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.

Saturday, September 05, 2009

HammondCast 29 Hammond Explosion KYOU RADIO Jon Hammond Hosting



*LISTEN TO HammondCast 29 HERE:

http://ia301503.us.archive.org/2/items/JonHammondHammondCast29/HammondCast_29.mp3



Jon Hammond HammondCast 29, Jon Hammond tells the story of meeting an actual ZIMMERMAN on his Wanderjahre at the bar of his friend's club UPTOWN NIGHTCLUB in Oakland CA. Zimmerman men are a centuries-old tradition in Germany of Carpenter Apprentices who walk around for one year fixing people's roofs and learning the trade of a Carpenter, without pay for food and lodging only..and there he was at the Uptown Nightclub! It is said that it's very good luck to see a Zimmerman! Music from Michael Maier-Falkenstein's cd "Hammond Explosion" original compositions: "Cry Until it Feels Good", "Time with You" and Jon's composition "Six Year Itch" covered nicely by Michael. Also a feature of Oakland drummer Ronnie Smith Jr. on "Thing in C Minor" *Songs from Jon’s new album “NDR SESSIONS Projekt” “Skylark” & “Our Day Will Come” on KYOU Radio 1550 AM's "Afternoon Slide" weekdays 3pm-3.45 Jon Hammond is a member of Local 802 & Local 6 Musicians Union & ASCAP © http://www.HammondCast.com
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ASCAP Network

HammondCast Blog

HammondCast

Jon Hammond International Powered by WebTV


Jon Hammond Band MySpace


ASCAP Network, Axel Duerr, B3 Organ, Blues, HammondCast, Jon Hammond, Knut Benzner, KYOU Radio, Michael Maier Falkenstein, Musikmesse, NDR Jazz, Six Year Itch, Wanderjahre, Wolfgang Luecke, XK-3c, Bernie Capicchiano Bernie's Music Land

Bernie Capicchiano, Jon Hammond, Michael Maier Falkenstein in Frankfurt Germany

R.I.P. Charly Hosenseidl Musikmesse Director far left

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Jon Hammond Late Rent Session Men with Bernard Purdie at MIKELL'S NYC 1989 FSB Funk Soul Blues B3 Organ Group

Jon Hammond Late Rent Session Men with Bernard Purdie at MIKELL'S NYC 1989 FSB Funk Soul Blues B3 Organ Group

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:

http://ia360919.us.archive.org/1/items/JonHammondJonHammondLateRentSessionMenwithBernardPurdieatMIKELL_SNYC1989FSB_FunkSo/1989MikellsJONHAMMONDwithBernardPurdieJWBlues1.m4v



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUUkc2q5iJo


Jon Hammond Late Rent Session Men with Bernard Purdie drums, Alex Foster sax, Chuggy Carter perc., Barry Finnerty gtr., Jon Hammond at 1959 B3 Organ in MIKELL'S 97th St. & Columbus Ave. NYC, very first hit of 5 night run on a hot summer night in Aug. 1989. Kicking it off with a classic organ blues James And Wess on this historic date. This was the musicians hang from 1969-1991 run by Pat & Mike Mikell (RIP) ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com FSB = Funk Soul Blues As Seen On The Jon Hammond Show MCTV and HammondCast Radio Show KYOURADIO camera Joe Berger

Alex Foster, B3 Organ, Barry Finnerty, Bernard Purdie, Blues, Chuggy Carter, FSB, Funk, HammondCast, Jon Hammond, KYOURADIO, Late Rent Session Men, Mikell's, Soul, XK-3c, Local 802 Musicians Union

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BLUES POWER JON HAMMOND Band in INDRA Home of The BEATLES Hamburg Grosse Freiheit 64

BLUES POWER JON HAMMOND Band in INDRA Home of The BEATLES Hamburg Grosse Freiheit 64

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:

http://ia351403.us.archive.org/2/items/JonHammondBLUESPOWER_JONHAMMONDBandinINDRA/BluesPowerJONHAMMONDBAND.m4v


