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, July 02, 2011
NAMM Oral History Session Jon Hammond recorded January 13th 2011 Anaheim CA
NAMM Oral History Session Jon Hammond recorded January 13th 2011 Anaheim CA
Jon Hammond | NAMM.org Oral History Interview Date: January 13, 2011 Full Version
Radio KRE CHRS Annual Fundraiser Event Jon Hammond TRIO SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
Jon Hammond Trio performing at the annual fundraiser for California HIstorical Radio Society at Radio KRE in Berkeley CA http://www.californiahistoricalradio.com/events.html
playing "Shadow of Your Smile" with Russ Gold drums, Gene Burkert tenor, Jon Hammond XK-1 organ, Carter B. Smith MC, Dan Healy audio, *special thanks Steve Kushman, Jennifer camera http://www.HammondCast.com
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Carter B. Smith at the microphone in Radio KRE as seen in George Lucas movie American Graffiti with Wolfman Jack
Wolfman Jack at the mic from scene in American Graffiti
CHRS, KRE, Wolfman Jack, Tommy Saunders, Carter B. Smith, HammondCast, KYOU Radio, Dan Healy audio, Ben Fong-Torres, Steve Kushman, Jon Hammond, CBS Network, Sk1, Sk2, XK-1, XK-3c, Organ
Jon Hammond hair illuminated in the Fillmore lights like a hair aura standing at his trusty Hammond XB-2 organ going through the house system via 2 direct input boxes
L to R: James Preston - drums, Jon Hammond - organ, Barry Finnerty - guitar in Jon's dressing room
backstage at The Fillmore. Jon is holding a surprise bucket of Moet Champagne with card sent back
to him by old friend Bob Barsotti of Bill Graham Presents, thanks a million Bob!
The card said: Dear Jon: Welcome to The Fillmore!
Jon Hammond touching sign with his own name on his dressing room door backstage at Bill Graham's
Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco CA
FLASH! Jazz Great Jon Hammond takes the new Hammond SK1 on its maiden voyage onstage in Germany. Congratulations to Jon for being the first ever to play our new model on a gig! Great job, Jon, and your band too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3XEp0-BaE
Jon began his musical career at age 12 in the San Francisco Bay Area playing organ and accordion in bands and solo engagements, first recording studio dates 1968 when he met Robert Moog who personally delivered the Moog III to San Francisco Radical Laboratories where Jon was working at the time and jamming daily with members of Quicksilver Messenger Service, he next joined original rock band Hades with which he played until moving East to attend Berklee.
Playing 7 nights a week in Boston's notorious Combat Zone next lead to touring with successful show band Easy Living and then became house organist at the exclusive Wychmere Harbor Club Cape Cod MA where he played private parties for Tip O'Neill Speaker of The House. Returning to SF for a reunion concert in 1980 with Eddie Money and members of Tower of Power, next Jon moved to Europe where he lived and played for a number of years, still playing annually where he has an enthusiastic following. Jon began hosting his own TV show "The Jon Hammond Show" in 1984 and is now in 27th year on cable TV in Manhattan and heard daily on KYOU Radio HammondCast Show with regular appearances at international trade shows.
This film takes you inside the actual recording session of "White Onions" from Jon Hammond "Late Rent" album in QUAD Studios NYC with legendary studio drummer Bernard Purdie, Alex Foster sax, Chuggy Carter perc., Barry Finnerty guitar, Jon Hammond at B3 organ with Joe Berger at the audio board.
This is a re-issue of Jon's 1995 European release "Late Rent." Never before available in the U.S., it contains a collection of recordings featuring Bernard Purdie and Steve Ferrone on drums, as well as Todd Anderson and Alex Foster on sax, Barry Finnerty and Graham Hawthorne, Ray Grappone, Jim Preston and Chuggy Carter. The record is a swinging and funky compilation of original tracks written by Jon Hammond, as well as some anecdotal asides and a guest apperance by Jazzbeaux Collins. Lots of great solos and organ sounds, as well as melodies and groove. Includes "Late Rent," "Pocket Funk," "Lydia's Tune," "White Onions," "Head Phone" and "Hip Hop Chitlins."
Late Rent
Hammond, Jon
Ham-berger-friz Records
Artists Name: Hammond, Jon
Title: Late Rent
Format: CD
Label: HAM-BERGER-FRIZ RECORDS
Catalog Number: 105
UPC Code: 634479020704
Late Rent, White Onions, Quad Studios, Jon Hammond, B3 Organ, Funky Jazz, Local 802 Musicians Union
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.
Jon Hammond Intro:
Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar
Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974, City College San Francisco
Languages: English, German
Jon is closely identified with the two main products of his career, the Excelsior Accordion and the Hammond Organ.
