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.
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Focus International Musician Whatever Happened to Those Jazz Clubs on Every Corner? I live in a city of about 250,000 people. Vinnie Falcone, a member of Local 369 (Las Vegas, NV) who played and conducted for Frank Sinatra, and now works with Steve & Eydie and Robert Goulet, used to live and work here. That was about 35 years ago. When he wasn't selling pianos for a local Hammond/Steinway dealer, he probably played in almost every club within a 20-mile radius of here at one time or another. There were tons of them. Falcone and I talked about this just the other day. We came up with the names of the clubs that used live music five to seven nights a week. They could be found on almost on every street corner. Now they are all gone. Jazz groups, blues bands, singles, duos, and trios were always working; and if you came up with a new group you could, in all likelihood, find a club owner who would give you a shot. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. It's tough to make a living as a jazz musician today. But É you can make a living if you work at it. Like most things, I think it's just a matter of wanting it badly enough. One thing I've found out from the readers of this column is that musicians seem to be divided into two segments: 1) musicians who won't play anything they don't like or any venue that doesn't suit them; and 2) musicians who need to work because they need to pay their bills and find all kinds of ways to fill their calendar. I still get occasional letters from readers who say that it's not their fault that they are not getting enough work. I guess then the logical question would be: whose fault is it? I really appreciate the insight of those musicians who have creative and interesting ways of finding work, and I sympathize with the musicians who need to get out there and find gigs just to pay the rent. I don't have all the answers, but a lot of our fellow AFM members have some very good answers. One in particular is Jon Hammond, a member of Local 802 (New York City) and Local 6 (San Francisco, CA). Hammond has found a way to get his own TV show broadcast on Time Warner Cable and RCN cable access, he has produced a CD that gets airplay on jazz radio stations around the world, and he plays at Music Performance Fund (MPF) gigs on a regular basis on both coasts. He has booked himself on several European tours, played jazz clubs in Germany and many other locations in Europe, year after year, and has found a way to obtain instruments from national manufacturers for endorsements, advertising, or trial. Hammond is also a perfect example of "success being in the mind of the beholder." When he put together his first self-booked German tour 20 years ago, he saved up enough money to fly to Europe on Pakistan Airlines. He only had $50 in his pocket when he landed there. Hammond came home 10 months later with $150 in his pocket. He was able to pay for rent, food, and everything he needed during his time on the road in Europe. He wasn't rich, but he was happy--and he firmly believes it was also a terrific learning experience. Over the ensuing years Hammond has performed with some of the world's top jazz musicians, and he now lives in midtown Manhattan and plays any and every job he can, on either coast. Money is not his prime motivation. He just loves to play. He makes it work, through sheer hard work, and he prides himself on being a union musician. If you are a jazz musician, perhaps you might like to ask him some questions of your own, and share some ideas. Hammond is very approachable. Ask him about how he put together his TV show, how he successfully gets radio airplay, how he lands MPF gigs, and how, through it all, he always keeps money coming in to pay the rent. He's found a way to do state-funded programs in prisons, nursing home gigs, and casual dates in clubs. (He's scrambled so much over the years that his new CD is called Late Rent.) Hammond does not play for free. He finds ways to get paid. He agrees that the only thing you get out of playing a free gig is the opportunity to do another free gig. I know jazz musicians can have a tough struggle, and it's true that there simply are not as many places to play as there once were. But that is not to say that jazz players can't find work. Venues have changed, clubs have closed, but people still want to listen to cool sounds. Jazz festivals in major cities are still popular. Radio stations still offer jazz programs. PBS stations showcase jazz artists in their programming. It's just not as easy to make money at it as it once was, but you can still make a living. I don't have all the answers. I think Hammond has some. I bet if you brainstorm with your fellow AFM members who specialize in jazz, you can go one better and come up with a lot of other ideas yourself. A positive attitude is obviously going to play a big part, but if you want to play jazz and make a few bucks, there are certainly ways to do it. It really is a matter of wanting to be a jazz musician badly enough. --Bob Popyk is a member of Local 78 (Syracuse, NY) and Local 47 (Los Angeles).