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_94p573TOs


JON HAMMOND Band laying down a nice slow blues dedicated to BB & Albert King in INDRA, Home of The Beatles in Hamburg St. Pauli Grosse Freiheit: Lutz Buechner - sax, Heinz Lichius - drums, Joe Berger - guitar, Jon Hammond - XB-2 Organ ©2009 http://www.HammondCast.com tune in 7 days a week on KYOU Radio 1550 AM for the best in FSB = Funk Soul Blues http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&suggest¬e_id=182716295286#/note.php?note_id=182716295286&ref=nf

A380, Albert King, BB King, Beatles, Blues Power, Hamburg St. Pauli, HammondCast, Indra, Jon Hammond, KYOU, KYCY, NDR Radio, XB-2, XK-3c, Lufthansa, NDR Jazz, Knut Benzner, ILLUSTRATORP, Lutz Büchner
photos by Star-Club photographer Günter Zint

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Friday, September 04, 2009

HammondCast Saxophone Extravaganza on KYOU Radio and KYCY Jon Hammond Hosting


HammondCast Saxophone Extravaganza on KYOU Radio and KYCY Jon Hammond Hosting


*LISTEN TO HammondCast 41 HERE:

http://ia301107.us.archive.org/2/items/JonHammondHammondCast41/HammondCast_41.mp3


HammondCast 41 on KYOU Radio and KYCY, today's show a Saxophone Extravaganza with tenor saxophonists Bennett Friedman, Igor Butman and Marc Baum on the band. Also Bernard Purdie and OAKLAND A's REPORT with LAZY LARRY! Swingin' Funky Jazz & Blues © www.HammondCast.com

Tenor saxophone, Igor Butman, Marc Baum, Bennett Friedman, Ed Zizak, Moscow, HammondCast, ASCAP Network, Jazz, Blues, Accordion, B3 organ, XK-3, XK-1, XB-1, KYOU Radio

Tenor saxophone, Igor Butman, Marc Baum, Bennett Friedman, Ed Zizak, Moscow, HammondCast, ASCAP Network, Jazz, Blues, Accordion, B3 organ, XK-3, XK-1, XB-1, KYOU Radio, Local 802 Musicians Union

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CANNONBALL '99 One More Time! JON HAMMOND Band

"Cannonball '99 (One more time!)" (Shuffle) performed by JON HAMMOND Band in New York City at CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE Club: TIM ARMACOST (tenor sax), HEINZ LICHIUS (drums), JOE BERGER (guitar), JON HAMMOND (Hammond Organ/Bass) *JENNIFER-Camera Composed/Published: JON HAMMOND Intl., Inc./ASCAP Cannonball is a rollicking shuffle that I would like to dedicate to all those out there on the superslab with the hammer down driving cross-country. "Cannonball" means non-stop, coast to coast. I have driven more miles than most people will ever live to drive. I've seen 18 wheel trucks drive off the side of a mountain in black ice...drivers falling asleep at the wheel and angry people driving like idiots. Buckle up for safety, keep a CB radio and a cell phone in the car and please drive safely out there everybody! JOE BERGER joins us for a rockin' solo on this one, ala ZZ TOP. He's been cannonballin' on the big-time tour busses with everybody from The WHO's JOHN ENTWISTLE who we unfortunately lost last year, to boy band DREAM STREET. We call him the "Berger-meister"! HEINZ LICHIUS came all the way from Germany to kick us in the ASS on this gig and TIM ARMACOST' big New York Tenor Sax sound is outstanding on this outting at the popular NY night spot. Jon Hammond is host of CBS Radio HammondCast on KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM http://www.HammondCast.com


Cannonball, Heinz Lichius, HEINZ LICHIUS drums JOE BERGER guitar, KYOURADIO, XB-2 Organ, XK-3c, Tim Armacost, Hammond's Bolero, HammondCast, KYOU Radio, Local 802 Musicians Union

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The Lost Jane Dornacker Tapes KYOU Radio and KYCY Jon Hammond Hosting




*LISTEN TO HammondCast 27 HERE:

