Jon Hammond | NAMM.org Oral History Interview Unedited Jon's Journal December 28 2012

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Jon Hammond | NAMM.org Oral History Interview Unedited Downloaded 123 times http://archive.org/details/JonHammondLongVersionJonHammond_NAMM.orgOralHistoryInterviewDate_January13_2011 Short version on NAMM Website: http://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/jon-hammond Published on Dec 27, 2012 Jon Hammond Interview Date: January 13, 2011 Job Title: President and Founder Company: Jon Hammond & Associates accordions electric organs Hammond B-3 Hammond Organs Jazz Music Manufacturing Musicians Jon Hammond has successfully created a career based on his musical talents and his passion for the music industry! As a musician Jon has performed with many legendary players and as a clinician and product artist he has introduced many innovative products to music stores and their customers over the last 30 plus years. Jon is closely identified with the two main products of his career, the Excelsior Accordion and the Digital B3 Organ. Jon Hammond Interview Date: January 13, 2011 Job Title: President and Founder Jon Hammond & Associates Jon Hammond has successfully created a ... of his career, the Excelsior Accordion and the Digital B3Organ. (accordions, electric organs, Hammond B-3, Hammond Organs) KYOURADIO.org Youtube http://youtu.be/Faq_A58v4sE *Note: Friday Night January 25th at 2013 Winter NAMM Show 8:00 pm Hammond Organ Performance 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Hilton Stage East http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2013/concerts-performances/friday?page=3 This event will be called: "The Sound, The Soul, The Summit!" MC'd by Scott May of Hammond Suzuki USA The list of Confirmed Artists is as follows: Dr. Lonnie Smith Terry Lawless Chester Thompson Larry Goldings Freddie Ravel Jimmie Smith Anthony Williams Marty Grebb Jon Hammond Christian Cullen Michel Benebig Glen Stewart *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: NAMM 2012 Sunday Blues Session Hammond Suzuki Mercy Mercy Sk1 http://www.archive.org/details/JonHammondNAMM2012SundayBluesSessionHammondSuzukiMercyMercySk1/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvjqYJ6F0WU First time to NAMM Show - Suzuki Harmonica artist KOEI TANAKA from Tokyo Japan with JOE BERGER aka The Berger-Meister on guitar through Leslie G37 guitar combo amp, SWISS CHRIS getting down with custom Vic Firth drum sticks only on practice pad for low volume trade show performance with JON HAMMOND at Sk1 Hammond combo organ and SCOTT MAY vocals resurrecting lyrics of Illinois band The Buckinghams (1967 release) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buckinghams for this classic bluesy funky tune having fun all together with Suzuki and Hammond first time combined stands full power! Special thanks to Suzuki Musical Instruments Team - Waichiro 'Tachi' Tachikawa, Mr. M. Terada, Shuji Suzuki, Shigeyuki Ohtaka, Yu Beniya, Hammond Suzuki USA Dennis Capiga, Scott May, Jay Valle, NAMM President Joe Lamond Jon's flight case Gator GKPE-49-TSA http://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/jon-hammond HammondCast http://www.HammondCast.com Music http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/namm-2012-sunday-blues-session-hammond-suzuki-mercy-mercy-sk1-5909628 http://www.ourmedia.org/media/namm-2012-sunday-blues-session-hammond-suzuki-mercy-mercy-sk1

Folks, I am very happy and proud to announce that my long-time colleague and friend Joe Berger has been specially interviewed and archived for keeps in the NAMM Oral History, congratulations Joe! and very special thanks to Tony Arambarri NAMM Archivist and Dan Del Fiorentino NAMM Historian, sincerely Jon Hammond *Photo: Jon Hammond, Joe Berger, Tony Arambarri www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150480523432102&set=vb.558692101 http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-736306 http://vimeo.com/35617833

NAMM 2012 Sunday Blues Session Hammond Suzuki Mercy Mercy Sk1 from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

Breaking News NAMM President/CEO Joe Lamond Says 95,000 Attendance Broken 3rd Day of 4 Day Winter NAMM 2012 Jon Hammond Reporting Joe Power!: Joe Testa Director of Artist Relations and Joe Lamond at Vic Firth Stand - photo by Jon Hammond

Jon Hammond spoke with Joe Lamond just before closing of 4th and final day of Winter NAMM 2012, noting that attendance was very strong, Joe Lamond said: "Yesterday (day 3) we broke 95,000 attendance." One can assume that the final attendance tally including Day 4 will be well over the 100,000 mark - Jon Hammond HammondCast Joe Lamond hosting NAMM Breakfast of Champions Day 1 with very special guests!

