Hammond Report November 6 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about playing playing uptown gig at good old Mikell's on my 1959 Hammond B3 organ, and current events - Joe Berger shot my Panasonic PV-430d camera with digital gain boost, early solution to low light captures the atmosphere of the legendary night spot at 97th & Columbus Avenue NYC founded by Pat Mikell and Mike Mikell - on the band, Chuggy Carter congas and percussion, Bernard Purdie drums, Barry Finnerty playing his 1959 Les Paul when he still had it, and yours truly Jon Hammond at my '59 Hammond B3 organ, 1959 was a good year!

I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report and every day until the pandemic clears, so keep masking up in public folks and see you tomorrow!

Jon Hammond 

Hammond Report November 4 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist and accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story on the day after election day, it's playing out just as they said it would - hang in there everybody! I'm hoping for some good news and peaceful transfer of power by Friday - this is my tune entitled:

"Payphone Johnny" with my band in Frankfurt, Germany in the YACHTKLUB on the Main river as the sun goes down - Peter Klohmann is the tenor saxophonist, Giovanni Totò Gulino drums, we go back a long way Gió! Joe Berger guitar long-time partner in musical projects all over the world, and yours truly Jon Hammond at the Sk1 Hammond organ through the house system for my friend Hans Romanov in the all wood room inside Yachtklub.

Everybody stay safe out there, keep masking up in public and join me here tomorrow for another Hammond Report - feel free to shoot me an email if you're stressed out, we'll get through it folks! back tomorrow,

Jon Hammond - @Jon Hammond Band

Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about election day and my tune "Get Back in The Groove" we're playing here in Nashville, Tennessee on the Acoustic Nation stage in Nashville Music City Center Summer NAMM Show in the high-ceiling lobby with no mics on the horns, acoustic glory! Roland Barber trombone, Cord Martin is the tenor saxophonist, in the rhythm section Louis "Flip" Winfield on the box, Joe Berger guitar and yours truly Jon Hammond at the Hammond Sk1 organ and microphone - story about current events and my first time visit to Nashville by the Greyhound Bus with a 2 week Ameripass, checked in to Shoney's Inn and hit the coffee shop and met all the great songwriters of Nashville - more to the story folks, but here's to hoping for a peaceful transfer of power! Keep masking up in public, I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report and every day until pandemic clears,

Jon Hammond - Jon Hammond Funk Unit / Jon Hammond Band

Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about playing jazz trio gig in the concert hall of Radio France Maison de la Radio with the late great jazz drummer George Brown who died sadly in Paris, George played on records with Wes Montgomery and Chet Baker, Barry Finnerty is the guitarist and yours truly Jon Hammond at the XB-2 Hammond organ through a Leslie Speaker. We are playing my original composition "Lydia's Tune" that I wrote in Paris on my first visit there in 1981 after flying aboard Air France Concorde from JFK to CDG. Merci beaucoup to the great jazz pianist Olivier Hutman for introducing me to George when he was playing in La Villa jazz club with George and Teddy Edwards during a time when I was living in Paris.

Just 1 day to go to the big election day folks, I am hoping that there will be a peaceful transfer or power don't ya' know! Also, just a few minutes ago Apple has announced a big event on November 10th for the introduction of the new Macbook Pro's with Apple silicon, so stay tuned for that. Be safe everybody, keep masking up in the pandemic, and come back tomorrow for another Hammond Report,

Jon Hammond - Jon Hammond Band