HammondCast 27 from Organist/Accordionist Jon Hammond in New York City. This episode will have some never before heard music from the late JANE DORNACKER who tragically crashed and died in the WNBC Helicopter. This demo of her song "I Know it's Wrong to Want Another Woman's Man" was produced and recorded in my old recording studio-BackBeat Productions 20 years ago. Also music from my forthcoming album: "NDR SESSIONS Projekt" just mixed and mastered by Joe Berger and Jim Roberts in Somers NY and recorded in Studio 1 of NDR Radio-Hamburg Germany with Jon on the Hammond XK-3 organ/bass along with saxophonist LUTZ BUCHNER, JOE GALLARDO-trombone and HEINZ LICHIUS-drums. For radio station KYOU 1550 AM in San Francisco California. Including selections: “No X-Cess Baggage Blues”, “Besame Mucho” and from the LATE RENT cd: “Head Phone”, “White Onions” and “Party is Forbidden Here!”. Jon Hammond at the microphone and the Hammond Organ..and the Accordion! http://www.HammondCast.com
Other Official Jon Hammond HammondCast Sites:
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Jon Hammond MySpace JON HAMMOND Band


ASCAP Network Jon Hammond Hosting

I Create Music ASCAP Google HammondCast


Jane Dornacker, Jon Hammond, KYCY, KYOU Radio, NDR Jazz, HammondCast, B3 organ, XK-1, XK-3c, XB-2, Excelsior, Accordion, Blues, Funky, I Create Music, ASCAP, Local 802, Musicians Union, The Right Stuff, Astronauts

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JON HAMMOND Band at JAZZKELLER Frankfurt Tony Lakatos tenor Heinz Lichius drums Joe Berger guitar



JON HAMMOND Band at JAZZKELLER Frankfurt
*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:

http://ia341338.us.archive.org/0/items/JonHammondJONHAMMONDBandatJAZZKELLERFrankfurt2006/JON_HAMMOND_Band_at_JAZZKELLER_Frankfurt_2006.m4v


Annual Musikmesse Warm Up Parthttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gify

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeJnFnvP3yw


featuring: TONY LAKATOS tenor sax
JOE BERGER guitar
HEINZ LICHIUS drums
JON HAMMOND XB-2 Organ Bass

© www.HammondCast.com

Bob Cunningham, Bass, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond, Local 802, Musicians Union, NDR Jazz, Late Rent, Mikell's, Jazz Foundation of America, Elmar Lemes, ASCAP Network, B3 organ, XK-3c, Blues, Funky, Rhonda Hamilton, WBGO, Bernie Capicchiano Bernie's Music Land


ASCAP Network Behind The Beat with Jon Hammond "LATE RENT"


Elmar Lemes photo of Jon Hammond playing XK-3 organ at Local 802 Monday Night Jazz Session sponsored by Jazz Foundation of America


Jon Hammond MySpace


HammondCast

ASCAP Network Behind The Beat "NDR SESSIONS Projekt"



Jon Hammond is an endorsed artist of Hammond Suzuki USA


Special Thanks: Eugen Hahn Jazzkeller Frankfurt, Wolfgang Luecke Messe Frankfurt Musikmesse, Lufthansa, Pakistan International Airlines, Michael Maier Falkenstein,
Hammond Suzuki, XB-2, XK-3c, HammondCast KYOU Radio

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Thursday, September 03, 2009

Jon Hammond Cover Page

Jon Hammond Cover Page

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Jon Hammond Cover Page

Jon Hammond Cover Page

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The World is Always On Jon Hammond for Alcatel-Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs worldwide campaign


The World is Always On Jon Hammond for Alcatel-Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs worldwide campaign


*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:

http://ia311212.us.archive.org/1/items/JonHammondTheWorldisAlwaysOn-JonHammond/TheWorldIsAlwaysOnJon.m4v


