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

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Happy Birthday Chocolate Chocolate Cake, the best damn party in my life!

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Happy Birthday Chocolate Chocolate Cake, the best damn party in my life! Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondCakeFlowersandLateRent25YearsMusikmesseWarmUpPartyinJazzkeller Youtube http://youtu.be/hozrJpHvV-4 Chocolate on Chocolate Cake at 2011 Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Frankfurt with Jon Hammond Band and special guests for this special occasion celebrating 25 years in Musikmesse. Special acknowledgement of Wilhelm P. "Charly" Hosenseidl R.I.P. who was the Director of Musikmesse years 1989-2008 now Directed by Wolfgang Luecke, special thanks to Messe Frankfurt Projekt and Presse Team! Jon Hammond Band: Joe Berger guitar Tony Lakatos tenor saxophone Giovanni Gulino drums Jon Hammond - XB-2 Hammond Organ - special thanks Hiromitsu Ono Chief Engineer Suzuki Musical Instruments designed my instrument which took me all around the world many times "Late Rent" Jon Hammond theme song for Jon Hammond Show MNNTV and HammondCast Show KYOU Radio San Francisco CBS Radio Network Thanks Joe Lamond President CEO NAMM, TecAmp Jürgen Kunze and Thomas Eich - Puma Combo bass amp powering Jon Hammond's organ Dankeschoen to Yücel Atiker, Tino Pavlis, Poehl, Bernie Capicchiano, Michael Falkenstein Hammond Suzuki Deutschland, Peggy Behling, Christine Vogel Messe Frankfurt, Saray Pastanesi Baeckerei & Konditorei for Chocolate on Chocolate 25 Years Musikmesse Celebration Cake - Mainzer Landstrasse 131, 60327 Frankfurt am Main, Eugen Hahn Jazzkeller Frankfurt Team Kleine Bockenheimerstr. 18a Frankfurt http://www.HammondCast.com Cake Flowers Musikmesse Jazzkeller Frankfurt Late Rent XB-2 Hammond Organ Suzuki 25 years celebration














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 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 tenor sax tba 4th up, show hits at 9PM - Jon Hammond Band we are going to break it down funky with Bernard folks! - JH Nashville Tennessee -- The Warwick Sessions - Joe Berger playing Jerry Garcia special guitar - Jerry lives! Jon Hammond Band - Nashville Summer NAMM Show — with Joe Berger and Jon Hammond at Nashville Music City Center Jon Hammond Fender Headquarters Scottsdale Arizona Chocolate Chocolate, Happy Birthday, 25 years, Musikmesse, NAMM Show, Funky organ, Blues, Jazz organist, Frankfurt, Local 802, Musicians Union

Saturday, January 11, 2014

HammondCast with Greasy Legs live performance from Jon Hammond's band Hades and selections from NDR Sessions Projekt

*LISTEN TO AUDIO HERE: HammondCast with Greasy Legs live performance from Jon Hammond's band Hades and selections from NDR Sessions Projekt Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondHammondCast28_2 HammondCast 28 for KYOU Radio 1550 AM “Afternoon Slide” Show. Music from Jon Hammond’s new album NDR SESSIONS Projekt, track 3 with Heinz Lichius drums, Jo Gallardo trombone, Lutz Büchner saxophone, Jon Hammond at the Hammond organ and Excelsior accordion Going back in the “Hammond Time Machine” to year 1971 with a live recording of Jon’s old Rock band HADES playing “Greasy Legs” in a Provo Park concert in Berkeley CA with musicians JIMMY “JAMES” THORSEN-guitar, STEVE WRIGHT-bass, DAVE “DA” DANZA-drums, JON HAMMOND-A100 Hammond Organ Yesterday started out with heavy rain, check out my new smiling frog umbrella with ears...ready to go to show with Sk1 Hammond organ Ran in to my friend SureWill who is really going places on the Smooth Jazz charts playing with people like Dave Koz, go SureWill! Jon Hammond with Michael Biwer from Frankfurt Musikmesse! Jon Hammond with David Mash, Vice President for Technology and Education Outreach at Berklee College of Music Jon Hammond and Paul Pesco Michel Lag - Master Luthier of Algam Music & Sound in France who makes an appearance in Jon Hammond's movie "Sound Cops" on AFN Profile TV Show which Jon did in Cooperation with AFN Radio TV 20 years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttx6l87Gtow Musician Jon Hammond on AFN Europe TV Show PROFILE, Musikmesse Special. Jon worked together with AFN's SSgt Albert Viera and SSG Terry Anderson to create this special entitled "Sound Cops" with very entertaining cameo appearances by Joe Berger (guitar) Michael Maier Falkenstein (Hammond organ with Jon) and the 2 Sound Polizei 'Noise Control' guys "Lorenzo" and his partner, busted for Electric Guitar Rocking! You will find this story very enjoyable! Special thanks to AFN Europe and Musikmesse Frankfurt The great Suzuki Harmonica Artist Koei Tanaka from Tokyo, his first appearance at NAMM Show in Suzuki Hammond stand 5100 with Joe Berger guitar, myself Jon Hammond on Hammond Sk1 combo organ - we will play a Blues session and the classic "Mercy Mercy", come welcome Koei Tanaka folks! *we played together in Hamamatsu Japan at Suzuki Hall 2 years ago. Jon Hammond and Koei Tanaka http://ia700204.us.archive.org/10/items/JonHammondSuzukiWorldHeadquartersInHouseConcertJonHammondPt3of3/SuzukiHeadquarterPart3of3.m4v Suzuki Concert Part 3 of 3: Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uok7LV6OZk Custom Inputs: You can see some of the custom modifications Bill Beer installed in my B3 organ more mods by Bill Beer Keyboard Products Special thanks, Hr. Klaus Maier founder of Hammond Germany, Suzuki Musical Instruments Chief Engineers Hiromitsu Ono, Ken Atsumi, Hammond Suzuki Team Sincerely, Jon Hammond http://www.jonhammondband.com/blog.html Greasy Legs, Hades, Jon Hammond, Hammond organ, 80th Anniversary, Suzuki Musical Instruments, Anaheim NAMM Show, Local 802, Musicians Union