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.
Music News Brought To You By Jon Hammond Member Local 802 Musicians Union New York Musicians at Tony n' Tina's Wedding are Locked OUT! Jon Hammond reporting Musicians at Tony & Tina's Wedding are Locked OUT! *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:
Jon Hammond Reporting: BROADWAY ENTERTAINMENT LLC, the new producers taking over this show which has run for 20 years has locked out the musicians AND REPLACED THEM WITH CANNED MUSIC! Join the band, their supporters and Local 802 in the protest against their dumbed down product. The "LOCK OUT" protest will be in front of the venue at Where: 221 West 46th street
Bob Cunningham, Bass, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond, Local 802, Musicians Union, NDR Jazz, Late Rent, Mikell's, Jazz Foundation of America, Elmar Lemes, ASCAP Network, B3 organ, XK-3c, Blues, Funky, Rhonda Hamilton, WBGO
Music News Brought To You By Jon Hammond in Narita Japan HammondCast 180 from Narita Japan special guest TAKA BLUE GROOVE SESSIONS KYOU Radio Jon Hammond Hosting HammondCast 180 from Narita Japan special guest TAKA BLUE GROOVE SESSIONS KYOU Radio Jon Hammond Hosting *LISTEN TO AUDIO HERE:
Bob Cunningham, Bass, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond, Local 802, Musicians Union, NDR Jazz, Late Rent, Mikell's, Jazz Foundation of America, Elmar Lemes, ASCAP Network, B3 organ, XK-3c, Blues, Funky, Rhonda Hamilton, WBGO
B3 Organ, Bernard Purdie, David Fathead Newman, Drums, Eric Fuchsman, Georgia, HammondCast, Jazz KYOURADIO, Jon Hammond, Learjet, Ray Charles, Soulful, Tenor Sax, XK-1, XB-2, XK-3c, Local 802 Musicians Union
POCKET FUNK in Jazzkeller Hofheim Jon Hammond Band Hungarian Soul Funk Watch The Video Here:
Music News Brought To You By Jon Hammond From New York City USA Lou Donaldson in Zebra Room on HammondCast Show KYOU Radio Jon Hammond hosting *WATCH THE VIDEO LOU DONALDSON HERE:
Lou Donaldson on Jon Hammond's HammondCast Show for KYOU Radio. Lou was born November 1, 1926 is a jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Badin, North Carolina. Hear Lou speak with Jon about catching Possums in the grave yard, his 75 album discography and many things that will surprise you! Recorded in Zebra Room of Lenox Lounge, Harlem New York.
Local 802, Musicians Union, NDR Jazz, Late Rent, Mikell's, Jazz Foundation of America, Elmar Lemes, ASCAP Network, B3 organ, XK-3c, Blues, Funky, Rhonda Hamilton, WBGO
Zebra Room, Lenox Lounge, B3 organ, XK-1, XK-3c, Columbia Records, Lonnie Smith, Birdland, No rehearsal, Hit it, Alto Sax, Chitlin Circuit, Hamburg Jazz, HammondCast, Jon Hammond, KYOU KYCY Radio, Lear Jet, Lou Donaldson, Possum Head
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Jon Hammond, Jerry Jemmott backstage at Hair Show L to R: Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Jon Hammond, Jerry Jemmott aka Gerald "Fingers" Jemmott backstage at Hair Show at the Al Hirschfeld Theater on Broadway NYC. Bernard and Jerry have played together on numerous Atlantic Records recording sessions, most notably on Aretha Franklin's "Aretha Live at Fillmore West" March 1971. Jon Hammond was at the show and so was Danny Glover, they speak together about it on Jon's radio program HammondCast on KYOU Radio: http://www.jonhammondband.com/music-96.html HammondCast 81 KYCY and KYOU 1550AM, a Special Visit with DANNY GLOVER! Hear Danny speak with Jon Hammond about his projects and growing up and living in San Francisco