*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: PIA 747 Flight Deck & Singing of Star Spangled Banner
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PIA 747 Flight Deck Footage of Jon Hammond Tour + Singing of Star Spangled Banner at Pakistan/American Friendship Day
Personally shot film by Jon Hammond on tour, Germany and onboard in cockpit of PIA 747 Jumbo (Pakistan International Airlines) flying with Paki VIP's to New York for Pakistan - American Friendship Day Celebration with singing of our National Anthem "The Star Spangled Banner" and showing of patriotism that will touch your heart. This is a must-see. Look closely for quick cameo appearances of radio legend Al Jazzbeaux Collins and Ruth Messinger former Manhattan Borough President.
*Note: Jon Hammond would like to say a special thanks to Pakistan International Airlines Crew, Pakistan Minister of Culture/Poetess Kishwar Naheed, Remin Kart-A-Bag USA, FRAport, Pakistan American Friendship Commitee. Jon Hammond's official site: http://www.HammondCast.com
Jimdo HammondCast 21 Jon's Journal November 19 2012
Bonnie Raitt and Jon Hammond - thanks for coming to check out my band's set at Shoreline Amphitheatre when I opened for you a few years ago Bonnie!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is a renowned American blues singer-songwriter and slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially accessible recordings in the 1990s including "Nick of Time", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneakin' Up on You", and the slow ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me". Raitt has received nine Grammy Awards in her career and is a lifelong political activist.
Carnegie Hall New York -- Tony Lakatos and Jon Hammond at Carnegie Hall, but not in Carnegie Hall
- photo by the great Jazz Photographer Elmar Lemes — at Carnegie Hall
Hollywood California -- Jon Hammond and Tommy Denander at ASCAP Expo taking care of some international music biz! <a
href="http://www.livinginhd.com/hammondcast/blog/2012/04/22/2012_ascap_expo_highlights_hamburg_to_hollywood_via_frankfurt_by_jon_hammond">http://www.livinginhd.com/hammondcast/blog/2012/04/22/2012_ascap_expo_highlights_hamburg_to_hollywood_via_frankfurt_by_jon_hammond
2012 ASCAP Expo Highlights Hamburg to Hollywood via Frankfurt by ASCAP Member Jon Hammond *SEE PHOTOS HERE: 2012 ASCAP Expo Highlights Hamburg to Hollywood via Frankfurt by ASCAP Member Jon Hammond http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150716460652102.382309.558692101&type=3&l=958d896dc 17th Annual ASCAP I Create Music Expo, 6th consecutive year for Jon Hammond welcomes Tommy Denander from Sweden to his first ASCAP Expo aka We Create Music Expo — at Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, California
Shuji Suzuki - President Suzuki Musical Instruments and Jon Hammond
- Winter NAMM Anaheim California — at NAMM
2 hats at the last Musikmesse Frankfurt
- Jon with Alex Hsieh of P Mauriat HQ saxophones, wishing Alex a speedy recovery come back soon Alex! I'm sure Tony will be playing your saxophone on my band at Jazzkeller next month, Jon Hammond — with Alex Mingmann Hsieh at Musikmesse Frankfurt
Next stop Musikmesse Frankfurt ladies & gentlemen!
Jon Hammond touring with the new Hammond Sk1 ultra-compact combo organ
26th Year Musikmesse Warm Up Party Will Be March 20th 2012 Jazzkeller Frankfurt
*WATCH THE VIDEO: Cake Flowers and Late Rent 25 Years Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=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 – 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 — at NAMM
747 Flight Deck, Star Spangled Banner, Sk1 combo organ, ultra compact, NAMM, Musikmesse, Suzuki Musical Instruments, Jon Hammond, Pakistan American Friendship,
Local 802, Musicians Union, AFM Federation
hammondcast - 20. Nov, 18:43
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HammondCast 21, broadcasting from San Francisco California, organist/composer & bandleader JON HAMMOND playing fresh new tracks from recent record date in NDR Radio Hamburg "NDR SESSIONS" with new breakout original composition: "Pay Phone Johnny", and classics: "Our Day Will Come", "Blues in the Night" and Hammond's long-time theme song as intro/outro: "Late Rent". Special thanks to musicians: LUTZ BUCHNER (saxophones), JOE GALLARDO (trombone), HEINZ LICHIUS (drums) and Co-Producer: KNUT BENZNER, and NDR Radio Engineer: RUDY GROSSER. This record date was recorded in the famous Studio 1 of NDR Radio in Hamburg Germany. Hammond talks about meeting Robin Williams and flying to New York City to attend IAJE Jazz Educators event. As heard on KYOU 1550 AM and on the internet http://www.HammondCast.com
Action shot last night - Dorado Schmitt and Django All-Stars - Jon Hammond
http://www.sfjazz.org/events/f12/dorado-schmitt
Dorado Schmitt guitar, violin, vocals
Franco Mehrstein guitar
Pierre Blanchard violin
Ludovic Beier accordion, accordina
Xavier Nikq bass
Pioneering Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt lamented that he might be neglected by history, but today the ebulliently swinging “jazz manouche” sound he created with French violinist Stéphane Grappelli is more pervasive than ever. And no one has done more to ignite interest in the idiom than dazzling French guitarist and violinist Dorado Schmitt. Born to Gypsy parents near the German border in Lorraine, Schmitt was weaned on traditional Roma music and Gypsy jazz, but rebelled as a teenager by taking up electric guitar and emulating Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana. After a decade of leading his own trio, he was nearly killed in a car crash, and spent years in physical therapy to regain his unrivaled guitar prowess. By the mid-90s he was a leading figure on the international Gypsy jazz scene, where he continues to represent the art form at its highest level. He’s joined by a cast of fiercely swinging compatriots, including the brilliant jazz accordionist Ludovic Beier and violinist Pierre Blanchard, who was tapped by Grappelli himself as a worthy successor. SFJAZZ has presented Schmitt many times over the years and his performances are always among our most popular. — at Herbst Theatre
25 Year Musikmesse Warm Up Party - Jon Hammond Band
Composition by the great Czechoslovakian composer - Saul Salskovitch! 25 Year Musikmesse Warm Up Party - Jon Hammond Band
http://youtu.be/dmxnp6IUWuM
Jon Hammond's annual Musikmesse Warm Up Party 25 Year Celebration Czechoslovakian Salsa Song in Jazzkeller Frankfurt with Jon Hammond Band and many special guests for this special special occasion on the night before Musikmesse begins. 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 — at Jazzkeller
San Francisco CA -- Ludovic Beier the great Accordionist after a brilliant performance,
here onstage at the Herbst Theatre - played beautifully last night in concert with Dorado Schmitt & the Django All-Stars *a favorite of Leonardo DiCaprio and Leonardo's father George DiCaprio who attended the concert at the Herbst on a rainy night, the 5 touring French
master musicians really delivered the goods and pleased everyone with a wonderful encore! Jon Jon Hammond
ARTIST PERSONNEL
Dorado Schmitt guitar, violin, vocals
Pierre Blanchard violin
Franco Mehrstein guitar
Ludovic Beier accordion, accordina
Xavier Nikq bass
*Youtube interview with Ludovic and Jon a few years ago
http://youtu.be/aoSYDrWRrok
LUDOVIC BEIER chromatic accordion virtuoso Jazz Musician from France is Jon's guest here on HammondCast KYOURADIO. Interview
recorded in New York City while Ludovic was in town to play the annual "Django Birdland Festival" produced by Pat Phillips.