Jon Hammond reporting from 2012 NAMM Show and playing

NAMM’s Director of International Affairs Betty Heywood with Jon Hammond Day 1 Winter NAMM 2012

Managing Director Suzuki Musical Instruments Mr. Waichiro 'Tachi' Tachikawa with Jon Hammond

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Joe Berger NAMM Oral History Interview Unedited Long Version Official 55 minutes 4 seconds http://archive.org/details/JoeBergerNammOralHistoryInterviewUneditedLongVersionOfficial55 Youtube http://youtu.be/uFFMVHCkZ8w Jon Hammond I'm real proud of you Joe! Everybody should watch / listen to this remarkable life story of the Berger-Meister - keep up the great work and Spirit Mr. Berger! See you soon and on the bandstand, Jon Hammond Joe Berger NAMM Oral History Interview Unedited Long Version Official 55 minutes 4 seconds: Check it out folks, the real life story of Joe Berger who we all know and love - unedited, great job Joe! Jon Hammond http://youtu.be/uFFMVHCkZ8w Published on Dec 8, 2012 Joe Berger Interview Date: January 20, 2012 Job Title: Musician, Product Endorser - short version here also http://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/joe-berger Joe Berger knows sound! Joe has been mixing sound for over 30 years and he stopped counting at 35,000 bands! Also a virtuoso guitar player with his own definitive, unique playing style and "ear", Joe has jammed with the likes of John Entwistle and Jack Bruce. He has also been a fixture at music trade shows for decades as a guitar demonstrator, having set a record for most hours played at a single trade show. Categories: concert production electric guitars Guitars-Amps-Fretted Jon Hammond mixing consoles Musicians Musik Messe Frankfurt NAMM Show New York City NY product endorsers *LISTEN TO AUDIO HERE: Jon's Journal SF County Jail Show HammondCast http://archive.org/details/HammondCast_17 Downloaded 3,749 times HammondCast 17, just back from Hamburg Germany where I recorded my new album, an official production of NDR Radio in Studio 1 with some of my all-time favorite musicians: Lutz Buchner (Sax), Joe Gallardo (Trombone), Heinz Lichius (Drums), myself-Jon Hammond (XK-3 Organ/Bass) and Engineer: Rudy Grosser in Studio 1 NDR Radio. I'll be playing some selections rough mixes (not so rough actually!) as my Christmas gift to the listeners, and speaking of Christmas...from inside San Francisco County Jail #8 "Pod E", a live recording of my trio's annual Christmas Prison Show with the great tenor saxophonist Larry Schneider & Ronnie Smith Jr. on drums along with myself on keys playing the Christmas classic: "Have Yourself a Merry Christmas". Every year I tell the ladies "And ya' better be good!" And from the Studio 1 NDR Sessions my original blues shuffle: No X-Cess Baggage Blues, some fine playing by Lutz on one of my favorite ballads: My One and Only Love and my theme song: "Late Rent". Special thanks to Knut Benzner of NDR Radio for co-producing these recordings now heard on KYOU Radio, 1550 on the AM Dial. Jon Hammond http://www.HammondCast.com "The FINGERS...Are The SINGERS!"...and the wind is blowing North by North East! Jon Hammond 2 very special jazz friends of mine this evening at Local 802 Musicians Union - Rudy Sheriff Lawless the great jazz drummer and beacon of inspiration - and Gina Reder aka Gina Jazz! Jon Hammond — at Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM Fatback Drum Feature Pocket Funk Bernard Purdie and Friends Winter NAMM 2010 + FLASH BACK 1989
Pocket Funk Bernard Purdie and Friends Winter NAMM 2010 + FLASH BACK 1989 Mikell's NYC
Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men featuring Bernard Purdie drums
*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:

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Bernard Purdie and Friends Winter NAMM 2010 Hilton Hotel Anaheim
Pocket Funk by Jon Hammond © JH INTL ASCAP
Bernard Purdie drums
NAMM, 2012, 2013, Oral History, Jon Hammond, Joe Berger, Bernard Purdie, Anaheim, Jazz, Funk Blues, Rock Musician, Local 802, Musicians Union, ASCAP, Suzuki Musical Instruments

