R.I.P. Paul Kantner folks! Jon Hammond Here is my Paul Kantner story:

R.I.P. Paul Kantner folks! Jon Hammond Here is my Paul Kantner story: I first met Paul when working on volunteer Staff of Berkeley Folk Festival for Barry Olivier​ when they debuted in July of 1966 in Pauley Ballroom in the UC Student Union Building - this was when Signe Anderson / Signe Toly Anderson​ was the lead singer before Grace joined the band. Paul always burned incense on top of his amplifier in an incense burner and the smoke wafted around and 'smelled like a Jefferson Airplane​ concert' - the band had a big influence on me personally and for a long time I used to also burn the incense on top of my amp, I had a universal multi-plug adaptor that I traveled all over the world with and I used to stick the incense sticks in there - some of the plastic melted but that went around with me for a long time. I would run in to Paul in the strangest places over the years - one time I was in line next to him at the Marin Civic Center to pay speeding tickets - Paul was telling me he got a speeding ticket driving his Porsche on 101. I asked him if he was playing anywhere and he told me - if you really want to hear me play come to Golden Gate Park next Saturday and he had been watching my cable TV show on Viacom Channels 36 and 25, he said bring your cameras and you'll know where we are playing if you drive up Fulton Street until you hear the music. So in those days we had really heavy field equipment, Lazy Larry (Lawrence Fredson​) came with me in my 1968 Buick WIldcat Sedan and we drove up Fulton St. with the window open. Finally I heard some music and I said: "Lazy, there's the music!" so we loaded out the gear and trudged through the park towards the music...closer and closer we got, we came through an opening and there was an African American guy on roller skates with a giant boom box and he was skating to the music...damn, that wasn't it! So back to the car with the heavy gear...we drove further on Fulton St., and then I heard the music! This time we were in the right place - it was the KBC Band "Kantner Balin Casady" - I filmed it for my cable access show *WATCH THE FILM HERE: JON HAMMOND Show (Vintage) Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondJONHAMMONDShowVintage JON HAMMOND Show (Vintage) *CLIP: https://youtu.be/IuRBRM6XKm8 JON HAMMOND Show (Vintage) - now we are in our 33rd year by the way. So that was very cool! Great show, just like the old days (then, now then is the old days to now!) - Then very often I would run in to Paul at Caffe Trieste in North Beach San Francisco - it was our mutual morning hang. Paul came in there almost every morning to smoke cigs, read the SF Chronicle and drink strong coffee. In later years he would sit outside, even on cold mornings so he could smoke the cigs. People mostly left him alone, he would speak when spoken too but he was pretty absorbed in the morning paper. The stills on this photo collage I just created are from the KBC concert I filmed in Golden Gate Park, Paul at the Trieste typical morning appearance - and at the now defunct Yoshi's SF where he appeared on a fund raiser for CHRS / California Historical Radio Society​ of which I am a member. Paul Kantner will be greatly missed! He was a huge rock icon of the San Francisco Rock scene - really the founder of the whole Folk Rock Movement - he was very humble about his large body of musical work. He once told me, "I'm not really a guitar player, I'm a writer" Rest in Peace Paul, sincerely, Jon Hammond​ Photos ©JON HAMMOND International - above Paul Kantner and Marty Balin - KBC Band - Golden Gate Park circa 1984 and below Lazy Larry (Lawrence Fredson) watching KBC Band concert Lazy Larry(Lawrence Fredson​) checking out the KBC Band​ - that being Paul Kantner​, (R.I.P. Paul) Marty Balin and bassist Jack Casady original members of Jefferson Airplane​ - Slick Aguilar - Lead Guitar - 1984 Golden Gate Park, Jon