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bzE_iLxmkE


Jon Hammond for Alcatel-Lucent / Bell Labs: "On stage, on television or on the radio waves 
everyday I feel lucky because I’m ALWAYS ON! Jon HammondMusician, television personality and radio broadcaster Jon Hammond boarded a Concorde in 1981 to travel from New York to Paris at supersonic speed, and he never slowed down.Jon travels the world, touring in Europe and Asia two or three times each year while broadcasting his “HammondCast” morning radio show seven days a week. At home in the United States, Jon splits his time between New York City and San Francisco and performs four to five concerts each month at local hospitals, nursing homes and prisons. His cable television program, “The Jon Hammond Show,” is in its 25th year and going strong.“In my business, it’s essential to be contactable 24/7. I couldn't organize as much as I do without being ALWAYS ON.” Inspired by the Beatles and fascinated by the radio (he built a crystal radio at the age of five), Jon knew he was destined to be a musician. Although that’s a departure from tradition - Jon’s father and grandfather were physicians - Jon carries on the family business in his own way by performing in some of the very hospitals where his father once practiced medicine.“I've seen people get out of their wheelchairs and dance more times than I can count, so I’m happy I can make a difference playing for those who are less fortunate than me.”Jon has not forgotten those who opened doors for him when he was first starting out in music and broadcasting, and now he uses his radio and cable television shows to do the same for deserving young talent.Like Jon, we at Alcatel-Lucent are passionate about connecting people through communications technology. In our Bell Labs locations around the world, we’re working on new and exciting innovations in next-generation broadband technology to ensure people like Jon can find even more creative ways to share music, moments and memories.
© www.HammondCast.com

Bob Cunningham, Bass, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond, Local 802, Musicians Union, NDR Jazz, Late Rent, Mikell's, Jazz Foundation of America, Elmar Lemes, ASCAP Network, B3 organ, XK-3c, Blues, Funky, Rhonda Hamilton, WBGO


ASCAP Network Behind The Beat with Jon Hammond "LATE RENT"


Elmar Lemes photo of Jon Hammond playing XK-3 organ at Local 802 Monday Night Jazz Session sponsored by Jazz Foundation of America


Jon Hammond MySpace


HammondCast

ASCAP Network Behind The Beat "NDR SESSIONS Projekt"



Jon Hammond is an endorsed artist of Hammond Suzuki USA


Alcatel Lucent, Glynnis Woolridge, Hammond Organ HammondCast, Internet, Jon Hammond, KYOURADIO, Media, Supersonic, The World Is Always On, B3 organ, XK-3c, Accordion, Excelsior, XK-1, XB-2, Local 802 Musicians Union, Suzuki

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Besame Schnulze Jon Hammond Band in Harburg Germany Lutz Büchner Sandra Hempel Heinz Lichius



*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:

http://ia360910.us.archive.org/2/items/JonHammondBesameSchnulze-JonHammondBandinHarburgGermany_0/BesameSchnulzeHarburg.m4v

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl6fVv4ToHs


Jon Hammond Band playing Besame Mucho in Schnulze die Kneipe in Harburg Germany in the North with guitarist Sandra Hempel, Lutz Büchner tenor sax, Heinz Lichius drums Jon Hammond XK-1 organ

© www.HammondCast.com

Bob Cunningham, Bass, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond, Local 802, Musicians Union, NDR Jazz, Late Rent, Mikell's, Jazz Foundation of America, Elmar Lemes, ASCAP Network, B3 organ, XK-3c, Blues, Funky, Rhonda Hamilton, WBGO


ASCAP Network Behind The Beat with Jon Hammond "LATE RENT"


Elmar Lemes photo of Jon Hammond playing XK-3 organ at Local 802 Monday Night Jazz Session sponsored by Jazz Foundation of America


Jon Hammond MySpace


HammondCast

ASCAP Network Behind The Beat "NDR SESSIONS Projekt"



Jon Hammond is an endorsed artist of Hammond Suzuki USA


1965 Fender Band-Master, Besame, HammondCast, Harburg, Heinz Lichius, Jon Hammond, KYOURADIO, Lutz Buechner, Sandra Hempel, Schnulze, XK-1, XK-3, Organ, Harburg, Local 802 Musicians Union

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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Pocket Funk in Jazzkeller Frankfurt Jon Hammond Band with Tony Lakatos Heinz Lichius Joe Berger


