Jon Hammond: When I went to Berklee in 1973 it was more like boot camp – we had blackboards and broken Kawai pianos with cigarette burns

What happened to the Hammond B3 played by Jimmy Smith shown in the catalogue? It was a rental, there were no organs there at the school,

it was a bust!

Back on Boylston Street – Berklee Had No Hammond Organs When I was a Student, but now they do! Interview 

Boston MA — Back on Boylston Street – Return of The Student to Berklee College of Music more than 40 years later folks – Jon Hammond #TBT #BERKLEE 

Jon’s archive http://archive.org/details/ReturnOfTheStudentJonHammondVisitWithTonyGermainHD1080p

Jon Hammond visit with his piano teacher Tony Germain:
“So good to see my piano teacher main man Tony Germain 40 years later from the first day we met on Scheduling Day 1973, looking good Tony! Greatest piano and Hammond organ teacher folks! Tony taught so many players well and created the organ department (long story!) Chairing the PIano Department, (he has a nice chair in his office and superb Steinway Grand Piano) – if you are lucky enough to be a student at Berklee and get to study with Tony Germain, then you are living under the lucky star – Tony is the Man!! Thanks for everything you showed me Tony, straightened me out big time” – Jon Hammond
*Return of the Student – Here I am with my Piano Teacher main man Tony Germain 40 years to the day later from the first time we sat down together folks – interview – Jon Hammond