Hammond​ JON HAMMOND Show *as seen for 33 years on Time Warner & MCTV not MNN TV in New York City. This classic clip includes Jon's signature tune "Late Rent" ... all » with Video by LORI and old footage of original members of Jefferson Airplane and Terry Haggerty of Sons of Champlin. Enjoy! *Note: See you at musikmesse and Prolight + Sound 2016! Frankfurt am Main -- See you at musikmesse and Prolight + Sound​ 2016! Don't forget your hat...and your Sennheiser​ headphones folks! Be there...or be Square - my 30th musikmesse​ - Jon Hammond​ Thursday 7 April to Sunday 10 April 2016, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. open daily for Trade and Private visitors More than 30.000 instruments shown in seven exhibition halls Outdoor area with festival atmosphere: Stages, Foodtrucks and more More than 1,000 events and concerts Hall plan of Musikmesse 2016: Hall 8.0 - Classic meets Acoustic Hall 9.0 - Classic meets Keys Hall 9.1 - Electro meets Recording Hall 10.2 - Classic meets Jazz Hall 11.0 - Rock meets Pop Galleria - Education meets Fun Hall 11.1 - Exclusive area for trade visitors Exclusive area for trade visitors musikmesse Warm Up Party mp4 video: http://ia700800.us.archive.org/2/items/JonHammondsMusikmesseWarmUpPartyJazzkeller/Jon%20Hammond's%20musikmesse%20Warm%20Up%20Party%20jazzkeller.mp4 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondsMusikmesseWarmUpPartyJazzkeller by Jon Hammond *Note: This year Jon's annual musikmesse Warm Up Party in jazzkeller will be Tuesday night / Dienstag abend 5 April 2016 Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 FULL HIGH DEFINITION VERSION 29th Year! Jon Hammond's musikmesse Warm Up Party jazzkeller - Big Special Thanks to my good friend Saray Pastanesi for absolute Masterpiece Birthday & 29th musikmesse Chocolate Chocolate cake!! It was delicious, every morsel was consumed and enjoyed!!! Jon Hammond / Jon Hammond Band http://www.jonhammondband.com/blog.html/dienstag_144_rock__pop__jazz_journal_frankfurt_im_aktuellen_journalkalender/ DIENSTAG, 14.4. ROCK | POP | JAZZ Journal Frankfurt im aktuellen Journal Frankfurt Journalkalender 1 JAZZ/BLUES/FOLK Jon Hammond & Band Wer zählt noch mit ... Mal ernsthaft: der Mann, der so heißt wie sein Instrument, ist zum 29. Mal zur Musikmesse „Warm Up Party”. 21:00, Ffm: Jazzkeller, Kleine Bockenheimer Straße 18a Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/955188417848638/ Jon Hammond - organ Joe Berger - guitar Peter Klohmann - saxophone Giovanni Gulino - drums Mr. Hammond has toured worldwide since 1991 using the incredible Sk1 organ by Hammond Suzuki..™ "Classic Hammond Sound...In A Suitcase!" The Jon Hammond Show is a funky swinging instrumental revue, featuring top international soloists. The show has universal appeal. Big Hammond orgel sound - 100% organic - Jon Hammond Organ Group #CableAccess #HammondOrgan #Blues #Jazz #Musikmesse2015 Producer Jon Hammond Language English Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/TinosHammondOrgan80thAnniversaryFilmDocumentaryTrailer CNN iReport http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1263982 Youtube https://youtu.be/2AX5CRnBWkA Producer Tino's Hammond Organ 80th Anniversary Film Documentary Trailer: Tino Pavlis - by Jon Hammond Published August 13, 2015 Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Topics Hammond Organs, 80th Anniversary Hammond Organ, Tino Pavlis, Producer, Co-Producer, Joe Berger, Jon Hammond, NAMM Show, musikmesse, Suzuki Musical Instruments, Hamamatsu, B3, New B3mk2, Sk1, #HammondOrgan #80thAnniversary Tino's Hammond Organ 80th Anniversary Film Documentary Trailer with cameo appearances Michael Falkenstein, Joe Berger, Jon Hammond, Shuji Suzuki and Suzuki Musical Instuments Hammond Organ Team, Bernie Capicchiano Bernies Music Land Australia Hammond Distributor, Jon Hammond's annual musikmesse Warm Up Party in world famous historic jazzkeller Frankfurt - Outro music "Organ Meets