*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:

http://ia311211.us.archive.org/3/items/JonHammondPOCKETFUNKinJazzkellerJONHAMMONDBand/JKPOCKETFUNK2006.m4v


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khjY2R4j84k


"Pocket Funk" performed by JON HAMMOND Band in Jazzkeller Frankfurt:
TONY LAKATOS - tenor sax
HEINZ LICHIUS - drums
JOE BERGER - guitar
JON HAMMOND - XB-2 Hammond Organ / Bass
at Jon's annual "Musikmesse Warm Up Party" ©JH INTL./ASCAP http://www.HammondCast.com

B3 Organ, Funky, Hammond Organ HammondCast, Heinz Lichius, Jazzkeller Frankfurt, Joe Berger, Jon Hammond, KYOURADIO, Pocket Funk, Tony Lakatos, XK-1, XK-3c, Orjan Fahlstrom, HR Radio, NDR Jazz

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HammondCast 177 Junior Mance special guest interview with Jon Hammond KYOU Radio


*LISTEN TO HammondCast 177 with guest Junior Mance HERE:

http://www.kyouradio.com/player.php?id=18545


On Demand KYOURADIO>

http://www.kyouradio.com/index.php?page=details&mp_id=18545


HammondCast 177 KYOU Radio special guest JUNIOR MANCE interview with Jon Hammond at Cafe' Loup NYC "For Dancers Only" from Junior Mance Trio album "Live at Cafe' Loup"
45 minutes

© www.HammondCast.com

Bob Cunningham, Bass, Bernard Purdie, Jon Hammond, Local 802, Musicians Union, NDR Jazz, Late Rent, Mikell's, Jazz Foundation of America, Elmar Lemes, ASCAP Network, B3 organ, XK-3c, Blues, Funky, Rhonda Hamilton, WBGO


ASCAP Network Behind The Beat with Jon Hammond "LATE RENT"


Elmar Lemes photo of Jon Hammond playing XK-3 organ at Local 802 Monday Night Jazz Session sponsored by Jazz Foundation of America


Jon Hammond MySpace


HammondCast

ASCAP Network Behind The Beat "NDR SESSIONS Projekt"



Jon Hammond is an endorsed artist of Hammond Suzuki USA


New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Junior Mance, Steinway piano, KYOU Radio, Jon Hammond, B3 organ, XK-3c, Pianist, Martin Mueller, Arnie Lawrence, HammondCast, Local 802 Musicians Union, J4JA, Blues

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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

HammondCast 20 Jon in Las Vegas on KYOU Radio and KYCY



HammondCast 20
*LISTEN TO HammondCast 20 Here:

HammondCast 20 Broadcasting today from Las Vegas Nevada in the Mirage Hotel, 2 ballads from my new recordings at NDR Radio Studio 1: "Skylark" and "Easy Living" with LUTZ BUCHNER (alto sax), JOE GALLARDO (trombone), HEINZ LICHIUS (drums) and myself JON HAMMOND on the new XK-3 Hammond Organ, mixed by NDR Engineer RUDY GROSSER. From there we go to San Francisco County Jail #8 "Pod E" where the ladies in CJ8 joined us during my song "Pocket Funk" with a chorus of: "Funky Stuff...In Your Pocket"! And 2 original selections from my album Late Rent, my theme song "Late Rent" and the original studio version of "Pocket Funk" and the story of how I recorded them in the same studio John Lennon had been recording in in winter 1983 at Intergalactic Studios in New York City. HammondCast 20 for KYOU Radio, San Francisco California-1550 on the AM dial and on the web at: http://www.kyouradio.com Organist/Accordionist Jon Hammond is a member of Local 802/Local 6 Musicians Union and an ASCAP Artist & Publisher: JON HAMMOND International © http://www.HammondCast.com
NDR SESSIONS Projekt ASCAP Network AUDIO

Las Vegas, NDR Jazz, Joe Gallardo, Rudy Grosser, Jon Hammond, Lutz Buechner, SF County Jail, KYOU Radio, KYCY, HammondCast, XK-3 organ, Blues, Funky, Pocket, Ballad, Mirage Hotel, ASCAP Network, XK-3c, XB-2, Suzuki, Excelsior Accordion