his entire life throughout his International traveling and super-successful career, he has always had a great love for SF Bay Area. Deeply involved in music and international social causes, Danny speaks about Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, John Coltrane, Aretha and many more. Music: ARETHA FRANKLIN (Live at Fillmore) "Reach Out And Touch", LOUIS ARMSTRONG "What A Wonderful World", JOHN COLTRANE "My Favorite Things" and JON HAMMOND "Six Year Itch" KYOU MEDIATANK Bernard Purdie is playing the music of composer Galt MacDermot on HAIR nightly. Bernard's drums on the set of HAIR, photo by Jon Hammond: Uptempo LATE RENT Lift Off! 1989 Mikell's NYC as seen on The Jon Hammond Show TV Show
Apollo Theatre, Bill Cosby, Blues, Danny Glover, Great Night In Harlem, HammondCast, Jazz Foundation of America, Jon Hammond, Katrina, KYOURADIO, Medical, Wendy Oxenhorn, XK-3c, B3, Organ, Local 802 Musicians Union WHITE ONIONS in INDRA Home of The BEATLES Grosse Freiheit Jon Hammond Band with photos by Guenter Zint for NDR Program WHITE ONIONS in INDRA Hamburg Home of BEATLES-JON HAMMOND Band "Hamburg Sound" *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:
JON HAMMOND Band performing original "White Onions" in INDRA Home of The BEATLES first Hamburg gig! LUTZ BÜCHNER tenor sax HEINZ LICHIUS drums JOE BERGER guitar JON HAMMOND Hammond Organ and Bass
*Special Thanks Dankeschoen MICHAEL AUGUST aka ILLUSTRATORP, KNUT BENZNER, NDR *Camera by JENNIFER and GUENTER ZINT
TAKA Blue Groove Sessions on HammondCast KYOU Radio interview with Jon Hammond in Narita Japan. Guitarist producer and Harley Daivdson chopper from Kamakura Beach. Taka Takamitsu Yashiro on MySpace http://www.myspace.com/bluegroovesessions
HammondCast 25 from organist/accordionist Jon Hammond, broadcasting from San Francisco with Clifford Brown Jr. & Chris Cortez of KCSM 91.1 talking about Jon's music and fresh new tracks from Jon's forthcoming record: "NDR SESSIONS Projekt" with saxophonist LUTZ BUCHNER, trombonist JOE GALLARDO, drummer HEINZ LICHIUS and JON HAMMOND on the new Hammond XK-3 organ/bass recorded in NDR Radio's Studo 1 with NDR Engineer RUDY GROSSER at the controls. Selections include "Satin Doll", Jon's composition "Payphone Johnny", "Polka Dots and Moonbeams", "No X-Cess Baggage Blues" and news of JON HAMMOND Band's upcoming tours to Germany Mar 25 8:00P Jon Hammond Flensburg Mar 26 8:00P Jon Hammond / Blauer Engel Kiel Mar 27 8:00P Jon Hammond tbc Mar 28 8:00P Jon Hammond tbc Hamburg Mar 29 8:00P Jon Hammond tbc Hamburg Mar 31 9:00P Jon Hammond Jazzkeller Frankfurt Frankfurt Apr 3 10:00P Jon Hammond Jazzkeller Hofheim Hofheim Visit Jon Hammond's official website: http://www.HammondCast.com *Member Local 802 & Local 6 Musicians Union/ASCAP Composer Publisher-JON HAMMOND International, Inc.
AFN Europe Jazz Kneipe Frankfurt Main HammondCast Sons of Champlin, James Preston, Organ KYOURADIO, NDR SESSIONS Projekt Jazz Joe Gallardo Lutz Buechner Knut Benzner Jon Hammond, B3, XK-1, XK-3c
MAX ROACH Photograph presented to Todd Barkan by Jon Hammond Hammond seen here with Jazz Guitarist KENNY BURRELL in Hannover Germany: 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:
Bob Cunningham, Bass, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond, Local 802, Musicians Union, NDR Jazz, Late Rent, Mikell's, Jazz Foundation of America, Elmar Lemes, ASCAP Network, B3 organ, XK-3c, Blues, Funky, Rhonda Hamilton, WBGO
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.