San Francisco CA -- Ludovic Beier the great Accordionist after a brilliant performance, here onstage at the Herbst Theatre showing his very special instrument "Accordina"
played beautifully last night in concert with Dorado Schmitt & the Django All-Stars
*a favorite of Leonardo DiCaprio and Leonardo's father George DiCaprio who attended the concert
*George DiCaprio holding Ludovic's new cd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_DiCaprio
George Paul DiCaprio (born in 1943) is an American comic book writer, editor, and major west coast underground comic book distributor.
DiCaprio was born in 1943 to an Italian American father, George Leon DiCaprio, and a German-born mother, Olga Anne Jacobs.[1][2] He met Irmelin Indenbirken, a German immigrant, in college; the two later married and moved to Los Angeles.[1] The couple had one son, American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, and divorced shortly after.
As a comic book author, DiCaprio is frequently associated with fellow underground comics artists Dori Seda, Robert Crumb, Rick Griffin, Gilbert Shelton, Victor Moscoso, Paul Mavrides and Harvey Pekar, and author Hubert Selby Jr.[3] He also helped publish the underground comic Yama Yama/Ugly Head by Robert Williams and S. Clay Wilson in 1981.
San Francisco City Hall -- Jon Hammond Band special lunch time concert
- Organist Jon Hammond leading this date at his 1965 Hammond B3 organ with Harvey Wainapel tenor sax, Barry Finnerty guitar, Steve Campos flugelhorn, James Preston drums, Jon Hammond - B3 organ
Youtube http://youtu.be/V98fwDJSHWw
Presented by City Hall San Francisco & Local 6: JON HAMMOND Band on front lawn of the beautiful SF City Hall during lunch hour free concert. JON HAMMOND at the B3 Organ along with Harvey Wainapel tenor, Steve Campos flugel horn, Barry Finnerty gtr. & James Preston drms. of Sons of Champlin band playing JH Band original "Nu Funk" (Hip Hop Chitlins). *Note: Jon's organ bench fell out of the truck on Polk St. (was recovered) One of Jon's famous sayings: "It's easier to find an Organ with no Bench than a Bench without an Organ"!
The Copy Center loves me because I gave them a lot of dough-re-me...and they make me nice high quality digital copies,
you could print money there on the big Canon color copiers it looks so good - yes we love each other, printing boy Jon Hammond
Ringwood Victoria Australia -- Main Man Bernie Capicchiano (left) just introduced Jon Hammond (with mic on right)
at a special keynote presentation and live recording session at Bernies Music Land "Classic Hammond Sound...in a Suitcase!"™
Ringwood Victoria Australia -- Live at Bernies with Michael Jordan drums and Jon Hammond at the organ
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Live-At-Bernies-Jon-Hammond/dp/B003K7TMWM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353008792&sr=8-1&keywords=jon+hammond+live+bernies
Wonderful live recording of Hammond Organ with drums.This classic organ club format was at its zenith in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Live at Bernies captures this unique feel and sound, with the internationally recognized hands of Jon Hammond and Michael Jordan providing expert renditions of many classic favorites. This crystal clear live recording sounds like you have an Organ Lounge in your living room! The performances are excellent and Jon displays his great experience and demonstrates the capabilities of the Digital New B3. The natural live feel is very refreshing.
Melbourne Australia -- Award Winning Team Bernies Musicland / Musico at AMA Australian Music Association Gala
L to R: Craig Douglas, Josh Wayman, Lester Cheung, Michelle Capicchiano, Main Man Bernie Capicchiano, Jhonfil Roxas, (bottom L to R) Franz Wankadia, Tim Neal, Jon Hammond — with Josh Wayman, Lester Cheung, Tim Neal and Jhonfil Roxas at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Business trip very powerful private jet -- SFO Executive Terminal - Jon Hammond
London England -- Power Shot: Tony Rossell (back to camera) of Heart Guitars/ASS/Turbosound Speakers,
Joe Berger and the late great bassist of The Who John Entwistle at British Music Fair 1987 - Jon Hammond — with Joe Berger and John Entwistle
The Late Great concert promoter impresario Bill Graham hanging out with various hipsters
- Jack Casady, Wavy Gravy - Jon Hammond — with Wavy Gravy, Bill Graham and Jack Casady
Jon's Journal, Ludovic Beier, Dorado Schmitt, SF Jazz, Bill Graham, San Francisco City Hall, Jon Hammond, B3 organ, Local 6, Musicians Union, Jazz, Funky Blues
hammondcast - 19. Nov, 18:56
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HammondCast 20 Broadcasting today from Las Vegas Nevada in the Mirage Hotel, 2 ballads from my new recordings at NDR Radio Studio 1: "Skylark" and "Easy Living" with LUTZ BUCHNER (alto sax), JOE GALLARDO (trombone), HEINZ LICHIUS (drums) and myself JON HAMMOND on the new XK-3 Hammond Organ, mixed by NDR Engineer RUDY GROSSER. From there we go to San Francisco County Jail #8 "Pod E" where the ladies in CJ8 joined us during my song "Pocket Funk" with a chorus of: "Funky Stuff...In Your Pocket"! And 2 original selections from my album Late Rent, my theme song "Late Rent" and the original studio version of "Pocket Funk" and the story of how I recorded them in the same studio John Lennon had been recording in in winter 1983 at Intergalactic Studios in New York City. HammondCast 20 for KYOU Radio, San Francisco California-1550 on the AM dial and on the web at: http://www.kyouradio.com http://www.HammondCast.com Organist/Accordionist Jon Hammond is a member of Local 802/Local 6 Musicians Union and an ASCAP Artist & Publisher: JON HAMMOND International
The great Boxer Floriano Pagliara aka Floriano L'Italiano Pagliara flanked by big Mike Warren and Jon Hammond at Mike's wonderful Cupcake Cafe on Ninth Avenue New York City - Check out Floriano's webiste folks:
http://www.florianopagliara.com/
and Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floriano_Pagliara
Floriano Pagliara (Marbach am Neckar, 31 dicembre 1978) è un pugile italiano, nato in Germania, ma cresciuto a Cecina.
Nonostante la Germania gli abbia dato i natali e il cognome tradisca origini pugliesi, Floriano è cresciuto a Cecina (LI). Floriano Pagliara inizia a praticare il pugilato all'età di 15 anni presso la Boxe Cecina; un anno e otto mesi dopo disputa il suo primo incontro da dilettante ottenendo subito un successo.
Da allora ben 55 incontri da dilettante (41 vittorie, 4 pareggi e 10 sconfitte), tra cui due con la maglia della nazionale italiana (2004). Nel palmares del pugile cecinese anche due vittorie del Torneo Internazionale di Cremona, 10 titoli regionali (dal 1995 al 2005) e due secondi posti ai campionati italiani assoluti.
Passaggio al professionismo
L to R: Vladi Jäggi, Bill Cobham, Jon Hammond on Day 1 of 2012 Frankfurt Musikmesse looking good! and sounding good!!