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HammondCast 4 KYOU and KYCY Radio refresh from Jon Hammond archive



*LISTEN TO HammondCast 4 HERE:


http://ia301514.us.archive.org/2/items/HammondCast_3/HammondCast3.mp3


Jon Hammond in-studio with Jessie Chuy Varela the long-time SF Bay Area Music Director of radio stations KPFA & KCSM talking about the Bay Area music scene and travels in Europe. From there to Paris France for a live concert broadcast on Radio France Inter hosted by M. Andre Francis the legendary French Jazz Radio Producer. Jon Hammond Trio with George Brown drums (R.I.P.) Barry Finnerty guitar, Jon Hammond orgue. From Paris to Frankfurt Germany to the AFN Europe Headquarters, Jon Hammond and the Late Rent Session Men live on AFN Powerlite Show with host Margie Glad. The trio was crowded around one big classic Neumann tube microphone and broadcast world wide live, it was the first performance of Jon's original composition "New Funk Hip-Hop Chitlins" with James Preston of the Sons of Champlin on drums, Barry Finnerty guitar and Jon Hammond at the Hammond XB-2 organ.
30 minutes
© www.HammondCast.com

ASCAP Network Behind The Beat with Jon Hammond "LATE RENT"


Elmar Lemes photo of Jon Hammond playing XK-3 organ at Local 802 Monday Night Jazz Session sponsored by Jazz Foundation of America


Jon Hammond MySpace


HammondCast

ASCAP Network Behind The Beat "NDR SESSIONS Projekt"


Jessie Chuy Varela, M. Andre Francis, Radio France Inter, Joe Franklin, George Brown, HammondCast, Jon Hammond, XB-2, XK-3c, XK-1, Suzuki, AFN Radio, KYOURADIO, Local 802 Musicians Union

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Jon Hammond Band Get Back In The Groove in Blauer Engel Kiel and Kieler Nachtrichten


Watch The Video Here:

Get Back In The Groove by Jon Hammond in Blauer Engel Kiel
HEINZ LICHIUS drums
JOE BERGER guitar
SEBASTIAN GILLE tenor sax
JON HAMMOND hammond organ
http://www.jonhammondband.com
special thanks Henrik Drüner Kieler Nachtrichten Wolf Blitzer CNN http://hammondcast.livejournal.com/45432.html Versierte Fingerflitzer
der 26-jährige Sebastian Gille verblüfft anstelle von Gabriel Coburger am Saxofon mit feinfühligen, Foto: Schaller
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Das Konzert im Blauen Engel firmiert unter The Jon Hammond Show. Warum, spüren die Zuschauer bereits nach der ersten Ansage. Jon Hammond ist ein Showman, ein Dampfplauderer, geschult in Jahrzehnten als Radio- und TV-Moderator. Obendrein ist der 55-Jährige ein ausgezeichneter Organist an der Hammond Orgel. Mit der instrumentalen Jazz-Revue begibt er sich auf die Spuren von Miles Davis, The Crusaders und Jimmy Smith, immer nach dem Slogan handelnd: „The fingers are the singers“.



cnn, hi, ich bin jon, ohne h, NDR Radio, jazz, funky, blues, hammondcast, KYOURADIO, ASCAP Network, balanced action, Patrick Selmer, wolf blitzer, Fingerflitzer

Breaking News: Jon Hammond The Fingerflitzer to meet Wolf Blitzer CNN Situation Room Starbucks New York City