That was a big honor for me to be profiled by main man Bob Popyk! I always look forward to reading his articles
*HammondCast Radio Show airs daily on KYOURADIO on the CBS Radio Network, Music, Travel and 'Soft News' with Jon Hammond
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MAX ROACH Photograph presented to Todd Barkan by Jon Hammond
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: Barkan is now Program Director of Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Jazz At Lincoln Center, interviewed by Jon Hammond for HammondCast Show WATCH THE VIDEO:
Martin Mueller Executive Director of New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music with Jon Hammond of HammondCast 20 year meeting
Martin Mueller Executive Director of New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music with Jon Hammond of HammondCast 20 year meeting 20 year meeting of Martin Mueller Executive Director of Parsons New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music with Jon Hammond (organist accordionist) of HammondCast KYOURADIO at campus of The New School 55 W. 13th St. New York NY 10011 January 6 2009
From Jon Hammond Archive, Jon's pictures taken of surviving and then present (2004) NEA Jazz Master legends, many from this list including Horace Silver, Louis Bellson, Anita O'Day, Ron Carter, Cecil Tayloar, Frank Foster, Benny Golson, Roy Haynes, Hank Jones and many more, enjoy! Jon Hammond *Up-to-date NEA Jazz Master list as of 2009: Toshiko Akiyoshi (2007) David Baker (2000) Danny Barker (1991) Ray Barretto (2006) Count Basie (1983) Louie Bellson (1994) Tony Bennett (2006) George Benson (2009) Art Blakey (1988) Bob Brookmeyer (2006) Cleo Brown (1987) Ray Brown (1995) Dave Brubeck (1999) Kenny Burrell (2005) Donald Byrd (2000) Candido Camero (2008) Benny Carter (1986) Betty Carter (1992) Ron Carter (1998) Kenny Clarke (1983) Buck Clayton (1991) Jimmy Cobb (2009) Ornette Coleman (1984) Chick Corea (2006) Miles Davis (1984) Buddy DeFranco (2006) Dorothy Donegan (1992) Harry "Sweets" Edison (1992) Roy Eldridge (1982) Gil Evans (1985) Art Farmer (1999) Ella Fitzgerald (1985) Tommy Flanagan (1996) Frank Foster (2002) Curtis Fuller (2007) Dizzy Gillespie (1982) Benny Golson (1996) Dexter Gordon (1986) Jim Hall (2004) Chico Hamilton (2004) Lionel Hampton (1988) Slide Hampton (2005) Herbie Hancock (2004) Barry Harris (1989) Roy Haynes (1995) Percy Heath (2002) Jimmy Heath (2003) Joe Henderson (1999) Luther Henderson (2004) Jon Hendricks (1993) Nat Hentoff (2004) Billy Higgins (1997) Andrew Hill (2008) Milt Hinton (1993) Shirley Horn (2005) Freddie Hubbard (2006) Milt Jackson (1997) Ahmad Jamal (1994) J.J. Johnson (1996) Jonathan "Jo" Jones (1985) Hank Jones (1989) Elvin Jones (2003) Quincy Jones (2008) Andy Kirk (1991) Lee Konitz (2009) John Levy (2006) John Lewis (2001) Ramsey Lewis (2007) Abbey Lincoln (2003) Melba Liston (1987) Tom McIntosh (2008) Jackie McLean (2001)
1994 Performance of Jon Hammond Band original "Hip Hop Chitlins" at LE BAR BAT NYC 1994 Alex Foster (Saturday Night Live Band) tenor sax Chuggy Carter (Donny Hathaway) congas percussion James Preston (Sons of Champlin) drums Barry Finnerty guitar Jon Hammond XB-2 organ Spcl. thanks Pete Fogel
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JOE FRANKLIN King of Late Night / Overnight Radio & TV with Jon Hammond here in New York City in offices of Joe's Memory Lane, cutting a spot for Hammond's daily morning radio program HammondCast. Hammond Cast is heard daily mornings on KYOURADIO / KYCY 1550 AM and streaming worldwide. *Note: Joe Franklin and the owners of Laugh Factory feed many people every year on Thanksgiving and Christmas / Channukah Holidays. Holidays alone is No Laughing Matter..thanks Joe! Sincerely, Jon Hammond *Member AF of M Local 802, Local 6 / ASCAP Publishing
Joe Franklin in Laugh Factory shot by Jon Hammond *Watch video *Here: Jon Hammond on the scene covering Joe Franklin's annual Thanksgiving show and free turkey dinner at Laugh Factory NYC, a great tradition, Miracle on 42nd St.! Owner Richard Basciano an icon of Times Square says "By giving this holiday gift we want to give our thanks to the people NYC for making us what we are today ."No one should be alone on this day of giving thanks and all are invited. Come out for a day of food and fun and share good times with friends. Happy Thanksgiving from Times Square Arts Center and The World Famous Laugh Factory. Enjoy Joe Franklin legend of Radio & TV here! jh
Jon Hammond Trio in Moscow Russia with Igor Butman tenor sax Eduard Zizak drums Jon Hammond organ, full power with amazing psychedelic solo from Eduard on "James and Wess" dedicated to organist Jimmy Smith. Special thanks Faina Antonova Bill Cobham Hammond Suzuki camera by Jennifer, as seen on The Jon Hammond Show TV Show 26th year and HammondCast KYOURADIO, Hammond Cast streams daily on http:/www.kyouradio.com *Member American Federation of Musicians Union Local 802 & Local 6 http://www.jonhammondband.com
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Dina Kaplan of Blip.tv interview with Jon Hammond on HammondCast KYOURADIO. Dina Kaplan is a co-founder of blip.tv and serves as the company's COO. Dina oversees business operations for the company with a particular focus on advertising and sponsorships, PR and marketing. Jon's Blip.tv channelhttp://jonhammond.blip.tv
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LAURENCE COTTLE on HammondCast Show today from London
LAURENCE COTTLE on HammondCast todayhttp://kyouradio.com/player.php?id=16899 from London with host Jon Hammond KYOURADIO *video of actual interview from radio show in London
JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974, City College San Francisco Languages: English, German Musician: Jon Hammond is one of the premier B3 PLAYERS in the world. Jon has played professionally since age 12. Beginning as a solo accordionist, he later played Hammond B3 organ in a number of important San Francisco bands. His all original group HADES opened shows for Tower of Power, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Michael Bloomfield. Eddie Money and Barry Finnerty became musical associates.