Bernard Purdie drums on Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men band at Mikell's 760 Columbus Avenue at 97th Street Youtube http://youtu.be/t-s8mhNIrtc
R.I.P. Cornell Dupree aka 'Mr. 2500' (records)! Jon Hammond at Mikell's 73,241
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.o...See More — with Bernard Purdie and Bernard Purdie at 760 Columbus Avenue New York City
Some guitar players make funny faces when they play and are really in to it. Here is one, Barry Finnerty - August 28th, 1989 Mikell's - Youtube http://youtu.be/aCPtWHqHVaE
LATE RENT Theme Mikell's JON HAMMOND Late Rent Session Men
Jon Hammond Theme Song played by The original Late Rent Session Men, Bernard Purdie drums, Barry Finnerty guitar, Chuggy Carter perc., Jon Hammond at his 1959 B3 Organ in a 1989 performance August 29th at Mikell's, 760 Columbus Avenue at 97th St.
Ludovic Beier my favorite Accordionist is back in town at Birdland for the annual Django Reinhardt Festival with the incredible Dorado Schmitt and his family of jazz hot musicians - catch them while you can folks! Some of the best music I have heard in a long time. I am going to their
concert also in San Francisco Saturday, November 17 at the Herbst Theatre. - Jon Hammond
Check out my interview with Ludovic a few years ago in NYC
Youtube http://youtu.be/aoSYDrWRrok
LUDOVIC BEIER chromatic accordion virtuoso Jazz Musician from France is Jon's guest here on HammondCast KYOURADIO. Interview
recorded in New York City while Ludovic was in town to play the annual "Django Birdland Festival" produced by Pat Phillips. Ludovic speaks with Jon about his new album "Live @ Jazz Standard" and his musical influences which brought him to playing Gypsy Jazz and many other styles, also on an instrument called Accordina, small but mighty! *Special thanks to Ludovic's Manager Sebastien Smits and Pat Phillips and Ettore Stratta Productions & Gianni Valenti of Birdland NYC © http://www.HammondCast.com/ ">http://www.ludovicbeier.com/"> http://www.ludovicbeier.com/
las vegas, jazz, ludovic beier, bernard purdie, mikell's, 760 columbus avenue, funky stuff, in your pocket, late rent, organ, accordion, local 802, musicians union
hammondcast - 14. Nov, 15:20
Veterans Day Electric American Flag Tribute Jon's Journal November 12 2012
Electric American Flag Video by LORI from Jon Hammond Show - Honoring our fearless and brave veterans on this Veterans Day here in the Land of the Free - Manhattan NYC - thanks and deep gratitude to all of them!
Sincerely, Jon Hammond *Member American Federation of Musicians Local 802 / Local 6 / ASCAP
*WATCH VIDEO: Blue Angels 2012 Fleet Week Air Show at SFO with Music from Jon Hammond Band
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Youtube http://youtu.be/2C3KtLtMVm8
America's pride The Blue Angels here at SFO to perform fearlessly in honor of Fleet Week 2012 with support from United Airlines Team at United Family Day very special annual event, special thanks to all these fine folks it takes to make it happen. From the Firefighters, to the Mechanics, Air Controllers, Crew, Food Preparations even the Imperial Storm Troopers from Star Wars were on hand for this very special family day - with music here from The Jon Hammond Band with special guest Lee Oskar harmonica, recent performance in Frankfurt Germany at the famous Jazzkeller "Tribute to 9/11 - Get Back In The Groove" Tony Lakatos tenor sax, Giovanni Gulino drums, Joe Berger guitar, Jon Hammond at Sk1 organ, enjoy folks! Sincerely, Jon Hammond http://www.HammondCast.com
Serious Press Conference with Mayor Ed Koch at the giant Diamond Vision TV Screen at corner of 47th Str. & Broadway by the TKTS Youtube http://youtu.be/qBjLUT-0vUM
An incredible Press Conference with NY Mayor ED KOCH as seen on The Jon Hammond Show Jon HammondndCast in Times Square NYC on Mitsubishi DiamondVision! Jon made a deal with Mitsubishi to have his TV show with Video by LORI on the big DiamondVision Times Sq. screen (First big-screen outdoor TV!) for 1 and half years, 80-times-a-day including the famous New Years Countdown seen on Dick Clark's ABC Broadcast 2 consecutive years *with commentary by Jon Hammond..AND a cameo appearance in the crowd with Nikon! *Info: http://www.HammondCast.com/ this is a must-see! - JH — with Ed Koch
Love this shot! James Brown was a soulful organ player as well folks! Here on a very special visit to his God Son of Soul Michael Falkenstein at the birthplace of Hammond Germany - Hammond Studio Setzingen, blowin' smoke! - Jon Hammond
Youtube http://youtu.be/YsIvjWvt-p0
James Brown the Godfather of Soul with his actual God Son Michael Falkenstein.
The incredible story of the bond between them, the story can only be told in words by Michael, but a picture tells a thousand words, and here we have 44 images from behind the scenes with this outstanding and soulful young organist who was befriended by the late great James Brown over a period 20 years until Mr. Brown's untimely death. James Brown and his personal entourage made a special journey to Michael's family house in the tiny village of Setzingen 'kleines dorf' nearby Ulm Germany, in the middle of night in 2 white limousines so that Mr. Brown could meet Michael's mother, father and his sister Martina. Here you will see the photos that have never before been shown as James Brown has cake with the family and enjoys immensely playing soul music together with Michael in their house and Hammond Organ Studio Germany, which is one of the greatest Hammond organ museums in all of the world, built by Michael's father Professor Klaus Maier and Michael together as a tribute to Laurens Hammond founder of Hammond Instrument Company and clocks of Chicago ILL
The story will be forthcoming as soon as Michael can bring himself to write it as he is still mourning the loss of his Godfather James Brown R.I.P. enjoy these never-before-seen photos and original music recording of Michael "Time With You" as heard on Jon Hammond's HammondCast Show KYOU Radio — with James Brown and Michael Falkenstein
BackBeat Productions Presents - The Jon Hammond Show!
28th year, now on MNN TV
*The Chicago Special http://youtu.be/IJHHdPNoHow
Now in 28th year on Cable Access TV - The Jon Hammond Show, this
particular episode is known as the Chicago Special
which includes one song from Tim Cain I played Hammond organ on called I Saw You with some vocal help by Bill Champlin recorded by rjm productions, then to Chicago Summer NAMM Show where I personally filmed the very first performance of the late great bassist John Entwistle with band Rat Race Choir which happened at The Vic Theatre June 29, 1987, (same night) followed by Leslie West with T.M. Stevens bass, watch Leslie's face when smoke machine goes! Then a little bit of Bag End Party at Park West with Joe Berger, T.M. Stevens, Tal Bergman and Theodus Rogers. And of course JH Show Theme Song "Late Rent" - enjoy folks, this one is a classic! Jon Hammond
http://www.HammondCast.com/
*Note: Joe Berger personally introduced his friend John Entwistle to Rat Race Choir band, John came all the way from London on Joe's recommendation - JH
Bicycle Boy - circa 1982 - Jon Hammond New York NY - yes and for short time I was a bicycle messenger, until the dispatcher wanted to dispatch me to Brooklyn on the hottest day in history, then I quit - JH
The Hardest Working Man In Show Business - James Brown
James Brown Band circa 1982 at Bimbo's 365 - San Francisco California - Jon Hammond *main man Hollie Farris hardest working trumpet player long-long-time band member in this great lineup folks! - JH — with Hollie Farris
The late great basssist of The WHO - John Entwistle and Jon Hammond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Entwistle
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players.[1][2] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990.
