Hammond Report December 28 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about my friend of 30 years Eugen Hahn boss of , very sadly we lost him just 6 days ago. Eugen gave me my first gigs in Frankfurt and we had a lot of good times with Eugen, huge loss to his Family and the Jazz Community world-wide!! Also very sadly this morning I heard Bob Schleicher has passed, main man Hammond service "Electronic Instrument Service" Oakland CA, RIP Eugen Hahn and Bob Schleicher, sincerely,

Hammond Report December 26 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about playing with the finest 3 man horn section on planet Earth1 L to R trumpet, Lutz Buüchner tenor, alto saxophone very soulful tribute to in at the . There is a 'Person of Interest' now in the Nashville RV bombing yesterday, and we are 24 days and change from January 20th Presto-Change-O day folks, so be careful and come back tomorrow, I'll be back with another Hammond Report,

Jon Hammond

Hammond Report December 22 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist , today I have really really sad news just came in this morning, at 10:05 Central Europe Time we lost Eugen Hahn long-time boss of in - very dear friend of mine and to so many musicians and Frankfurter locals + International visitors!! In loving memory of Eugen Hahn, Eugen gave me my first gigs when I moved to Frankfurt 30 years ago - sending my deepest condolences to Eugen's Wife , his Son Philipp Daughter in-law , Grandson Alexander Naran Hahn Ramirez, and all the jazzkeller Frankfurt Team and Regulars, , resident master musicians , , , who I've had the pleasure & honor of playing with many times there - Eugen kept a lot of musicians working and gave many young musicians their first break - keep his Spirit and keep supporting jazzkeller folks!! - this is a gig we did 30 years ago sponsored by Military Division - Joe Berger mixed it under the piano with all microphones. I'm playing the first Midi by (Hohner Morino IV accordion) of Hammond XB-2 - Herb Ellis was in the front row, he came by my invitation - many special nights we had with Eugen folks! Stay safe out there, keep masking up in public, I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report, RIP Eugen Hahn,

Jon Hammond

Hammond Report December 20 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino - Daily Music and Stories from the organist and accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about playing my bossa nova tune "Lydia's Tune" inside the all-wood room in 's Yachtklub a few years ago - special night in playing with my Frankfurt edition of - brought his original drums from Jazz Kneipe days! tenor saxophone, playing so beautiful on his Selmer Balanced action tenor "Selmer Paris released the Balanced Action officially in 1935", guitar and yours truly Jon Hammond at the organ. On this night our friend shot the video and our dear friend master photographer made beautiful photos of our band - Andreas is greatly missed! Also a plug for Matti Sulanto, I am watching his photo tutorials a lot - highly recommend! We had a lot of friends there with us during Musikmesse time. I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report, stay safe out there everybody and remember to mask up in the public!

Jon Hammond

Hammond Report December 19 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about playing my tune "Hip Hop Chitlins" with back in the good old in Frankfurt Germany with my giant chocolate chocolate Birthday Cake enough for everybody in the haus - many dear friends in the house with us, , , - birthday cake by Mr. Tulan Saray Pastanesi bakery - on the band, t.s., d., g., yours truly Jon Hammond at the organ - Joe Lamond President CEO of NAMM came and sat in on 2nd set, he's a great drummer - it was a great party! I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report, stay safe and keep masking up in public for now in the pandemic folks!

Jon Hammond