clifton Chenier, Elizabeth Cotten, Sue Draheim, Jesse Fuller, Earl Hooker, John Jackson, Mance Lipscomb, Guitar Slim, Robert Shaw, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Whistlin' Alex Moore, George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman, Charlie Musselwhite, Doctor Ross, Bukka White, Big Joe Williams, Silas Hogan, Mercy Dee Walton, Black Ace, The Campbell Brothers, BeauSoleil, Jerry Hahn, the Savoy Family Band, the Pine Leaf Boys, Los Cenzontles, The Klezmorim, Rose Maddox, Rebirth Brass Band, and HowellDevine." special thanks City Hall Records of San Rafael CA - Jon Hammond *Note: Jon Hammond's equipment: Hammond Sk1 organ powered by Markbass Bass Amplifier #DownHomeMusic #ElCerrito #HammondOrgan #LateRent #MarkBassAmp
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EVENT https://www.facebook.com/events/211461899357488/
DOWN HOME RECORDS IN-STORE PERFORMANCE: JON HAMMOND and MARC BAUM Funky Jazz & Blues + Free Red Beans & Rice - FRIDAY MAY 12th at 5PM - El Cerrito CA
Jon Hammond and Marc Baum go back a long long time! - Jon Hammond at the Hammond organ Marc Baum on tenor saxophone 10341 San Pablo Ave. Down Home Music Store - possibly a funky drummer tba as well folks - c'mon down! Jon Hammond
Downtown El Cerrito CA http://www.downhomemusic.com/
EVENT at Down Home Music Store on San Pablo Avenue in downton El Cerrito CA - bring a spoon! we'll have plastic ones don't worry, Chef Marc is cooking it up personally!
Thanks to all the folks who came out to our Down Home Music Store In-Store yesterday in downtown El Cerrito CA!
Danny Scher / DanSun Productions in the house!
Jon Hammond - 10341 San Pablo Ave. Address: 10341 El Cerrito, CA 94530
1999 article:
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/BGP-s-Scher-Out-on-His-Own-2939361.php
BGP's Scher Out on His Own
Edited by James Sullivan, Chuy Varela Published 4:00 am, Sunday, March 28, 1999
When Bill Graham's longtime personal assistant Rita Gentry left the late promoter's company for Carlos Santana's office, the company threw a going-away party. At the gathering, Vice President Danny Scher noted the gradual erosion of Bill Graham Presents personnel since its late-1997 sale to corporate consolidator SFX Entertainment, which is buying up promoters and concert venues around the country.
The people leaving BGP, Scher said, "are what I would call the DNA of the company."
Now one more piece of the puzzle has left: Scher. Twenty-four years after Graham plucked the young promoter from Stanford -- where his successful student concerts with Dave Mason, Loggins & Messina and Joan Baez were cutting into Graham's dominance of the Bay Area concert scene -- Scher has decided to strike out on his own.
Two weeks ago he threw open the doors on Dansun Productions, the small concert-promotion company he will run with his own longtime BGP associate, Lori Sun-Look. They'll book mostly jazz acts, some in conjunction with BGP. Forthcoming shows with Los Van Van and the Afro-Cuban All-Stars will set the business in motion
It's Scher's true love. "I don't necessarily want to get back into the big rock 'n' roll machine," he says.
As a shareholder in Bill Graham Presents, Scher, 47, was enriched by the sale to SFX. "At this stage of my life I don't have to do things just for the money," he says.
As proof, he offers a labor of love scheduled for early May: He's arranging a recording session for 90- year-old Narvin Kimball, the last surviving member of New Orleans' original Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
"I once told Narvin, 'If you make it to 90, give me a call.' A few months ago the phone rang. He said, 'This 90-year-old man has a good memory.' "
Over the years, Scher spearheaded some of the Graham empire's biggest projects. One, in fact, was called the Biggest Party in History -- a multifestival blowout across Texas featuring the Who, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Natalie Cole and dozens of other acts.
He also developed the Shoreline Amphitheatre -- perennially one of the top-grossing venues in the country -- and founded the annual New Orleans by the Bay festival.
Conversely, he suffered through some other projects, including the Seattle-area amphitheater that was to open last year but sits unused and half-completed.
Despite SFX's initial statements to the contrary, Scher says, its presence is evident in the Bill Graham offices. "They're definitely injecting their corporate mentality and influence into the company.