Folks, this is the famous actual plastic plate that I shared peanuts while drinking copious amounts of the best Cognac with the late great John Entwistle *see sig - and my long-time friend & musical associate Joe Berger when Joe introduced me to John Entwistle in 1987 in a suite at the Frankfurt Marriott Hotel the night before my very first Musikmesse - rest in peace John! It was a defining time in my life to meet John, who had also been an enormous influence on own playing and personal musical taste & style.
I had the good fortune thanks to Joe to work on several projects with John, some of which are still in the works folks. This is not just any plastic plate - Jon Hammond — with John Entwistle
2 of my favorite horn players - this is the 2 man section right here: Earl Gardner trumpet and Alex Foster saxophone
backstage at NBC Saturday Night Live Show
- Jon Hammond — with Alex Foster and Alex Foster at Saturday Night Live- NBC Studio 8H, Rockefeller Center
Jon Hammond - Saturday Night Live 15 a few years ago
21 Year old Jon Hammond self portrait 1974 while attending Berklee College of Music Boston
JUKE with Allen 'Gaz' Gaskell from Liverpool
http://www.gazgaskell.com/
- in the sound cabin at Musikmesse circa 1988 - Jon Hammond
Youtube http://youtu.be/rye5S2VL4Ks
Juke at the Grosse Freiheit (1) -
also Live at Montreux: http://youtu.be/wlVOegwDz3k — at Musikmesse Frankfurt
Guitarist Joe Berger playing for Engl Amplifiers at Frankfurt Musikmesse '87 - those are the 2 Engl brothers, Horst and the other cat I can never remember his name (I think it's like "Egon" or something like that)
- this was 1987 when they were a tiny
little company. Now they are a big player. Good work launching those cats Joe! — with Joe Berger at Musikmesse Frankfurt
Taking the Mercedes to the shop - Jon Hammond
Paris France -- Rest In Peace (2) my friends, the great jazz drummer Oliver Johnson http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1016637285 Born: December 5, 1944 in Oakland, California
Died: March 6, 2002 in Paris, France and RIP Francois Chassignite the great trumpet player band leader, died very young very suddenly sadly - Jon Hammond
*article:
Oliver Johnson was a noted participant in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, but was a versatile and adaptable performer in many settings. He settled in Paris in the late-60s. He worked with a number of major figures from the free and experimental scene, including Anthony Braxton, Dewey Redman, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and David Murray, as well as more mainstream players, including Hampton Hawes, Bobby Hutcherson, Maynard Ferguson, Yusef Lateef, Atilla Zoller and Johnny Griffin. He worked regularly with saxophonist Steve Lacy between 1978-89. He co-led the trio TOK with Takashi Kako and Kent Carter. His body was discovered on a bench near Les Halles.
Youtube http://youtu.be/W0Tc_9BI3mM
Uploaded by Jon Hammond on Jun 22, 2008
1988 Jazz Concert musé d'art moderne in paris: Francois Chassagnite trp., Oliver Johnson drms, Jean Bardy bs, Arnaud Mattei piano as seen on The Jon Hammond Show TV Show and HammondCast — with Joe Berger
My beautiful Giulietti Classic 127 electric accordion (and me playing it) in 1975) - this is the same accordion I played when I won Jr. Jazz Championship in 1966 - Jon Hammond *Note: Somebody came through my window in Boston while I was attending Berklee College of Music there and they stole my Giulietti Accordion
John DeLorean when we met just casually walking down Fifth Avenue - very nice cat, rest in peace!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeLorean
John Zachary DeLorean (January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, most notably with General Motors, and founder of the DeLorean Motor Company.
He was best known for developing the Pontiac GTO muscle car, the Pontiac Firebird, Pontiac Grand Prix, and the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car, which was later featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future, and for his high profile 1982 arrest on charges of drug trafficking. The alleged drug trafficking was supposedly an attempt to raise funds for his struggling company, which declared bankruptcy that same year. He successfully defended himself against the drug trafficking charges, showing that his alleged involvement was a result of entrapment by federal agents.
John Zachary DeLorean was born on January 6, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, the eldest of four sons of Zachary and Kathryn Pribak DeLorean.
This poster is framed under glass on my wall in New York - I had the pleasure of playing organ as special guest with Musical Director and Drummer Danny Woody and his great jazz band at the Portman Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Shanghai Centre China during the Music Messefrankfurt Music-China, we had some very special guests there - including Mayor Willie Brown (San Francisco CA) who I had just seen in San Francisco at the birthday party of the Honorable Terence Hallinan when I played for then District Attorney Terence (Nancy Pelosi was there, I met her also, very nice!) on the band with Danny was a great lineup of veteran NY jazz bass player - Alex Layne, great singer LaDee Streeter, Dr. Dwight Dickerson at the piano and myself at the Hammond organ - nice! Thanks Danny! Jon Hammond
Youtube http://youtu.be/nJFWMjIMh9I
Shanghai PORTMAN RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL Jazz Movie
Shanghai PORTMAN RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL Jazz Movie
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Organist JON HAMMOND teams up with DANNY WOODY in this rollicking JAZZ MOVIE at Shanghai PORTMAN RITZ CARLTON HOTEL Jazz Bar *Featuring the entertaining vocalist LaDEE STREETER (Stevie Wonder backup voc.), Dr. DWIGHT DICKERSON-piano, ALEX LAYNE-bs. JON HAMMOND-organ, DANNY WOODY-musical director/drums. Special performance for SUPERLUX Microphones "JON HAMMOND'S MUSIC CHINA WARM UP PARTY" annual sister trade show of MUSIKMESSE & NAMM.Some Big Tippers were in the house that night! Great Jazzy Shuffle Blues with m.d. Danny Woody and Jon Hammond 1st of 4 years, enjoy! *Note: Danny Woody is also the famous Restorer & Vendor of Chinese Military Sidecar Motorcycles Chang Jiang: California Dreamin' in Shanghai - Newsweek June 28 issue - Venice Beach native Danny Woody is living the California dream. He drms in a jazz band at night, then tours motorcycle shops by day. "But who would have imagined," he says, "that I'd be doing it in Shanghai!"Woody, 59, is a fixture at the Portman Ritz-Carlton Hotel lounge, but his real claim to fame is a motorbike with sidecar on display in the lobby. The Chang Jiang is a Chinese knockoff of the classic 1930s BMW R-71. During World War II, the Germans gave the design to Russia, which passed it to China. Woody fell in love with it on a 1998 trip to Beijing. He bought one, and another. Soon, he had shops refurbishing them. Now he's a top vendor of the bikes, which have a global cult following. In 2003 he sold two dozen for about $10,000 each. "It's not really a dream job, more like a nightmare," he quips http://www.vsidecars.com/home/current/page1/
http://www.HammondCast.com/ Jon Hammond is Host of daily CBS Radio show "Jon Hammond's Afternoon Slide" on KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM *Official Broadcast Home of the Oakland A's. *Note: San Francisco MAYOR WILLIE BROWN was in the house..Shanghai & San Francisco Sister Cities! — with Alex Layne, Danny Woody and LaDee Streeter at The Portman Ritz Carlton Shanghai China.
Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men Band
Mikell's 760 Columbus Avenue NYC
L to R: Alex Foster, Chuggy Carter, Jon Hammond, Bernard Purdie, Barry Finnerty
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Jon Hammond Late Rent Session Men with Bernard Purdie drums, Alex Foster sax, Chuggy Carter perc., Barry Finnerty gtr., Jon Hammond at 1959 B3 Organ in MIKELL'S 97th St. & Columbus Ave. NYC, very first hit of 5 ...See More — with Alex Foster, Leslie J. Carter, Jon Hammond, Bernard Purdie and Barry Finnerty
Bernard Purdie drums at Zanzibar and Grill on gig I played with Bernard 22 years ago with the late great tenor saxophonist David Fathead Newman
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FATHEAD Pocket Funk HAMMOND PURDIE
The late great tenor saxophonist David Fathead Newman getting down on Jon Hammond composition "Pocket Funk"
Jon Hammond at the B3 Organ, explosive funk solo from Bernard Purdie "The Hit Maker"
May 17th 1990, camera: Joe Berger, R.I.P. David Newman and Zanzibar owner
Eric Fuchsman ©JON HAMMOND Intl. ASCAP http://www.jonhammondband.com/ — with Bernard Purdie and Bernard Purdie at 550 Third Avenue New York City.
This picture is from a gig I played with Bernard Purdie and David Fathead Newman in Zanzibar And Grill New York City May 17th 1990. I had my double stack of Leslie 122 speakers with the B3 that night. Fun gig!
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David Fathead Newman plays Georgia Jon Hammond B3 organ Bernard Purdie drums
Veteran's Day, Musikmesse, 21 year old, Bicycle Boy, Berklee College of Music, Organ, Accordion, Local 802, Musicians Union, Bernard Purdie, Zanzibar, Mikell's
hammondcast - 12. Nov, 21:12
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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.
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"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
On the Night Before The Big Vote - Jazz is alive and well one week after Hurricane Sandy at Local 802 Musicians Union in New York City folks!
This evening I played the early bird set with these great musicians, my all-time favorites here - L to R: The great Richard Clements jazz pianist extraordinaire, Mike Comoia the great veteran tenor saxophonist, myself Jon Hammond at the organ and one of the greatest jazz bassists in New York - Bob Cunningham, and he is a killin' vocalist occasionally and pianist as well - special thanks to Jazz Foundation of America *Note: Photo by Greg Bandy with my camera, thanks Greg! — with Bob Cunningham at Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM
Folks, I will be the #1 voter today at my polling place - got here 5AM, early shot so you know I am not messing around. In less than 45 minutes I'm going to be pulling the lever for President Obama and everybody in my building is also - I don't know one person who is voting for the other guy. NYPD is on the scene to make sure there won't be any hanky panky..this is the big day people! - Jon Hammond
#1 Voter at my polling place - photographic proof - Jon Hammond *Note: The scanning machine is scanning my paper ballot at 6:13AM. It is a little bit tricky, supervisor said mine was A-OK and of course I voted for President Obama and V.P. Joe Biden, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Democratic early bird voter here in New York City - JH — at Times Square
Get on down to your polling place and vote my fellow Americans! *Note: There is a tricky thing on the ballot - it says "Vote for any four" in one group of four. I had the supervisor come in and sure enough he told me that it is really "Vote for ONE of four" - he told me if I voted for all 4 it would invalidate my ballot. Take care to do it correctly folks.
Jon Hammond — at Times Square
Voting Day 2012 after-the-vote breakfast at the diner with Joe Berger and Jon Hammond the early bird voters in Times Square NYC — with Joe Berger at Theatre Row Diner
Yea'!!! It's President Obama & V.P. Joe Biden Folks!!! Many congratulations to everybody, we came..we voted..the people have spoken and we have a very good man and very good V.P. back in the Whitehouse for next 4 years - so fantastic!!
I voted for him super-early, they put #1 on my voting card at 6AM after waiting from 5 in the morning while still dark - I hear the people partying in Times Square outside my window - this is a great night and another new beginning, god bless and thanks to all my personal friends who came out and voted for President Obama all over the place, Jon Hammond New York NY USA
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New beginning god bless thanks to all my personal friends who came out & voted for President Obama, Jon Hammond NY USA pic.twitter.com/MHIgOCLl
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Yea'...Four more, congratulations everybody!! and especially to President Obama and V.P. Joe Biden, thank you for your dedicated service!! Jon Hammond — with President Barack Obama
Four More Years, President Barack Obama, SF County Jail Show, Early Bird Voter, Richard Clements, Mike Comoia, Bob Cunningham, Jon Hammond, Jazz Foundation of America, Local 802 Musicians Union, American Federation
hammondcast - 8. Nov, 05:07
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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 and Russia to play at MUSICFEST in Moscow and concerts in St. Petersburg Russia with JOE BERGER and added Russian Musicians on the band. Visit Jon Hammond's official website: http://www.HammondCast.com *Member Local 802 & Local 6 Musicians Union/ASCAP Composer Publisher-JON HAMMOND International, Inc.
Break of Dawn - Jon Hammond
*Don't forget to set your clocks and watches back tonight folks!...and your microwave ovens, VCR's, etc. - JH
Late Rent - Jon Hammond Band theme song in Le Bar Bat New York City
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ALEX FOSTER tenor sax of Saturday Night Live Band
CHUGGY CARTER percussion
JAMES PRESTON drums of Sons of Champlin
BARRY FINNERTY guitar
JON HAMMOND organ
Camera - JOE BERGER
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Jon Hammond Band at JAZZKELLER Frankfurt
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featuring: TONY LAKATOS-tenor sax
JOE BERGER-guitar
HEINZ LICHIUS-drums
JON HAMMOND-XB-2 Organ/Bass
NAMM 2012 Sunday Blues Session Hammond Suzuki Mercy Mercy Sk1
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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
N-Fusion looking good guys! NuMuBu Musicians Site Chief Clifford Schwartz (middle) back in town with Joe Berger and Jon Hammond
http://www.numubu.com/153010-profile-jon-hammond.html — with Joe Berger and Clifford Schwartz
R.I.P. Eddie Sorenson - Levittown Long Island New York *in middle in this photo, L to R: Jon Hammond, Eddie Sorenson, Eddie Money. I was in a band with the 2 Eddie's in 1970-'71, Eddie was an excellent guitarist and vocalist.
My deepest condolences go out to the Sorenson Family, Eddie Money and all Eddie's friends. I have just been informed of this very sad news Eddie Sorenson has died.