Moving East he attended Berklee College of Music and 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 and developed a lasting friendship with House Speaker Tip O'Neill. He also toured the Northeast and Canada with the successful show revue "Easy Living", and continued his appearances at nightclubs in Boston and New York. Subsequently Hammond lived and traveled in Europe, where he has an enthusiastic following. TV/Video Producer: In 1981 Jon formed BackBeat Productions. Assisted by Lori Friedman (Video by LORI), the innovative TV show "The Jon Hammond Show" became a Manhattan Cable TV favorite. Jon's "Live on the street" video style included news events, as well as live music/video clips of Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Butterfield, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwistle, Sammy Davis Jr., Percy Sledge and many others.
The weekly show is now in it's 25th year and has influenced the broadcasts of David Letterman and others. Billboard Magazine hailed Jon's show as "The Alternative to MTV". The Jon Hammond Show can be seen worldwide at various times streaming from http://www.mnn.org and on channels 56 and 108 in Manhattan. Media Personality: Host and narrator of his TV show, as well as co-host of numerous radio broadcasts, Jon has defined a musical and personal style that is unmistakeable. As Musical Director, Producer and Host of The Jon Hammond Show, Mr. Hammond formed a unique multi-media music group. This spring they will return to Europe to perform for 19th consecutive year at Frankfurt Musikmesse and will be hosting shows there and in Hamburg Germany.
Description: "The Jon Hammond Show" is a funky, swinging Jazz instrumental revue, featuring notable international soloists and reflecting the influences of Miles Davis, The Crusaders and Jimmy Smith. The show has universal appeal Jon Hammond is endorsed by the following companies: Hammond Suzuki, Excelsior CEMEX Accordions, Superlux Goang-Fann Co., Ltd., CASIO, Sennheiser, Fender and Remin Kart-A-Bag *Member ASCAP, AF of M Local 802 and Local 6
JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974 Languages: English, German *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. Jon Hammond played Hammond organ on the Mike Myers movie "The LOVE GURU" (unseen) Paramount Pictures backing up Telma Hopkins as "Lillian Roanoke" when she sings "Star Spangled Banner" at the Hockey game. http://ascap.com/network/audioportraits/Jon_Hammond_Rent/
Official JON HAMMOND Band Breaking News FEED AFM Local 802 USA Germany Tour
Officialhttp://feeds2.feedburner.com/JonHammondBandtheFingersareTheSingers-JonHammond-News JON HAMMOND Band Breaking News FEED AFM USA Mar 25 2009 8:00P Jon Hammond Flensburg Mar 26 2009 8:00P Jon Hammond / Blauer Engel Kiel Mar 27 2009 8:00P Jon Hammond tbc Mar 28 2009 8:00P Jon Hammond tbc Hamburg Mar 29 2009 8:00P Jon Hammond tbc Hamburg Mar 31 2009 9:00P Jon Hammond Jazzkeller Frankfurt Frankfurt Apr 3 2009 10:00P Jon Hammond Jazzkeller Hofheim Hofheim
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Listen To Audio Here: HammondCast 25 from organist/accordionist Jon Hammond, broadcasting from San Francisco with Clifford Brown Jr. & Chris Cortez 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 2009 8:00P Jon Hammond Flensburg Mar 26 2009 8:00P Jon Hammond / Blauer Engel Kiel Mar 27 2009 8:00P Jon Hammond tbc Mar 28 2009 8:00P Jon Hammond tbc Hamburg Mar 29 2009 8:00P Jon Hammond tbc Hamburg Mar 31 2009 9:00P Jon Hammond Jazzkeller Frankfurt Frankfurt Apr 3 2009 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.
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.
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