"This had to happen. Can you think of any merger where that hasn't happened?"
The sale, he says, made his decision to leave an easy one. "I had a great run at BGP. I'm thankful I had the opportunity to work with Bill and the people there, and I have a lot to show for it. "I just felt it was time to get my groove back."
-- James Sullivan
Jon Hammond Trio at Down Home Music In Store Funky Jazz plus Red Beans by Chef Marc
Published May 13, 2017
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*LISTEN TO THE AUDIO HERE: HammondCast 14
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Jon's release party for Hammond's Bolero in Le Bar Bat
HammondCast 14 goes deep in to the Hammond Archives with a recording from my mom's living room in 1975 we made with 2 mics and Marc Baum-t.sax, Jim Thorsen-gtr., Bob Scott-drms and myself on B3 organ/bass Also in the spirit of the upcoming holidays, a recording from my annual San Francisco County Jail Christmas show in CJ8 for the ladies with the great Larry Schneider on tenor sax, Ronnie Smith Jr.-drums and myself on keys. Also an incredible recording right off the air from my main man Al Jazzbeaux Collins breaking out my fresh recording of "Sidewinder" on defunct big-power NYC am station WNEW 1130 AM with a phoner from me..this aired at 4AM in the morning and sent me right through the roof! And a Hip-Hop recording of my tune "Head Phone", I'm one of the earliest Rappers! Mixed & recorded by Victor Owens at Digisonic Studios featuring Marc Baum t.sax. And takin' it on home with myself playing unaccompnied on keys & accordion the tune "I Will Wait For You"..and I WILL wait for you!..thanks for listening to HammondCast 14! Sincerely, Jon Hammond for KYOU Radio 1550 AM, San Francisco CA
Marc Baum curved soprano saxophone - Jon Hammond Excelsior accordion
Jon Hammond
Jon Hammond with his trusty HD-25 Sennheiser studio headphones by his window with the best view in the world - Manhattan! photo by Teddy Fung
Hammond's Bolero, Excelsior Accordion, Marc Baum, Jon Hammond, Alex Budman, Ronnie Smith, City Hall Records, Local 6, Musicians Union, Organ, Jazz, Funk, Blues
Jam Session Day 1 California World Guitar Show 2012 - photos by Larry Harwin January 14, 2012
Marc Baum tenor sax
Jon Hammond Sk1 Hammond organ
Rich Severson guitar
Jon Hammond and Marc Baum playing this weekend at Bay Area Guitar Show vintage amps and guitars January 14-15 Marin Civic Center
*LINK: 4 Amigos Guitar Shows
*Note: Look for the Flying Circus 1965 Fender Twin Reverb JBL speakers Jon will be playing Hammond organ through, the amp will go
to the highest bidder over $1,500:
Marc Baum and Jon Hammond will be playing periodically throughout both days on the floor
Jon Hammond says, protect your investment in Sk1 Hammond with the custom molded Polyethylene "Polyethylene glycol (PEG)" Flight Case product from Gator Cases
Recommendation from Jon Hammond The GKPE-49-TSA Flight Case for Sk1 Ultra-Portable Organ
Jon Hammond -- When you travel with your instruments as much as I do, you want to have a solid protective flight case for your instrument,
for the new Hammond Sk1 ultra-portable combo organ I highly recommend the GKPE-49-TSA Flight Case from a company called Gator Cases.
The fit is nearly perfect, it locks in to place when you close the case and for extra insurance you can put a small additional piece of foam in the small gap:
Jon Hammond's Hammond Sk1 - photo by Jonathan Ayers
Jon's Sk1 Hammond on the gig with the GKPE-49-TSA Gator Flight Case
*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: James and Wes Bitter End Blues Jon Hammond Band Late Show Showcasehttp://www.archive.org/details/JamesAndWesBitterEndBluesJonHammondBandhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UThzX4hJLGg
Jon Hammond Band Late Set Showcase at The Bitter End Cafe kicking it off with James and Wes featuring Todd Anderson tenor saxophone, Joe Berger guitar, Ray Grappone drums, Jon Hammond at the new Hammond Sk1 organ as seen on Cable TV! The Jon Hammond Show is in it's 28th year - original musicians from the recording sessions which happened in 1983 in Intergalactic Studios the same studio where John Lennon did his last recordings.