Sincerely, Jon
*Photo at BB King's NYC, either on Eddie's bus or backstage - JH — with Eddie Money and Official Eddie Money at B.B. King Blues Club
Eddie Sorenson, Eddiemoney, Jon Hammond, Chris Cortez, KCSM, Clifford Brown Jr., 3,093, Jazz, Blues, NDR Radio, Hamburg, San Mateo, Local 802 Musicians Union
hammondcast - 4. Nov, 13:35
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HammondCast 26 from New York based Organist/Accordionist JON HAMMOND, this show’s special guests: EDDIE MONEY, Jon’s friend for many years debuting the new Breakout Single “You Don’t Know Me” from Eddie’s new album “WANNA GO BACK” on the Big Deal Productions label, available on CD Baby.com and Apple iTunes. Also exclusive interview with BARRY MELTON original founding member of COUNTRY JOE and the FISH, guitarist and practicing Attorney of Law in Yolo County CA now. And a track from Barry’s album “THE SALOON YEARS”: “HARLEM NOCTURNE” along with the late JOHN CIPOLLINA on guitar. Jon plays new tracks from his forthcoming album NDR SESSIONS PROJEKT: “MY ONE and ONLY LOVE”, “EASY LIVING” and “LATE RENT” and news about upcoming Russia Tour and Germany Tour. HammondCast is heard weekdays on San Francisco’s KYOU Radio 1550 AM. Jon Hammond is a Member of Local 802 & Local 6 Musician Union and ASCAP Composer/Publisher. Visit Jon’s official sites: http://www.HammondCast.com and WebTV: http://community.webtv.net/laterent/JONHAMMOND
Bongo Burger has been there for years on Dwight Way by Telegraph Avenue Berkeley - Jon Hammond
I believe these to be some of the remnants of Campbell Coe's Campus Music Shop that was in the alley in back of Amoeba Records - originally The Forum Cafe was there at Haste and Telegraph Avenue
- Jon Hammond — at Amoeba Berkeley
Window display about the anniversary of radio station KALX in the window of Amoeba Records near the UC Campus on Telegraph Avenue - Jon Hammond
Jon Hammond — at Amoeba Berkeley
Creative music robot figures in the window of Amoeba Records Berkeley - Jon Hammond
History of People's Park and Telegraph Avenue Berkeley - Jon Hammond — at People's Park
Residential building across the street from People's Park in Berkeley CA - "Maximino Martinez Commons" - Jon Hammond
This Mexican Restaurant Remy's now occupies the space that used to be a little alley way that was the location of Campbell Coe's Campus Music Shop - Haste near Telegraph Avenue - Jon Hammond
— at Remy's Mexican Restaurant
Guy walking by Amoeba Records store with ear buds in
Jon Hammond — at Amoeba Berkeley.
This whole place burned down at corner of Hearst and Telegraph Avenue - Jon Hammond
There used to be a hotel here at the corner of Hearst and Telegraph Avenue Berkeley
- Jon Hammond — at Telegraph Avenue
There used to be a hotel here at the corner of Hearst and Telegraph Avenue Berkeley - Jon Hammond
This whole place burned down at corner of Hearst and Telegraph Avenue =Jon Hammond
Street vendor on Telegraph Avenue at Hearst Street Berkeley - Jon Hammond
Live acoustic music night - Thursdays - at the good old Caffe Mediterraneum on Telegraph Avenue - Jon Hammond
Moe's Book Store - I used to play pool with Moe - Jon Hammond
The good old Caffe Mediterraneum on Telegraph Avenue Berkeley - Jon Hammond
Moe's Book Store - I used to play pool with Moe "Moe Moscowitz" - Jon Hammond
Shakespeare & Co. Books Store on Telegraph Avenue Berkeley
- Jon Hammond — at Shakespeare & Company Books
Berkeley Hat Company - 2510 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley - Jon Hammond
Berkeley, Telegraph Avenue, People's Park, Jon Hammond, Barry Melton, Vietnam War Protest, Ronald Reagan, University of California, Campbell Coe, Luthier, Amoeba
hammondcast - 2. Nov, 19:52
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HammondCast 33
HammondCast 33 for KYOU/KYCY 1550 AM "Jon Hammond's Afternoon Slide" (San Francisco) from Jon Hammond in Hamburg Germany..still snow on the ground here. Live radio show from Jazzhaus Radio concert with Hamburg musicians SANDRA HEMPEL-guitar, FRANK DELLE-t.sax, HEINZ LICHIUS-drms., also news about Minsk Belarus and dedication of Jon's song "Soon I Will Be Free", live "Lydia's Tune", Oakland A's announcement of partnership with KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM and story of SAUL SALSAKOVITCH and "Czechoslovakian Salsa Song" live in MUSIC CLUB LIVE-Hamburg Germany. Jon Hammond is a member of Musicians Union Local 802/Local 6 & ASCAP Composer/Publisher http://www.HammondCast.com
Happy Halloween from Jon Hammond Trick or Treat!
Bassist Bob Cranshaw looking up to Dr. Billy Taylor (R.I.P.)
July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010
at Local 802 Musicians Union - Jon Hammond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Taylor
Billy Taylor was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator.
Billy was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and since 1994, he was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.[3][4]
Taylor was a jazz activist. He sat on the Honorary Founders Board of The Jazz Foundation of America. In 1989, Billy Taylor, Ann Ruckert, Herb Storfer and Phoebe Jacobs started The Jazz Foundation to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians, later including musicians that survived Hurricane Katrina.[5]
Billy Taylor was also one of the foremost jazz educators. He lectured in colleges, served on panels and travelled worldwide as a jazz ambassador. Critic Leonard Feather once said, "It is almost indisputable that Dr. Billy Taylor is the world's foremost spokesman for jazz
Taylor was born in Greenville, North Carolina but moved to Washington, D.C. when he was five. He grew up in a musical family and learned to play different instruments as a child, including guitar, drums and saxophone. But he was most successful at the piano and took classical piano lessons with Henry Grant, the same teacher that had educated Duke Ellington a generation earlier. He made his first professional appearance playing keyboard at the age of 13 and the compensation was one dollar.[6] Taylor attended Dunbar High School, America's first high school for African American students. He went to Virginia State College and majored in sociology. Pianist Dr. Undine Smith Moore noticed young Taylor's talent in piano and he changed his major to music, graduating with a degree in music in 1942.[6]
Taylor set out to New York City after graduation and started playing piano professionally from 1944, first with Ben Webster's Quartet on New York's 52nd Street. The same night he joined Webster's Quartet, he met Art Tatum, who became his mentor. Among other musicians he worked with, he played with Machito's mambo band, when he developed a love for Latin music. After an eight-month tour with the Don Redman Orchestra in Europe, Taylor stayed there with his wife Theodora and worked in Paris and Holland. Taylor returned to New York later that year and cooperated with Bob Wyatt and Sylvia Syms at the Royal Roost jazz club and Billie Holiday in a successful show called Holiday on Broadway. A year later, he became the house pianist at Birdland and performed with many of the greatest jazz talents in history, including Charlie Parker, J.J. Johnson, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis.[6] He played at Birdland longer than any other pianist in the history of the club. In 1949, Taylor published his first book, a textbook about bebop piano styles.
[edit]Mid-career
He composed one of the his most famous tunes in 1952 "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free", and subsequently achieving more popularity with Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Nina Simone covered the song in her 1967 album Silk and Soul. It is widely known in the UK as a piano instrumental version, used for BBC Television's Film programme. Solomon Burke, Derek Trucks, The Lighthouse Family, Levon Helm and Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra have also recorded versions.