Encore Hammond's Bolero Jon's Journal December 27 2012

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Encore 'Hammond's Bolero' Downloaded 394 times KYOURADIO.org Encore 'Hammond's Bolero' 10th year Jazzkeller Hofheim JON HAMMOND Trio JON HAMMOND Trio: HEINZ LICHIUS - drums JOE BERGER - guitar JON HAMMOND - XK-1 Hammond Organ/bass called back fro Encore, 10th consecutive year playing at Jazzkeller Hofheim "After Musikmesse Party 2007" This tune features Joe Berger in tribute to CARLOS SANTANA Jon's former neighbor in Marin County California http://archive.org/details/JonHammondEncore_Hammond_sBolero_10thyearJazzkellerHofheimJONHAMMONDTrio Youtube http://youtu.be/T8qIRPGrLEY Fixer Upper - Needs a little bit of work...also some trains (and the train tracks restored that were sadly ripped out) - 16th Street Train Station - West Oakland 16th and Wood St. - Jon Hammond http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Station_(Oakland) *I used used to take the Key Route trains through this Art Deco train station folks - JH The 16th Street Station is one of three original train stations that served Oakland, California at the start of the 20th century. The building was designed by architect Jarvis Hunt who was a preeminent train station architect at that time and the facility opened in 1912. For many decades, the 16th Street Station was a major railroad station of the Southern Pacific railroad in Oakland as well as local commuter services such as the East Bay Electric Lines via elevated platforms. It was a companion (or "city station") for the Oakland Terminal, which was located two miles away on the Oakland Pier. The Terminal, also known as the "Mole", was demolished in 1960, leaving the 16th Street Station as the major Oakland rail hub. It suffered significant damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and was closed. Its railroad function has since been replaced by the major Amtrak station in nearby Emeryville. Amtrak service ended on August 5, 1994.[1] The station is located in West Oakland at 16th and Wood Streets, adjacent to and visible from the Interstate 880 connector ramps of the MacArthur Maze. The station buildings remain, largely intact, including the switchman's tower and ironwork elevated platforms which, before the completion of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, were utilized by commuter trains of SP's East Bay Electric Lines. The station was purchased in 2005 by BUILD, an affiliate of BRIDGE Housing. It is being restored as part of a local redevelopment project[2][3] and will not be used as a railroad station again. The tracks of the Southern Pacific (now Union Pacific) main line were moved westward in the 1990s and today run on the other side of I-880, leaving the station isolated. The station was used in films such as Funny Lady and Hemingway & Gellhorn. The original 16th Street depot was a smaller wood structure, built at a time when the site was on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. In the intervening years, the shoreline was filled in and now lies nearly a mile west. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_System Transbay rail lines Until the Bay Bridge railway began operation, Key commuter trains had no letter designation. They were named for the principal street or district they served. Good Citizen - Hard Work, headed to Bottle Recycling Center - Jon Hammond http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling Recycling is processing used materials (waste) into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to plastic production.[1][2] Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" waste hierarchy. There are some ISO standards relating to recycling such as ISO 15270:2008 for plastics waste and ISO 14001:2004 for environmental management control of recycling practice. Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, and electronics. Although similar in effect, the composting or other reuse of biodegradable waste – such as food or garden waste – is not typically considered recycling.[2] Materials to be recycled are either brought to a collection center or picked up from the curbside, then sorted, cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials bound for manufacturing. Custom paint job on this Love Bus! Jon Hammond The White House (not Washington DC one!) Jon Hammond Oakland California -- Esther's Orbit Room - Jon Hammond The blues return to Oakland's 7th Street Youtube http://youtu.be/YPls6GyHaa4 Esther Mabry of Esther's Orbit Room in Oakland, California Esther Mabry, 90, the "Grand Lady of 7th Street", and the owner of Esther's Orbit Room in Oakland, died on May 31. She reminisces in this interview from 2009. Many blues greats including B.B. King, Jimmy McCracklin, Charles Brown, Etta James, Big Mama Thornton and Lowell Fulson played at her club in the 1960s. http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_15206146 Plaques recall when live music, not bullets, lighted up the nights. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/07/local/la-me-oakland-blues-20111207 Lee Romney: OAKLAND — Ronnie Stewart bent down along the sidewalk beneath West Oakland's regional transit station and gingerly slid a prototype plaque into place. After more than two decades of cajoling, his Walk of Fame was finally taking shape. A trail of granite markers adorned with musical notes and this city's signature oak tree soon will decorate 7th Street, bearing the names of 84 rhythm-and-blues greats who in the 1940s turned this now mostly barren corridor into a "Harlem of the West." For The Record Los Angeles Times Thursday, December 08, 2011 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 4 News Desk 1 inches; 33 words Type of Material: Correction Oakland blues: An article in the Dec. 7 LATExtra section about Oakland's blues history said Aretha Franklin was among those who played the clubs "after WWII." Franklin first played in Oakland around 1960 Sam Ash Music Store on Music Row 48th Street NYC -- L to R 1st photo, Ted Stilles, Larry Hartke and Joe Berger at the Tommy Emmanuel in-store appearance / performance, was incredible! Jon Hammond — with Ted Stilles, Larry Hartke and Joe Berger at Sam Ash Music Store Malcolm Bruce John Sauchelli Works at Self Employed and Loving It! Gail Weisman Senior Graphic Designer at Peninsula JCC Maggie McMenamin Communty Manager at BiblioLabs Derek Soto Darren Dentremont Wayne Ben Ali Rutgers–Newark Dennis Daye Parmiters Sven Grotrian University of Denver Peter Davyduck Retail Sales Specialist for Fender Musical Instrument Corporation at Bass Guitarist Benjamin Wardwell Field Technician/News&Entertainment//Private Security at Independent Contractor/Self Employed Scott Miller Bru Rossman Proprietor at Bruce Rossman Home Improvements and Repairs Serge Michaud Rômulo Facuri Systems Analyst at Banco do Brasil Ives The-Executioner Ghislain Nadeau Operation Coordinator Assistant at Optel Vision John Volianitis Bass Player/Vocalist at Self Employed Musician Joe Berger and Tommy Emmanuel Actual take of "White Onions" from my Late Rent album - and Jon's Journal December 26 2012 https://hammondjazz.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/studio-film-recording-session-jons-journal-december-26-2012/ R.I.P. Cornell Dupree "Mr. 2500" (albums/record sessions) 73,479 *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Get Back in The Groove in Newessbar Hamburg Altona Downloaded 249 times http://archive.org/details/NewessbarHamburgGetBackInTheGrooveTributeTo911 Newessbar Hamburg Get Back In The Groove Tribute to 9/11 Jon Hammond Band Lutz Buechner tenor sax Heinz Lichius drums Joe Berger guitar Jon Hammond Sk1 Hammond organ Original composition by Jon Hammond International ASCAP http://www.jonhammondband.com Thanks Olaf and Roman Youtube http://youtu.be/b13jUY8WR_A This particular XB-2 Hammond organ has gone around the world with me more times than I remember - played Heinekin Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, at least 5 or 6 Frankfurt Musikmesse's, Radio Melody Austria, NDR Radio Hamburg, Radio France Inter, Music China Shanghai, on cruise ships, AFN Radio, Prague Czech Republic even Louisville Kentucky! - then came my XK-3, XK-1 and now touring with Sk1 - next stop: Atlanta, Jon Hammond Serial number plate from my precious early model XB-2 old friend never let me down in my international travels - the later XB-2's had a completely different number plate underneath the organ - this one was one of the first pieces when it was introduced by my good friends at Suzuki Musical Instruments in year 1991 - special thanks to my hero - Hiromitsu Ono! Jon Hammond incredible job of designing - even The Rolling Stones used an XB-2! Jon Hammond: My original XB-2 Hammond organ, one of the very first pieces on the job here on world-wide radio broadcast on AFN - American Forces Network at Frankfurt Headquarters, actual video: http://youtu.be/S1DXhw1z_rc This remarkable film documents 3/17 1994 AFN POWERLITE Show live broadcast of JON HAMMOND Band playing and talking on-air with host MARGIE GLAD 'The Voice of AFN Europe" 873AM/MW at that time. First-ever public performance of original composition "Nu Funk" ("Hip Hop Chitlins"). The broadcast was heard world-wide and recorded and later released on Jon Hammond's album "Late Rent". James Preston of band Sons of Champlin drums, Barry Finnerty gtr., Jon Hammond XB-2 organ/bass Joe Berger audio. *Special thanks: Marietta Windhorst, Andrea English (Prdcr.), David Osterloh, and the Crew at AFN Frankfurt Headquarters Encore, Carlos Santana, Hammond's Bolero, 16th Street, Key Route, West Oakland, Esther Mabry, Orbit Room, Jazz, Blues, Organ, Jon Hammond, Local 802, Musicians Union

