HammondCast

JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974 Languages: English, German *Jon is currently Host of daily CBS radio program HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM, 7 days a week at 4AM PST.

Friday, November 17, 2006

Uptempo LATE RENT Lift Off! 1989 Mikell's TV: JON HAMMOND Combo

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Uptempo LATE RENT Lift Off! 1989 Mikell's TV: JON HAMMOND Combo Lifting Off at Mikell's NYC powered by the top-shelf Rhythm Section of BERNARD "PRETTY PURDIE drums & CHUGGY CARTER percussion, ALEX FOSTER sax, BARRY FINNERTY guitar and JON HAMMOND at his 1959 Hammond B3 Organ/bass. This highly uptempo rendition of "LATE RENT", Jon Hammond's theme song from his long-time TV and Radio show is cooking so hard that you won't believe it. Bernard's 2 children, Henry & Phyllis were there to hear their father on Hammond's band and make a cameo appearance. This film was previously shown on Jon's TV show "The Jon Hammond Show" now in it's 23rd year on Time Warner and RCN TV in New York City USA. Get ready for Lift Off! c)2006 JON HAMMOND International, Inc. NY, NY, USA

Tags: Lift Off, Hammond B3 Organ, Leslie Speaker, Jon Hammond, Bernard Purdie, HammondCast, Alex Foster, Chuggy Carter, Mikell's, Hugh Masakela, King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, Stuff, Concorde Jet, Star Alliance, KYCY, KYOU, CBS Radio, NDR Radio, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Oslo Norway, Time Warner, Psychedelic, Billboard Magazine, MIDEM, Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Roberta Flack, Atlantic Records, Hank Crawford, Cornell Dupree, Sons of Champlin, James Preston, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, I left my CAR, ASCAP, American Federation of Musicians Union Local 802 & Local 6

Uptempo LATE RENT Lift Off! 1989 Mikell's TV: JON HAMMOND Combo


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Uptempo LATE RENT Lift Off! 1989 Mikell's TV: JON HAMMOND Combo Lifting Off at Mikell's NYC powered by the top-shelf Rhythm Section of BERNARD "PRETTY PURDIE drums & CHUGGY CARTER percussion, ALEX FOSTER sax, BARRY FINNERTY guitar and JON HAMMOND at his 1959 Hammond B3 Organ/bass. This highly uptempo rendition of "LATE RENT", Jon Hammond's theme song from his long-time TV and Radio show is cooking so hard that you won't believe it. Bernard's 2 children, Henry & Phyllis were there to hear their father on Hammond's band and make a cameo appearance. This film was previously shown on Jon's TV show "The Jon Hammond Show" now in it's 23rd year on Time Warner and RCN TV in New York City USA. Get ready for Lift Off! c)2006 JON HAMMOND International, Inc. NY, NY, USATags: Lift Off, Hammond B3 Organ, Leslie Speaker, Jon Hammond, Bernard Purdie, HammondCast, Alex Foster, Chuggy Carter, Mikell's, Hugh Masakela, King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, Stuff, Concorde Jet, Star Alliance, KYCY, KYOU, CBS Radio, NDR Radio, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Oslo Norway, Time Warner, Psychedelic, Billboard Magazine, MIDEM, Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Roberta Flack, Atlantic Records, Hank Crawford, Cornell Dupree, Sons of Champlin, James Preston, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, I left my CAR, ASCAP, American Federation of Musicians Union Local 802 & Local 6

Thursday, November 16, 2006

No X-Cess Baggage Blues/Mercy! JON HAMMOND Combo 1989


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The Ultimate Soul-Blues-Funk perfomance by JON HAMMOND Combo All-Stars BERNARD PURDIE drums, ALEX FOSTER sax, CHUGGY CARTER percussion, BARRY FINNERTY guitar, and fearless Leader JON HAMMOND B3 Organ/Bass at legendary NY night spot MIKELL'S Aug. 28 1989 playing Jon's composition "No X-Cess Baggage Blues" segued spontaneously in to "Mercy Mercy Mercy"! This historic film documents the explosive force of the power house rhythm section of Purdie & Chuggy kicking the front line of Alex Foster (Saturday Night Live Band), Barry Finnerty (Crusaders, Joe Cocker, Miles Davis) & Jon Hammond, Host/Producer of NY late night TV show The Jon Hammond Show (23rd year now) and currently Hosting CBS Radio show "Jon Hammond's Afternoon Slide" heard M-F 3PM PST on KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM in San Francisco CA and streaming around the world. Jon's official site: http://www.HammondCast.com *Member American Federation of Musicians Union Local 802 & Local 6/ASCAP: http://www.ascap.com/audioportraits/hammond2006.html *Attention lovers of Soul Music! JH says: "The FINGERS...are the SINGERS!" c)2006 JON HAMMOND International, Inc. New York, NY USA