He continued dozens of the recordings in the 1950s and 1960s, notably the album he made with the Cuban percussionist Candido Camero titled Billy Taylor Trio with Candido, My Fair Lady Loves Jazz, Cross Section and Taylor Made Jazz.
His broadcast career also thrived. In 1961, Taylor founded New York's Jazzmobile, which provides arts education program of the highest quality via workshops, master classes, lecture demonstrations, arts enrichment programs, outdoor summer mobile concerts, special indoor concerts and special projects.[7] In 1958, he became the Musical Director of NBC's The Subject is Jazz, the first ever television series focusing on jazz. The 13-part series was produced by the new National Educational Television Network (NET) and hosted guests including Duke Elington, Aaron Copland, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Jimmy Rushing and Langston Hughes. He also worked as a DJ and program director on radio station WNEW in New York in the 1960s. During the 1960s, the Billy Taylor Trio was a regular feature of the Hickory House on West 55th street in Manhattan. From 1969 to 1972, Taylor served as the music director forThe David Frost Show and was the first African American to lead a talk show band. Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich were just a few of the jazz musicians who played on the show. In 1981, Jazzmobile produced a Jazz special for the National Public Radio, and for which the program received the Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting Programs. Jazzmobile's 1990 Tribute Concert to Dr. Taylor at Avery Fisher Hall, part of the JVC Jazz Festival, featured Nancy Wilson, Ahmad Jamal Trio and Terence Blanchard Quintet.
[edit]Later career
In 1981, after being profiled by CBS News Sunday Morning, he was hired as an on-air correspondent and then conducted more than 250 interviews with musicians. He received an Emmy Award for his segment on the multi-talented Quincy Jones.
In 1989, Taylor formed his own "Taylor Made" record label to document his own music. You Tempt Me (1996) is a strong outing by his 1985 trio (with Victor Gaskin and drummer Curtis Boyd) that includes a rendition of Duke Ellington's "Take the "A" Train". White Nights (1991) has Taylor, Gaskin, and drummer Bobby Thomas performing live from Leningrad in the Soviet Union, then came Solo (1992), and Jazzmobile Allstars (1992). In 1997, he received New York state governor's art award.
Taylor suffered from a 2002 stroke, which affected his right hand, but he continued to perform almost until his death. He died after a heart attack on December 28, 2010 in Manhattan, at age of 89. His legacy was honored in a Harlem memorial service on Jan.11, 2011, featuring performances by Taylor's final working trio, bassist Chip Jackson and drummer Winard Harper, along with longtime Taylor associates Jimmy Owens, Frank Wess, Geri Allen, Christian Sands and vocalist Cassandra Wilson. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Theodora Castion Taylor; a daughter, Kim Taylor-Thompson; and a granddaughter. His son, artist Duane Taylor, died in 1988.[8]
[edit]Legacy
Taylor appeared on hundreds of albums and composed more than 300 songs during his career spanned over six decades. His 1963 song, "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" dealt with civil rights issues and became the unofficial anthem of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. It was selected as "one of the greatest songs of the sixties" by the New York Times and was the theme music of the 1996 film "Ghosts of Mississippi". His 1967 instrumental recording of the tune is widely known in the United Kingdom as the opening theme music for the long-running TV series The Film Programme, for many years hosted by Barry Norman.
Engaging and educating more audience and young people had been a central part of Taylor's career. He holds the Wilbur D. Barrett Chair of Music at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is a Duke Ellington Fellow at Yale, and holds 23 honorary degrees. Besides publishing instructional books on jazz, he taught jazz course at Howard University, Long Island University, The Manhattan School of Music, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he earned his Masters and Ph.D in 1975.
His extensive appearance in television series and jazz educational programs brought the music he loves to the masses at the grass roots level as well as more formal arenas. He's sometimes more known as a television personality than a pianist. He was quoted saying in a 2007 article in the Post Magazine: "there's no question that being an advocate eclipsed my reputation as a musician. It was my doing. I wanted to prove to people that jazz has an audience. I had to do that for me." [2]
[edit]Awards and honors
With over twenty-three honorary doctoral degrees, Taylor was also the recipient of two Peabody Awards for Jazzmobile, NEA Jazz Masters Award (1998) an Emmy Award (1983) for carrying out over 250 interviews for "CBS News Sunday Morning", a Grammy Award (2004)[9] and a host of prestigious and highly coveted prizes, such as the Down Beat magazine's Lifetime Achievement award (1984), National Medal of Arts (1992), and the Tiffany Award (1991). He was also honored in 2001 with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Jazz Living Legend Award,[10] and election to the Hall of Fame for the International Association for Jazz Education. He served as the artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he developed many critically acclaimed concert series including the Louis Armstrong Legacy series, and the annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival. In addition, he performed at the White House seven times and was one of only three jazz musicians to be appointed to the National Council of the Arts.
Taylor was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2010.
As leader
1945: Billy Taylor Piano (Savoy)
1953: Billy Taylor Trio (Prestige)
1953-54: Cross Section (Prestige) - released 1956 (includes all tracks from Billy Taylor Plays for DJs)
1954: The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido (Prestige)
1954: Billy Taylor Trio at Town Hall (Prestige)
1955: A Touch of Taylor (Prestige)
1956: Evergreens (ABC-Paramout)
1956: Billy Taylor at the London House (ABC-Paramount)[12]
1957: Introduces Ira Sullivan (ABC-Paramount)
1957: My Fair Lady Loves Jazz (Impulse!)
1957: The Billy Taylor Touch (Atlantic)
1959: The New Billy Taylor Trio (Argo)
1959: Custom Taylored (SeSac)
1959: One For Fun (Atlantic)
1959: Billy Taylor with Four Flutes (Riverside) - with Frank Wess, Herbie Mann and Jerome Richardson
1959: Taylor Made Jazz (Argo)
1960: Billy Taylor Uptown (Riverside)
1960: Warming Up (Riverside)
1961: Interlude (Moodsville)
1962: Impromptu (Mercury)
1963: Right Here, Right Now (Capitol)
1965: Midnight Piano (Capitol)
1966: Easy Life (Surrey)
1968: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Tower)
1969: A Sleeping Bee (Pausa MPS)
1970: Ok Billy (Bell)
1977: Jazz Live (Monmouth Evergreen)
1977: Live at Storyville (West 54 Records)
1981: With Joe Kennedy Where've You Been (Concord Jazz)
1985: You Tempt Me (Taylor-Made, 1989)
1988: White Nights And Jazz In Leningrad (Taylor-Made)
1989: Solo (Taylor-Made)
1989: Billy Taylor And The Jazzmobile All Stars (Taylor-Made)
1991: White Nights and Jazz in Leningrad (Taylor-Made)
1992: Dr. T with Gerry Mulligan (GRP)
1993: Live at MCG with Gerry Mulligan, Carl Allen, Chip Jackson
1993: It's a Matter of Pride (GRP)
1995: Homage (GRP)
1997: The Music Keeps Us Young (Arkadia Jazz)
1999: Ten Fingers - One Voice Arkadia Jazz
1999: Taylor Made at the Kennedy Center with Dee Dee Bridgewater Kennedy Center Jazz
2001: Urban Griot (Soundspot)
2002: Live at AJE New York (Soundspot)
[edit]As sideman
With Arkadia Jazz All Stars
Thank You, Duke!