Bigband" Jon Hammond with Landesjugendjazzorchester LaJazzO MV orchestra - Director/Producer: Tino Pavlis, co-producer Joe Berger http://www.HammondCast.com Producer Jon Hammond Language English Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/OrganMeetsBigbandRostockKlostergarten by Jon Hammond Published August 8, 2015 Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Topics LaJazzO MV, Organ Meets Bigband, Klostergarten, Rostock, Jazz Orchestra, Jimmy Smith, Steve Gray, Michael Leuschner, Landesjugendorchester Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, #HammondOrgan #Jazz #Blues „Organ meets Bigband“ das LaJJazzO M-V LandesJugendJazzOrchester Mecklenburg-Vorpommern https://www.facebook.com/events/846845685410695/ Am 01.08.2015 ist das Landesjugendjazzorchester Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LaJazzO MV) mit seinem diesjährigen Solisten Jon Hammond wieder im Klostergarten Rostock zu Gast. Covering Jimmy Smith's Back at The Chicken Shack and The Sermon - Nachdem sich in den vergangenen Jahren das LaJazzO MV mit den in der Big Band vorkommenden Instrumenten musikalisch auseinandersetzte, wird in 2015 die Jazzorgel musikalisch thematisiert werden. Unter dem Titel "Organ meets Big Band" wird dieses sehr traditionsreiche Instrument der Jazzgeschichte in den Mittelpunkt der Konzertreihe im folgenden Jahr gestellt. Als Jazzinstrument wurde es von Fats Waller in den 30er Jahren eingeführt und hatte seine Hochzeit in den 50er Jahren durch seine Vertreter wie Jimmy Smith. Der international renommierte New Yorker Jazzorganist Jon Hammond wird zusammen mit dem LaJazzO MV unter der Leitung von Michael Leuschner den besonderen Charme dieses Instrumentes wieder zum Leben erwecken. Im Programm sind unter anderem Titel von Jimmy Smith, arrangiert von Steve Gray - eine Leihgabe aus dem Archiv der NDR-Bigband. Jon Hammond studierte in den siebziger Jahren am Berklee College of Music und am City College San Francisco. Konzertreisen führten ihn quer durch die Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada. In seiner eigenen 'Jon Hammond Show' spielte er mit Musikern wie Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Butterfield, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwistle, Sammy Davis Jr., Percy Sledge und vielen anderen. Auch in Europa fand und findet seine Musik unverändert viele Anhänger. Die Medien berichten wiederholt von einem unverwechselbaren und prägenden Sound. Jon Hammond hat u.a. auf der 20. Frankfurter Musikmesse mitgewirkt und tritt vornehmlich in Hamburg auf. "The Jon Hammond Show" is a funky, swinging Jazz instrumental revue, featuring notable international soloists and reflecting the influences of Miles Davis, The Crusaders and Jimmy Smith. http://www.HammondCast.com Programm: "Organ meets Bigband" Leitung: Michael Leuschner Samstag, d. 01.08.2015, 20:30 Klostergarten Rostock Producer Jon Hammond Language English Facebook video https://www.facebook.com/jonhammondband/videos/vb.133709526657853/1105371389491657/?type=3&theater Youtube https://youtu.be/gX-6UczeyII Vimeo https://vimeo.com/135785907 CNN iReport http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1262828 Leader Michael Leuschner and Jon Hammond with the famous poster for "Organ Meets Bigband" - NDR Jazz archives special arrangements of Steve Gray come back to life here: Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/MNNCh.1BroadcastOnPublicAccessTVJonHammondShow Youtube https://youtu.be/zw2VOfpHEJ8 Published July 24, 2015 Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Topics Broadcasting, Public Access, Cable Access, MCTV, Manhattan Neighborhood network, #HammondOrgan Dave Van Ronk, Michael Brecker #MichaelBrecker #BarryFinnerty #musikmesse Alan Pasqua - It's my tune dammit...Late Rent - theme song Jon Hammond Show MNN TV 33rd year Paul Kantner, R.I.P., Berkeley Folk Festival, Barry Olivier, #JeffersonAirplane #HammondCast #CableTV #CNNiReport