STUDIO FILM Recording Session Jon's Journal December 26 2012

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: STUDIO FILM Recording Session White Onions Downloaded 226 times - Actual Take Used on the Record http://archive.org/details/JonHammondSTUDIO_RecordingofWhiteOnions_2 STUDIO: This film takes you inside the actual recording session of “White Onions” from Jon Hammond “Late Rent” album in QUAD Studios NYC Sept. 7, 1989. With legendary studio drummer Bernard Purdie, Alex Foster sax, Chuggy Carter perc., Barry Finnerty guitar, Jon Hammond at B3 organ with Joe Berger at the audio board. Catch Jon Hammond’s daily radio show ‘HammondCast Early Edition’ on KYOU Radio *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: R.I.P. Cornell Dupree aka 'Mr. 2500' (records)! Jon Hammond at Mikell's 73,479 Cornell Dupree guitar here with Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men at Mikell's 880 Columbus Avenue New York NY 10025

Jon Hammond at his 1959 B3 organ Bernard Purdie drums Leslie J. "Chuggy" Carter percussion - Mikell's circa 1989

Jon Hammond

R.I.P. Cornell Dupree aka 'Mr. 1500' (records)!
Jon Hammond - my 1959 B3 organ, Bernard Purdie drums, Chuggy Carter percussion at Mikell's NYC http://www.jonhammondband.com/ circa 1989 Mikell's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikell's 97th and Columbus
808 Columbus Avenue, New York NY 10025
Run by Mike Mikell and Pat Mikell, from 1969 to 1991 it was a regular venue for New York's top studio and session musicians who would turn up for jam sessions with major soul, funk and jazz artists visiting the city.[1]
Among the performers and bands associated with Mikell’s are Stuff, the alliance of studio musicians that played almost weekly at Mikell's in the 1970s.
In early 1980, the club served for rehearsals for Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Big Band, which included Wynton Marsalis, and which would result in the live album Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Big Band - Live at Montreux and North Sea (1980).[2] Other artists appearing at the club in the 1980s included Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Cedar Walton and Mickey Roker (June 1983[3]), Paquito D'Rivera (January 1984[4]).
[edit]Live albums recorded at Mikell's


John Tropea - Live at Mikell’s New York - Recorded live in 1980, released 1994.
Art Blakey and Jazz Messengers - New York Scene - May 1984[
*Note: Now it is called WHOLE FOODS
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2010/09/30/whole-foods-concerts-locals-recall-jazz-roots


At Whole Foods concerts, locals recall jazz roots
Whole Foods Market, located at 97th Street and Columbus Avenue, is partnering with the Jazz Foundation of America to bring weekly concerts to the store.
By Sonalee Rau
Published September 30, 2010
This fall, the best place to find free jazz will be your local Whole Foods.


Whole Foods Market, located at 97th Street and Columbus Avenue, is partnering with the Jazz Foundation of America to bring weekly concerts to the store, as part of the foundation’s Jazz Legend Fall Series. Every Friday through Oct. 29, from 5:00 to 7:00, organizers hope to transform the supermarket into a music hall.


This particular Whole Foods has roots in the blues—it stands around the same site that neighborhood mainstay Mikell’s Jazz Club did between 1969 and 1991.


“We really wanted to connect historically with the long-term residents in the community, as well as with the new residents who would be moving in,” said Whole Foods Marketing Team Leader Kimberly Robison, who is coordinating the Jazz Legend Series.


Many of the musicians featured in the 10-week series once played at Mikell’s Jazz Club. “Whitney Houston was discovered there, Wynton Marsalis. … Various great musicians performed at that location,” Robison said. “One of my friends, he had moved away to Chicago and when he came back, Mikell’s was closed—and he started crying because it meant that much to him in his personal life. It was a community place and such a historic club.”


Last Friday’s concert featured saxophonist Eric Wyatt as part of a quartet that included bass, drums, and piano. The musicians played in the store’s cafeteria, and the event had a strong neighborhood turnout.


