Hammond Report December 8 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about this day in history, a very somber day 8th of December is the day John Lennon was asssassinated - also the actual date Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II. Congratulations to 90-year-old Margaret Keenan is the first person in the UK to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine outside of a clinical trial this morning! 

Also big congratulations to Bob Dylan on his landmark deal for the music publishing of his catalog with Universaly Music for over 300 million dollars!

Playing some accordion for you here today on my Excelsior accordion hand-built in Castelfidardo Italy - 43 days to go until the big Presto-Change-O folks, hang in there and keep masking up in public! I'll back tomorrow with another Hammond Report,

Jon Hammond 

Hammond Report December 4 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about myself & Joe Berger being invited to do a recording session and Logic Pro X Workshop by my friend Mark Via one of my Apple Inc.instructors at The New Beacon High SchoolHell's Kitchen W. 44th Street, very progressive school - we had a lot of fun playing with these very talented students, Mark and all the teachers are doing a great thing there! TGIF it's Friday, have a beautiful weekend everybody and remember to mask up in public in the pandemic! I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report,

Jon Hammond 

Hammond Report December 3 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about swinging the house in the Jazz Spot Swing club in Taipei Taiwan! I was on a mission to check up on my friend Kevin, tenor saxophonist who played on my band for a long time in Germany to make sure he was still kicking. While there I visited my friends Alex from Pmauriat Albestand Super Nico from Superlux and thanks to my friend Mr. Shigeyuki Ohtaka, we found the Sk2 Hammond organ in Mr. Nobuki Kuwahara's club - that Kenichi Toyoda at the piano and Mr. Kishimoto flugel horn, beautiful musicians! I managed to contact Kevin on the phone while there, he's still kicking! Sometimes sighted at Brown Sugar Taipei playing - stay safe out there folks, keep masking up in the pandemic! I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report,

Jon Hammond 

Hammond Report November 30 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about playing on the corner of 97th & Columbus Ave. in good old Mikell's nightclub & restaurant with my organ combo, "Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men" - this is my theme song for my long-running cable TV Show "Late Rent" on Friday nights, 'Jon Hammond Show' 37 years - Barry Finnerty guitar, Chuggy Carter congas and percussion, Bernard Purdie drums and yours truly Jon Hammond at my 1959 Hammond B3 organ I broke out for the occasion. Joe Berger is operating my Panasonic PV-430D camera with digital gain boost capturing the atmosphere of this very special legendary club, thanks Joe & Pat Mikell! 51 days to go folks - hang in there, and make sure to keep masking up in public! I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report,

Jon Hammond 

Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story is about driving rented car out to play a very special birthday bash at Hillsborough Golf & Country Club on a cold clear night, celebrating Chuggy Carter's birthday and Joe Berger with Chuggy's Family & Friends organized by Chuggy's Daughter Solana Yemaya Hoffmann-Carter - it was the best party in a long time and Chuggy's friends bring a lot of really good food! I usually don't eat anything before I play, but that high-end Nomad Pizza was too good to resist!

Everybody stay safe out there, and keep masking up in public! I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report,

Jon Hammond 

Hammond Report November 28 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about ridin' the rails on The Amtrak California Zephyr the day after I filmed one of Paul Butterfield's last performances 34 years ago - I was heading back to NYC, then I saw Paul in the Village on Bleeker Street and he wasn't looking too good. 4 months later we lost him very sadly - in 1972 I had been cruising around in the Lincoln with Rod Hicks, Trevor Lawrence and Ralph Walsh when Paul Butterfield Band was in town - enjoy this rare clip of mine with Buzz Feiten playing and leading the band. Stay safe out there folks, keep masking up in the pandemic, it's raging! I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report,

Jon Hammond