Part 5 Jon Hammond Memorable Gigs, People and Places

Part 5 Jon Hammond Memorable Gigs, People and Places

Michael Naura + Wolfgang Schlüter 4 hand piano at NDR Jazz Redaktion Party photo by Jon Hammond in Hamburg Germany http://www.HammondCast.com/



Michael Naura + Wolfgang Schlüter 4 hand piano at NDR Jazz Redaktion Party photo by Jon Hammond in Hamburg Germany http://www.HammondCast.com/



Michael Naura + Wolfgang Schlüter best of friends at NDR Jazz Redaktion Party photo by Jon Hammond in Hamburg Germany http://www.HammondCast.com/



saxophonist Lutz Buechner and Jon Hammond organ onstage at "Studio" Bremen Germany April 7, 1998 http://www.jonhammondband.com/



Michael Maier Falkenstein and his bodyguards / friends photo by Jon Hammond Neu-Ulm http://www.HammondCast.com/



Jon Hammond Trio in Club Tac, Crockett CA L to R:
Bob Scott drums, Brian Pardo guitar, Jon Hammond B3 organhttp://www.jonhammondband.com/



Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men at Kimball's East nightclub, Emeryville CA L to R: Bennett Friedman tenor sax, Bernard Purdie drums, Jon Hammond B3 organ (off camera) Barry Finnerty http://www.jonhammondband.com/



Jon Hammond making one of many cups of tea in his old tenement style apartment in Manhattan New York City http://www.HammondCast.com/



Carlos Santana and band in Jimi Hendrix' Electric Lady Recording Studio feeding broadcast to WNEW FM photo by Jon Hammond, L to R off camera Chester Thompson organ, Carlos Santana guitar, Armando Peraza percussion, Walfredo Reyes Jr. drums, Alexander Ligertwood guitar/vocals photo by Jon Hammond



Michael Maier Falkenstein playing one of his many B3 organs in Hammond Germany home headquaters Setzingen Germany, photo by Jon Hammondhttp://www.HammondCast.com/



Francoise Pujol (pianist from Paris) and Jon Hammond special guests aboard MV Galaxy for Celebrity Cruises inaugural in Blohm and Voss ship yard Hamburg Germany 1996 http://www.jonhammondband.com/



Former U.S. President Gerald Ford playing golf at Pebble Beach CA Crosby Tournament, photo by Jon Hammond http://www.HammondCast.com/



Recording session for Bargain Hunters record for Hotwire Records 1996 Barry Finnerty
L to R: Joe Berger engineering, Jon Hammond organ, Barry Finnerty guitar, Jost Nickel drums, Arnd Geise bass http://www.jonhammondband.com/