*Tags: Hammond B3 Organ, HammondCast, Bernard Purdie, CBS Radio, Time Warner TV, MCTV, Fried Chicken, Soul Music, Mikell's, KYCY, KYOU, 1550 AM, Leslie Speaker, Mike & Pat Mikell, Hugh Masakela, Jazz, Wynton Marsalis, King Curtis, Cornell Dupree, Billy Preston, Fillmore, Aretha Franklin, Salmon Pink Drums, Sonor, Sabian Cymbals, 1959 Gibson Les Paul Sunburst, Blues, Unified, Jazz Ambassador, Columbia University, Lick Wilmerding California School Mechanical Industrial Arts, Culture, Late Rent, Must Watch

Monday, November 13, 2006

Mikell's-"Late Rent" time 1989 JON HAMMOND Band w/Purdie

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Yes it's year 1989, August 28th here at Mikell's jazz club in New York (now defunct legendary club) some highlights from JON HAMMOND'S All-Star night including Hammond's theme song "Late Rent" with BERNARD PURDIE-drums, ALEX FOSTER-tenor sax, BARRY FINNERTY-gtr., CHUGGY CARTER-perc. and JON HAMMOND at his 1959 B3 Organ playing all bass lines as well. Late Rent is the theme song for Jon Hammond's Broadcasts on Radio & TV *Currently Host of "Jon Hammond's Afternoon Slide" on CBS Radio KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM. Excellent rhythm break followed by Late Rent which was a perfect fit for Bernard's "Purdie Shuffle", enjoy! *For more info: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2006*Tags: Hammond B3 Organ, HammondCast, Bernard Purdie, Funk, Blues, Fried Chicken Shuffle, MCTV, Time Warner Cable TV, "The FINGERS...are the SINGERS!

Mikell's-"Late Rent" time 1989 JON HAMMOND Band w/Purdie


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Yes it's year 1989, August 28th here at Mikell's jazz club in New York (now defunct legendary club) some highlights from JON HAMMOND'S All-Star night including Hammond's theme song "Late Rent" with BERNARD PURDIE-drums, ALEX FOSTER-tenor sax, BARRY FINNERTY-gtr., CHUGGY CARTER-perc. and JON HAMMOND at his 1959 B3 Organ playing all bass lines as well. Late Rent is the theme song for Jon Hammond's Broadcasts on Radio & TV *Currently Host of "Jon Hammond's Afternoon Slide" on CBS Radio KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM. Excellent rhythm break followed by Late Rent which was a perfect fit for Bernard's "Purdie Shuffle", enjoy! *For more info: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2006*Tags: Hammond B3 Organ, HammondCast, Bernard Purdie, Funk, Blues, Fried Chicken Shuffle, MCTV, Time Warner Cable TV, "The FINGERS...are the SINGERS!"

Sunday, November 12, 2006

"Head Phone" (iPod Song) 1st time performed at Mikell's NY 1989 JON HAMMOND Band w/BERNARD PURDIE drms.


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Jon must have known in 1989 that everybody would be walking around with Head Phone on! (iPod) 1st performance ever of Jon Hammond original with all-star studio band: ALEX FOSTER-tenor sax, BARRY FINNERTY-gtr., CHUGGY CARTER-perc., BERNARD PURDIE-drums & JON HAMMOND at his 1959 B3 Organ in the now defunct but legendary club MIKELL'S that was located at corner Columbus & W.97th St. Mikell's was the studio musicians' hang until it sadly closed. It lasted from 1969-1991 run by Mike and Pat Mikell. Mike died one year ago Nov. 22, 2005 at age 80 of Lou Gehrig's Disease. Many well-known musicians felt at home there including Paul Schaffer of David Letterman's Late Night TV show. The night of this film Hugh Masakela came and hung out the entire night. Cornell Dupree came later and sat in with Jon's band that was known then as JON HAMMOND'S LATE RENT SESSION MEN, featured weekly on Manhattan Cable TV/Time Warner's JON HAMMOND SHOW late night TV Show now in it's 23rd year. Bernard Purdie's first time on the band this night and his 2 children Henry and Phyllis came to listen after hearing about it on the radio. Enjoy! *More info: http://www.HammondCast.com ASCAP JON HAMMOND Intl. Inc. c)2006