With Sal Salvador
Juicy Lucy (Bee Hive Records, 1978)
With Johnny Hartman
Once In Every Life (Bee Hive, 1980)
With Mundell Lowe
A Grand Night for Swinging (Riverside, 1957)
With Various Artists
Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert (Limelight Records, 1965)
Wynton Marsalis joking with George Avakian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Avakian at French Embassy just after Wynton received the Legion of Honor medal from French Ambassador Pierre Vimont *Video:
http://vimeo.com/7507685 by Jon Hammond
George Avakian (Armenian: Ջորջ Ավագյան; Russian: Геворк Авакян; born Armavir, Russian SFSR, March 15, 1919) is an American record producer and executive known particularly for his work with Columbia Records, and his production of albums by Miles Davis and other notable jazz musicians.
Avakian was born in Armavir, Russia, to Armenian parents. His younger brother was the photographer and filmmaker Aram Avakian (1926–1987). The elder Avakian attended Yale University, and became an avid collector and fan of jazz music. While still at Yale he was responsible for the first reissues Columbia put out around 1940, discovering some unissued Louis Armstrong masters from his Hot Five and Hot Seven period in the process. He later produced some of Armstrong's most important albums of the traditional jazz revival era, including Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy. His annotations were noted for the education they provided to their listeners. To expand on this concept, in 1946, Avakian started a course in jazz history at Columbia University.
His long tenure at Columbia Records culminated in his becoming responsible for the Popular Music and International divisions. During that time, Avakian introduced the LP record format created by Columbia engineers and produced the industry's first 100 long-playing discs of popular music and jazz. He also produced the first live LP—Benny Goodman’s 1938 Carnegie Hall concert.
While at Columbia, Avakian signed and produced Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Mathis, Rita Reys, and Erroll Garner to the label, among others. In 1959 he was hired as one of the founding A&R managers for the newly-established Warner Bros. Records and also worked as a producer for RCA Victor. In 1960-61 he produced recordings by Bill Haley & His Comets for Warner Bros. Records. Additionally, he signed Bob Newhart, producing the first comedy album to win a Best Album Grammy Award. In 1962 he was responsible for organizing Benny Goodman's successful tour of the USSR.
From about 1970 to 1974, he was the manager of Keith Jarrett; before this, he managed the Charles Lloyd Quartet of which Jarrett was a member. After this, he largely retired from the record business and bred racehorses. Avakian bred champion pacer Presidential Ball.
He is a founding officer of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (presenters of the Grammy Awards). His awards over the past years include:
2011 – Added to the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame as a Living Legend Giant of Jazz
2010 – National Endowments for the Arts AB Spellman Jazz Advocacy Award. The nations highest honor in Jazz for his work as a Producer, Manager, Critic, Jazz Historian and Educator.
2009 – The Trustees Lifetime Achievement Award (Grammy) from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences for contributions to the music industry worldwide.
2008 – France awarded the rank of Commandeur des Arts et Lettres in recognition of his significant contributions to the arts
2006 – Europe’s prestigious jazz award, the Django d’Or
2000 – A Lifetime Achievement award from Down Beat Magazine
1990 – The former Soviet Union’s highest decoration, the Order of Lenin
1984 – Knighthood from the Knights of Malta
Upon seeing the original cover of his album Miles Ahead, which featured a photo of a young white woman aboard a sailboat, Miles Davis is reported to have said: "Why'd you put that white bitch on there?" "Miles Davis Wikiquote Page". The cover, which had been chosen by Avakian while he was working at Columbia, was subsequently changed.
Avakian is married to violinist Anahid Ajemian, and the two, together with Ajemian's pianist sister Maro Ajemian, were crucial in helping classical composer Alan Hovhaness achieve his international breakthrough in the 1950s, through concert performances and through Avakian securing numerous LP recordings. The Avakians have three children: Maro, Anahid and Gregory.
with Wynton Marsalis and George Avakian at FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) - 972 Fifth Avenue New York City
HammondCast Jimdo - with Audio Video and Breaking HammondCast News: Jon's Journal
http://hammondcast.jimdo.com/2012/10/31/hammondcast-radio-show-jon-s-journal-october-26-2012/
Mountain View California -- Main Man Mick Brigden - Bill Graham Presents to the rescue!
Mick is directing the union stagehands at Shoreline Amphitheatre to put a protective canopy over my band in a private side party for Hewlett Packard, one of our sponsors for 14-year-annual event code named NOBB = New Orleans by The Bay Food and Music Festival.
Thanks Mick!
Jon Hammond - Boom Boom Room with Tony The Door Man
San Francisco California
with Jon Hammond and Tony the Door Man at John Lee's Boom Boom Room San Francisco Fillmore and Geary Blvd.
Showmans Lounge -- Jon Hammond - B3 organ, Cindy Blackman (now Blackman-Santana) drums, Gary Bartz - soprano sax, Charley Epps - guitar, Wallace Roney trumpet
AUDIO: http://archive.org/details/HammondCast_8
HammondCast 8 http://www.jonhammondband.com/music-15.html will take you from Moscow Russia to Harlem New York, beginning in Le Club in Moscow with Igor Butman, Eduard Zizak and Jon Hammond playing a favorite ballad-"Easy Living", then to Showmans Lounge in Harlem with Cindy Blackman (drums), Wallace Roney (trumpet), Gary Bartz (sax). Also "Head Phone" with Marc Baum on tenor sax and guitarist Joe Berger's solo from "Canonball '99" from "Hammond's Bolero" album introduced by Corey James of Red Jazz show for KYOU Radio 1550 AM on the dial in San Francisco and on the web. Next stop-Shanghai China! — with Cindy Blackman, Jon Hammond, Gary Bartz and Wallace Roney at Showmans Jazz
Jon Hammond Trio gig for EFA Medien Christmas Party in Hamburg - L to R: Kevin Mauder - tenor sax, Uwe Petersen - drums, Jon Hammond - organ
L to R: Kevin Mauder aka Kevin Saxophone, Uwe Petersen drums, Jon Hammond organ
Hey, where'd everybody go?
Jon Hammond - Times Square Walgreen's
Steam train sighted near border of Czech Republic driving back to Germany from Prague
- Jon Hammond — at Cheb
Concert in front of San Francisco City Hall "Late Rent"
Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men performing in front of San Francisco City Hall original composition "Late Rent" - Theme Song of The Jon Hammond Show, with Jon Hammond at his 1965 B3 organ along
with Barry Finnerty guitar, James Preston (of Sons of Champlin Band) drums,
Harvey Wainapel tenor sax, Steve Campos trumpet / flugelhorn
Youtube http://youtu.be/SJmZvw5kErU
As seen on The Jon Hammond Show cable TV program
Radio Program, Jazz, Funk, Blues, Hammond Organ, Cheb Czech Republic, Jon's Journal,
San Francisco City Hall, Lunch Time Concert, Local 6 Musicians Union
hammondcast - 1. Nov, 20:29