Special Thanks from JON HAMMOND


Jon Hammond would especially like to thank: Jennifer Frizzell, Marco Galeazzi, Donatella Milella, Roberto Lucanero, Nello Gabrielloni & family-Excelsior CEMEX Accordions, Glenn Derringer-Kustom, Michael Maier-Falkenstein family, Mario Tettamanti, Rossano Chiaramoni-RCH Cases, Joe Aloia, Superlux Microphones-Goang Fann Co. Ltd.-Jenny Shen, Nico Teng, David Liu, Heda family, Barbara K. Starner-Remin Kart-A-Bag, Richard McDonald-Fender Co., Leo Fender, Benny Golson, Kenny Burrell, Pamela Sylvain-United Airlines Employment, Gary Walker, Brian Delp, Cephas Bowles, Thurston Briscoe, Rhonda Hamilton-WBGO 88.3FM, Chuy Varella, Chris Cortez, Alissa Clancy-KCSM 91.1FM, Fred Noe III-Jim Beam Brands, Eugen Hahn-Jazzkeller Frankfurt, Bobbie Webb, J.J., Noel Hayes, Harrison-KPOO 89.5FM, Keith West-KVMR 89.5FM, Vasja Ivanovski-FM 2 Macedonia, Knut Benzner, Dr. Andrea Hubert, Tobias Hartmann, Lutz & Gide Buchner-NDR Radio, Heinz Lichius, Gabriel Coburger, Gunther & Krystyna Tietze-Polka Bar, Dieter & Ralph Reichert-Birdland Hamburg, Jo-Jo Tucksen-Jazzkeller Hofheim, Tony Lakatos, Harry Petersen, Kevin Mauder, Uli Olshausen, Guenter Hottmann-HR Radio, Igor & Oksana Butman, Eduard Zizak, Faina Antonova, Marat Garipov-Le Club Moscow, Claus Rotthoff-Musikhaus Rotthoff, Gideon Schier, Robert & Otmar Hutya, Bernhard Flieher, Tommy Schneider-Hammond Times Zurich, Ronald ChitTin-Entree GmbH, Francoise Pujol, Andre Thus-Hammond France, Bob Scott, Ronnie Smith Jr., Alex Budman, Larry Schneider, John & Mai Bishop, Marc Baum, Chris van den Bergh-Suntarget Marbella Spain, Sons of Champlin, Bill Vitt, Bob Barsotti, Peter, Bettike, Dharma Barsotti, Mick Brigden, Scott Rootenberg, Kris Hosack, Tim Anderson, Chris Powers, Nigel James, Rita Gentry, Jerry Pompili, David Mayeri, Bill Graham, BGP Productions, Eddie Money, Jim Thorsen aka Jimi James, Steve Wright-Hades, Terri Price, Matthew & Terence Hallinan family, Susan Bernstein, Bruce Harrison, Sharon Levy, Mitchell Redman, Teddy Fung, Maria Ciaccia, Jim Kelly, Jim Leary, Dana Rivers-Heath, Security staff-Manhattan Plaza, Frank Vavosa, Sylvia, Thomas & Simon-Hotel Pacific Hamburg, Karen Newman, Betty Heywood, Judy Cheung-Messe Frankfurt/Hong Kong, Danny Woody-Portman Ritz Carlton Shanghai, Mayor Willie Brown, Maria Tschirgi, Joe & Lori Rodriguez, John Hunt-Local 6 SF, Oscar Meyers, Bill Wurtzel, Erica Brescia-T-Mobile SF, Andy Christo, Christine Adams, Kevin Friedrich, Harley Jones,-Accordions Worldwide, Alex Accordions & Guitar NYC, John & Jonna Godtfredsen-Excelsior Danmark, Clarence "Tootsie" Bean, Maher & Tom-Cleopatra's Needle NYC, Prof. Bruce Lilienthal, James Brown-Tower Records, Erik Hargrove-James Brown Band, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt, Jon Paris, Marc Roth-Roth's Westside Steakhouse, Rudy Lawless, Lazy Larry Fredsen, Al & Leslie Wilcox and family, Patti, Teal & Al Jazzbeaux Collins, Saul & Goldie Levin family, Olivier Hutman, Lydia Fischer, Dr. Iraj Akhavan, Tilman