“We’ve had a great turnout and a warm reception, and this has become a way in which to tell the story of the neighborhood,” she said.


The Jazz Foundation of America has played a major role in the sponsorship of the series and provides support to jazz musicians—particularly aging artists, according to Robison.


More than just an escape from the produce aisle, patrons said the concerts serve as something of an oasis in a neighborhood that has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Smaller family-owned establishments have made way for the large stores that occupy the Columbus Square area today.


Upper West Side resident Lynn Hilaire remembered Mikell’s fondly as a popular destination for jazz aficionados. “It was a great spot, they had great jazz, they really had great people there. And it’s sort of legendary in the neighborhood.”


Hilaire said that the development of this neighborhood has its positive and negative aspects. While she enjoys having easy access to shopping, it has come at a price. “I had a view of Central Park for 37 years. Now I have [a view of] the people who live in the building in front of my living room window,” she said.


Other Whole Foods customers agreed that the face of the neighborhood has undergone remarkable change over the years. “It was a tennis court over there! Back in the seventies,” said concert-goer Barbara Johnson, gesturing to a space across the street from the grocery store.


“Some days it looks like 34th Street,” added local resident Dolores Zecca.


Sabella Curry, a regular at the Friday evening events who said she’d been coming since last year, used to frequent Mikell’s while it was still open. She shared Hilaire’s sentiments about the development of Columbus Square, but said the Jazz Legend Series is “the greatest.”


“Everybody have something to do on Friday that’s free, meeting and talking with other people. It’s good for us senior citizens,” she said.

 — with Jon Hammond Band, Jon Hammond Organ Group and Leslie J. Carter at Mikell's Jazz Club 97th and Columbus New York City.

Mikell's, Jazz Club, 880 Columbus Avenue, Whole Foods, Cornell Dupree, Bernard Purdie, Shuffle, Blues, Local 802, Musicians Union *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: James and Wes Bitter End Blues Jon Hammond Band Late Show Showcase http://www.archive.org/details/JamesAndWesBitterEndBluesJonHammondBand http://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. Category: Music James and Wes, Jon Hammond Band, Local 802, Musicians Union, Sk1 Organ, Suzuki Musical Instruments, Blues, Jazz, Bitter End Cafe 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

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James and Wes Bitter End Blues Jon Hammond Band from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

http://blip.tv/file/get/JonHammond-JamesAndWesBitterEndBluesJonHammondBand195.mp4 *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Sk1 Late Rent Jon Hammond Band Live At The Bitter End http://www.archive.org/details/Sk1LateRentJonHammondBandLiveAtTheBitterEnd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEKdzmlhvXI Jon Hammond Band playing Jon's composition Late Rent the theme song of his long-running cable TV show The Jon Hammond Show live at The Bitter End club in Greenwich Village New York. Special late show with some of the original musicians from the recording which happened in 1983 in Intergalactic Studios the same studio where John Lennon did his last recordings. On tenor saxophone Todd Anderson who was Jon's Arranging and Composition teacher in 1973 at Berklee College of Music, Ray Grappone drums who played on the Sidewinder track from Late Rent album first release as heard on WNEW AM 1130 Al Jazzbo Collins radio program, Joe Berger guitar, long-time co-producer engineer guitarist and Jon Hammond 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 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 Special thanks Vicki Bell aka Vicki B. in the house! Catch Vicki Bell and Ray Grappone with Alexis P. Suter Band http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/sk1-late-rent-jon-hammond-band-live-at-the-bitter-end-5799901 Joe Berger guitar

Ray Grappone drums

Todd Anderson tenor saxophone

Jon Hammond Sk1 Hammond organ and bass

http://vimeo.com/33263523 http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-713516 Jon Hammond and Joe Berger aka Ham-Berger outside The Bitter End club 147 Bleecker Street

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

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New York -- THE JON HAMMOND BAND Dec. 3rd at The Bitter End Special Late Show 1AM-3AM Joe Berger guitar Todd Anderson tenor sax Ray Grappone drums Jon Hammond Sk1 Hammond Organ Swingin' Funky Jazz and Blues as Heard On The Jon Hammond Show MCTV MNN TV and HammondCast CBS Radio 73,479, Cornell Dupree, Mikell's, Jon Hammond, Bernard Purdie, Local 802, Musicians Union, Jazz, Funky, Blues, B3 organ, Sk1, Studio Recording, White Onions