Now that Jon Hammond was recently dubbed "Fingerflitzer" by Henrik Drüner of Kieler Nachtrichten
"Versierte Fingerflitzer Kiel - Er scheint die Einladung ernst gemeint zu haben. Vor dem Konzert drückt Jon Hammond dem verdutzten Rezensenten seine Visitenkarte in die Hand. „Hi, ich bin Jon, ohne h. Wenn du das nächste Mal in New York bist, komm vorbei!“
CNN's Wolf Blitzer to meet CNN Guest Anchor Jon Hammond in Starbucks, Jon's Situation Room by Time Warner NYC Studios, "Fingerflitzer meets Wolf Blitzer" Cafe' Latte Summit!
"Eingängige Melodien und markante Grooves: Jon Hammond (rechts) und Sebastian Gille.
Foto: Schaller
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Für den Weltenbummler sind Orte nur Stationen auf seinem Lebensweg. Chicago, Paris, Frankfurt-Bornheim, Hamburg-St.Pauli, New York. Die vielen Menschen und Musiker, die der Organist kennenlernt, bilden die Grundlage, auf der er seine späteren Referenzen, Anekdoten und Songgeschichten aufbaut. Und Jon kennt sie fast alle.
Das Konzert im Blauen Engel firmiert unter The Jon Hammond Show. Warum, spüren die Zuschauer bereits nach der ersten Ansage. Jon Hammond ist ein Showman, ein Dampfplauderer, geschult in Jahrzehnten als Radio- und TV-Moderator. Obendrein ist der 55-Jährige ein ausgezeichneter Organist an der Hammond Orgel. Mit der instrumentalen Jazz-Revue begibt er sich auf die Spuren von Miles Davis, The Crusaders und Jimmy Smith, immer nach dem Slogan handelnd: „The fingers are the singers“.
Im Spiel geht Jon Hammond absolut in seiner Musik und seiner Leidenschaft für den guten alten Hammond-Sound auf. Mit 18 Jahren kaufte er sich seine erste Hammond B3 und tourte mit der Rockband Hades im Vorprogramm von Tower Of Power oder Michael Bloomfield. Erst 1991 legte er sich eine digitale und leichtere XB-2 zu. Ein regelrechter Genießer: Seinen Kopf wiegt er ständig von einer Seite zur anderen, windet sich wie Stevie Wonder über seinen Fingern. Die linke Hand ersetzt dabei größtenteils den Part eines Bassisten, zusätzlich zu den verschiedenen Klangfarben, die er manuell justiert.
Nicht zu ersetzen sind die Musiker, die die Jon Hammond Show auf der Bühne komplettieren. Heinz Lichius trommelt wie in jeder seiner Formationen aufs Allerfeinste, der 26-jährige Sebastian Gille verblüfft anstelle von Gabriel Coburger am Saxofon mit feinfühligen, gleichwohl kraftvollen Soli und Gitarrist Joe Berger gleicht einem Saiten-Hasardeur. Auch wenn er nicht der ehemalige Who-Gitarrist ist, wie es die Veranstalter-Info weismachen möchte - zumindest spielte er bereits mit Who-Bassist John Entwistle und sorgte in dessen Band für den Studio-Mix.
Ein Hauptmerkmal der Instrumental-Songs: eingängige Melodie und markante Grooves. Jon Hammond verarbeitet die Begegnung mit einem traurigen Mädchen in Paris oder dem tschechischen Salsa-König ebenso wie das nächtliche Wühlen im Hotelmüll. Neben Jazz-Elementen ist sein Stil tief verwurzelt im Rock, Funk, East Bay Grease, Bossa Nova, Soul und Rhythm & Blues. Bisweilen klingen die seichten Stücke, allen voran Duke Ellingtons
Satin Doll oder
Moanin' von Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, wie auf einem Kreuzfahrtdampfer, aber die Protagonisten reißen frühzeitig das Ruder herum, indem sie mit Shuffle-Witz und Funk-Schweiß dagegen halten.


Wolf Blitzer, CNN, Situation Room, Jon Hammond Show bot im Blauen Engel leidenschaftlichen Hammond-Sound Versierte Fingerflitzer Kiel - Er scheint die Einladung ernst gemeint zu haben. Vor dem Konzert drückt Jon Hammond dem verdutzten Rezensenten seine Visitenkarte in die Hand, Hi, ich bin Jon, ohne h. Wenn du das nächste Mal in New York bist, komm vorbei

CNN, Jon Hammond Show bot im Blauen Engel leidenschaftlichen Hammond-Sound Versierte Fingerflitzer Kiel, Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer, XB-2, XK-3c, XK-1, Suzuki, NDR Jazz

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