Erhorn, Dan Marks, Vitali Imereli, Matt Dillon, Francis Ford Coppola, Dr. Vartan Ghugasian, Joe Franklin-WOR Radio, Marisa Redanti-MPTA, Antje von Rein, Don Haas, Louie Bellson, Ron Carter, George Burns, Earl Watson, Marie, Iwo, Marty-Original Joe's SF, President Bill Clinton, Ann Stock, President Vladimir Putin, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, BB King, Naeemah Hicks, Lindsay Brust, Wynton Marsalis, Todd Barkan-Jazz at Lincoln Center, Lionel Hampton, Lou Colombo, Tom Tuson-Hammond Organ Center, Paul Ellington, Chuck & Alan Colin & family-Colin Publishing, Rich Haupt, Peter Valentyne, Pete Fogel-Le Bar Bat, Bruce & Charlotte Mager-Waves NY, Alan Hall, Tracey Baumler, Ann, Terry, Cortt, Rhett Dunlap, Genevieve Frizzell, Louie Peterson, Gary Peterson, Dieter Schnapka, Uwe Gehring-(Wesley G), Giovanni Gulino, Sgt. Bill Hickman-AFN Radio, Charly Hosenseidl, Cordelia von Gymnich-Messe Frankfurt, Lynn & Victor-Hotel Charlotte Groveland CA, Deszon X. Claiborne, Steve Campos, Harvey Wainapel, Joachim & Rosi Griebe, Marcy Drexler, Ariane Klaening, Yutaka Hada-CASIO, Sergei Belov, Elke Abate, Ralf Hoffmann, Andreas Mautner, Norbert Hilbich, Andreas Sennheiser, Bobby & Joanne Nathan, Sgt. Al Wittig, Dan & Roberta Mockensturm, Rudy Hurwich family, Matthew Terada, Waichiro Tachikawa, Yu Beniya-Suzuki Corp. Frank Pohl, Tino Pavlis, Yucel Ali Atiker, Bert Gerecht, Wendy & Lauren Roberts-Jazz Foundation of America, Laurence Donahue-Greene AllAboutJazz, Derek Sivers-CD Baby.com, Scott Cooper family, Bryan Tracy, Carl Spencer, Paul Pesco, John & Teresa Nash, Khalil-Hammondbeat, Angelo Dipippo, Regina Snilovic, Schnulze Harburg, Jon Herington, John Valente, James, Tarek-Birdland NY, Don Williams, Jimmy McGriff, Barbara FangLin family, Greg Errico, David Kaprilik, Charlene Berger, Osamu Yamamoto, Midori Ono, Marty Napoleon, Igor Flach, Pete Fallico, Jun Takayama, Doug Levine-VOA, Nana Gongadze, Pete Escovedo, Janie Harris, Stefan Klemm, Frank Marocco, Chet Helms, Dana Gioia-National Endowment for the Arts, John Entwistle, Jay Dedman, Wanda Sanchez, Petrof Piano family, Nat Friedman, Sam Wilcox, Pat & Sandy Moriarty family, Steven Eaklor, Mustafa Jammal family, Hans Romanov, Stefan Hantel, Michelle Webb, Jo Mikovic, Cab Calloway, Bill Cosby, Mimi Farina, Dick Mithun-The Site Recording, Suzanne Ciani, Gerald Lubarsky, Elizabeth Chapman, George Greif, Beatrix Rief, Pete Vogt, Greta & Joe Chow-Card Photo SF, Rossa & Moritz Peters, George Brown, David Fathead Newman, Andy Warhol, Bill Beer, Lee Oskar, Dr. John, Terry Haggerty, Bruce Hatch family, Rick Wilhelm, Tommy Costa, Bob Brumbeloe, Buddy Rich, Howard Plotkin, Dennis Finnegan, Louis Nanassy, Jane Dornacker, Steve Smith-AMPEX, Bob Moog, Louis Baldonieri, Victor Owens, George Carlin, Marshall & Krisanne Olson, Leslie Levitas, Teresa Nelson, Rodney Choy, Clayton Smity-SF Sheriff's Dept., Heinz von Hermann, Wolfram Knauer, Alex Ligertwood, John Lee Hooker, Capt. Paul Bailey-United Airlines, Ana Maria