Jon Hammond is now playing the incredible New Hammond Sk1 organ designed by Jon's friends at Suzuki Musical Instruments in Hamamatsu Japan. Swinging Funky Jazz and Blues. All 4 members of The Jon Hammond Band are members of Local 802 Musicians Union American Federation of Musicians New York City, congratulations Local 802 on 90th Birthday! *Note: This performance was streamed live on the world wide web, special thanks to John Acer and Clifford Schwartz of NuMuBu in Montreal Canada for the broadcast report. http://www.jonhammondband.com/
Jon Hammond Band Local 802 Musicians Union Sk1 Organ Suzuki Musical Instruments Swinging Jazz Blues — with Jon Hammond Band, Jon Hammond Organ Group, Joe Berger and Todd Anderson at The Bitter End.
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Jon Hammond - The FINGERS are The SINGERS!
As Seen On Cable TV! The Jon Hammond Show
Hear Jon Hammond playing the Incredible NEW Sk1 Hammond Organ
Ray Grappone drums, Joe Berger guitar, Todd Anderson tenor saxophone, Jon Hammond Sk1 Organ and Bass
Jon Hammond and Joe Berger with Lloyd Schwartz of Tech 21 outside The Bitter End
*Note: All 4 Musicians in Jon Hammond Band are members of Local 802 Musicians Union New York
Ray, Joe, Todd, Jon
Joe Berger and Jon Hammond with Bernard Purdie at Local 802 90th Birthday Bash Gala at Roseland Ballroom on W.52nd St.
Jon Hammond and Joe Berger with Local 802 guitarist John Tropea
Jon Hammond with Paul Shaffer - 2 Hammond organists members of Local 802 Musicians Union - catch Paul Shaffer nightly on
CBS Late Show with David Letterman Paul Shaffer is leader of leader of the CBS Orchestra for the Late Show with David Letterman (1993–present) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer
photo by Joe Barbaccia
Congratulations Pete Seeger Honoree at Local 802 90th Birthday Gala Bash Photos by 802 Member Jon Hammond at Roseland Ballroom 12/04/2011
802 President Tino Gagliardi honoring Pete Seeger as John O'Connor Recording Vice President looks on - Bill Keith Banjo, Steve Earle guitar
It looks like Pete Seeger is singing but he's not - JH
Andrew M. "Andy" Schwartz auctions off Fender Banjo signed by all performers on 802 90th Birthday Gala donated by Sam Ash Music with proceeds going to ERF Musicians Emergency Relief Fund
2 Local 802 Hammond organists: Paul Shaffer and Jon Hammond
Local 802's Annual 2011 Holiday Celebration for Staff and Members December 14th brought to you by 802 member Jon Hammond
*Correction: *Please note that the date printed in the December issue of Allegro was incorrect. We hope to see you at the party! Happy holidays, and we wish you a joyous and prosperous 2012 from all your friends at Local 802.
Bertha Hope Trio playing the Local 802's 2011 Annual Holiday Celebration for Staff & Members Wed. Dec. 14th
BerthaHope Hope piano, Kim Clarke bass, Lucianna Padmore drums - photo by Jon Hammond
Local 802's 2011 Annual Holiday Celebration for Staff & Members Wed. Dec. 14th incredible food for music people! *Note: That's the famous Andrew M. Schwartz amplifier stacked at end of table...I played through it last week Room B, amp kicks ass! - Jon Hammond
ocal 802's 2011 Annual Holiday Celebration for Staff & Members Wed. Dec. 14th incredible food for music people!
Joe Berger and Paul Nowinski at Local 802's 2011 Annual Holiday Celebration for Staff & Members Wed. Dec. 14th - photo by Jon Hammond
Local 802 President Tino Gagliardi addressing the Local 802's 2011 Annual Holiday Celebration for Staff & Members Wed. Dec. 14th and introducing John O'Connor Tom Olcott far left - photo by Jon Hammond
John O'Connor speaking at the Local 802's 2011 Annual Holiday Celebration for Staff & Members Wed. Dec. 14th, Tom Olcott and President Tino Gagliardi on left - photo by Jon Hammond
Jon Hammond Intro:
Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar
Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974, City College San Francisco
Languages: English, German
Jon is closely identified with the two main products of his career, the Excelsior Accordion and the Hammond Organ.