Pena, Lanie Hafer, Barbara Stokes, Yvette Julien, Janet Berka, April Para-UAL, Laurence Cottle, Judit Halmi, Emile van der Zee, Sammy Davis Jr., Herbert Berger, Marie Pragrova, Dale Meyer, Ulrich Tukor, Ray Tubberville, Bernie Fichtner, M. Andre Francis-Radio France Inter, Jane Dong, William & Amy Hu-DG Uniform Tailors, Hal Petcher-Guitronics, Les Paul, Kim Delevett-SWA, John Mader, Christian Munchinger, Art Van Damme, Dick Contino, Joris Dudli, Tyrone Starks, Dennis Hoffman, Randy Allar, Steve Copeman, Boris Blanchet, Dr. Hal & Eva Eisenberg family, Sylvia & Morris Simon family, Howard Johnson, Tim Cain, Don Dean, Don Wehr, Tony Rossell, Daniel McKinnon, Juergen Wolf-IAJO, Charlotte Aphibal-Lufthansa, Amy Curtis, David Haynes, Neil & Vera Witchard, Richard Sharpe, Tip O'Neil, Francois Chassagnite, Tom Plate, Capt. George Apistolas, Dr. Rudi Petroll, Cindy Blackman,Wallace Roney Dr. Jack Adler family, Jack Wilkins, Dieter Lubke, Sourdough Slim, Richard Werthner, Carla Caccavale, Teresa Martinez-Westin Rio Mar Beach, Bill Cosby, Ron Polte, Gary Duncan, Pat Martino, Mic Gilette, Al DiMeola, Capt. Korres, Dean Kamei, Tim Armacost, Jeff Samaha-NBC, Paul Shaffer, Joan Baez, Ken Hayes Jr., Ron Eckstein, Tripp, Nils Gessinger, Uwe Petersen, Sandra Hempel, Robert Doehring, Paul Marx & Lynne Bertrand-KBON, Johannes Koppen, Peter & Sigi Tangermann family, Pat & Randy Klock-Opera Plaza SF, Danny Leventhal, Zak Starkey, Jerry Figone, Raul Rekow, Goersch family, Ulrich Vormehr, Richard Gaule-Soups, Suzie Gagnon, Frederic Charest-Cirque Du Soleil Band, Roman Kaplan-Russian Samovar, Jeanne Moos, Tim & Kevin Curry-Carroll Musical Instrument Rental, Kevin Struthers, Jean Thill, Rodney Durr-Kennedy Center, Allan Chao, LaDee Streeter, Dwight Dickerson, Ray Charles, Jaco Pastorius, Linda Tillery, Paul Kantner, Chick Corea, Kalena Preston, Hendrik Maier, Terry Pimsleur, Dan Rather, Margo & Brian Shandblatt family, Detlev Reimann, Roger's Kiste-Stuttgart, Michael Kersting, Carol Kaye, Billy Drewes, Maggie Bell, Sonny Stitt, Wild Bill Davis, Oliver Groenewald, Ingo Sens, Bob Morton, Cynthia Tornquist, Mac Seshimoto, Herbert Zorn-Groove City/FSK Radio Hamburg, Lars Karstensen, Olga Arvaniti-Hotel Turm Frankfurt, Margie Glad, Andrea English, Marietta Violetta Windhorst, Sgt. Rick Brown, Specialist Nicky Kiers, Ralph Stinson-AFN, Robert Cohen & Assoc., Anton Baronin, Vitaly Solomonov, Alexander Dovgoboly, Igor Butman Bigband, Oleg Butman, George Clinton, Vladimir Danilin, Alexei Kuznezov, Retha Herne, Bruce A. Douglas, Charles Huggins-See's Candy, Leslie Stewart, Ken Shapero-Jazz Factory, Kathleen Lawton, Don Menza, Commodore Hotel SF: Bina, Joseph, Melanie, Gitanjali, Jeff, Jeff Mason, Anatoly Kiryushkin, Igor Moskvichev, Steven King, Paul Gaist, Sergei Manoukian, Alex Rostotsky, Bill Cobham, Silvia Pagni, Gunther Zint, Cyril Moshkow, Sergei Shidlouskij, Ryo Kawasaki, AND all our viewers of The Jon Hammond Show over the last 21 years!
Jon Hammond would especially like to thank:

Jennifer Frizzell, Marco Galeazzi, Donatella Milella, Roberto Lucanero, Nello Gabrielloni & family-Excelsior CEMEX Accordions, Glenn Derringer, Michael Maier-Falkenstein, Mario Tettamanti, Rossano Chiaramoni-RCH Cases, Joe Aloia, Superlux Microphones-Goang Fann Co. Ltd.-Jenny Shen, Nico Teng, David Liu, Heda family, Barbara K. Starner-Remin Kart-A-Bag, Richard McDonald-Fender Co., Benny Golson, Kenny Burrell, Pamela Sylvain-United Airlines, Gary Walker, Brian Delp, Cephas Bowles, Rhonda Hamilton-WBGO 88.3FM, Chuy Varela, Chris Cortez-KCSM 91.1FM, Fred Noe III-Jim Beam Brands, Eugen Hahn-Jazzkeller Frankfurt, Noel Hayes-KPOO, Keith West-KVMR 89.5FM, Vasja Ivanovski-FM 2 Macedonia, Knut Benzner, Tobias Hartmann, Lutz & Gide Buchner-NDR Radio, Heinz Lichius, Gunther & Krystyna Tietze-Polka Bar, Dieter & Ralph Reichert-Birdland Hamburg, Jo-Jo Tucksen-Jazzkeller Hofheim, Tony Lakatos, Kevin Mauder, Uli Olshausen, Bobbie Webb, Guenter Hottmann-HR Radio, Igor & Oksana Butman, Eduard Zizak, Faina Antonova, Marat Garipov, Claus Rotthoff-Musikhaus Rotthoff, Gideon Schier, Robert & Otmar Hutya, Tommy Schneider, Ronald ChitTin-Entree GmbH, Francoise Pujol, Andre Thus, Bob Scott, Ronnie Smith Jr., Alex Budman, Larry Schneider, John & Mai Bishop, Marc Baum, Chris van den Bergh, Bob Barsotti, Peter, Bettike, Dharma Barsotti, Mick Brigden, Scott Rootenberg, Bill Graham, Eddie Money, Jim Thorsen, Terri Price, Matthew & Terence Hallinan family, Susan Bernstein, Bruce Harrison, Sharon Levy, Mitchell Redman, Teddy Fung, Maria Ciaccia, Jim Kelly, James Leary, Dana Rivers-Heath, Frank Vavosa, Sylvia, Thomas & Simon-Hotel Pacific Hamburg, Karen Newman-Messe Frankfurt/Hong Kong, Danny Woody-Portman Ritz Carlton Shanghai, Willie Brown, Maria Tschirgi-Local 6 SF, Oscar Meyers, Erica Brescia-T-Mobile SF, Andy Christo, Christine Adams, Kevin Friedrich, Harley Jones,-Accordions Worldwide, Alex Accordions NYC, John & Jonna Godtfredsen, Clarence "Tootsie" Bean, Prof. Bruce Lilienthal, Erik Hargrove, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt, Jon Paris, Rudy Lawless, Lazy Larry Fredsen, Al & Leslie Wilcox, Al Jazzbeaux Collins, Saul & Goldie Levin, Olivier Hutman, Lydia Fischer, Dr. Iraj Akhavan, Dan Marks, Vitali Imereli, Matt Dillon, Dr. Vartan Ghugasian, Joe Franklin, Marisa Redanti-MPTA, Antje von Rein, Louie Bellson, Ron Carter, George Burns, Earl Watson, Marie, Iwo, Marty-Original Joe's SF, President Bill Clinton, President Vladimir Putin, BB King, Naeemah Hicks, Lindsay Brust, Wynton Marsalis, Todd Barkan-Jazz at Lincoln Center, Lionel Hampton, Lou Colombo, Tom Tuson, Paul Ellington, Rich Haupt, Peter Valentyne, Pete Fogel, Alan Hall, Tracey Baumler, Ann, Terry, Cortt, Rhett Dunlap, Genevieve Frizzell, Louie Peterson, Gary Peterson, Dieter Schnapka, Sgt. Bill Hickman-AFN Radio, Cordelia von Gymnich-Messe Frankfurt, Harvey Wainapel, Joachim & Rosi Griebe, Marcy Drexler, Ariane Klaening, Yutaka Hada-CASIO, Elke Abate, Ralf Hoffmann, Andreas Mautner, Norbert Hilbich, Andreas Sennheiser, Sgt. Al Wittig, Dan Mockensturm, Rudy Hurwich, Matthew Terada, Waichiro Tachikawa, Yu Beniya-Suzuki Corp. 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