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.
Journalist Ricky Richardson Los Angeles News Observer: “Organist Jon Hammond served up a set of original compositions, funky, swinging jazz and blues to the delight of the crowd gathered at the ADJ Arena Plaza Stage."
Funky Swinging Jazz and Blues instrumentals original compositions by organist Jon Hammond featuring international soloists. As seen on cable TV for 38 years Jon Hammond Show, long-running music, travel and soft news program. Jon Hammond and band members have been performing at NAMM Shows and Frankfurt musikmesse for 33 years, as well as Music China, Japan Musical Instruments Fair and toured Germany with 21 piece Landesjugendjazzorchester German Youth Jazz Orchestra. ASCAP Composer Publisher and Member American Federation of Musicians Local 6 and Local 802, 2014 NAMM Believe in Music award recipient.
NAMM Show Sessions April 13th - on behalf of Jon Hammond Funk Unit folks, saddened to hear of Wayne Shorter's passing - we are looking forward to kicking things off again when the doors open at Anaheim Convention Center play some funk for ya'!
Happy to have back on the band my longtime friend tenor saxophonist Marc Baum, first time welcoming Nic Kubes drums
Hammond Report October 1 2021 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from Jon Hammond the organ player & accordionist, today's music story is about playing in an event honoring Mr. James Leary in Holy Cross Church (Times Square), it was the first time I played in a church - my tune Get Back in The Groove, getting back after a day off - Todd Anderson on tenor, special thanks to Mr. Richard Hunnings and Chapman Roberts getting everything together and Norman Riley longtime assistant to Harry Belafonte did a beautiful job on the sound. The acoustics in there blew me away - my neighbors Warren Benbow & Sipho Kunene kicked in on the drums spontaneously. I filmed the whole event, a lot of super talented neighbors of mine came out and played. Have a beautiful TGIF folks, I'll be back tomorrow,
Hammond Report, 1 October 2021, Playing in a church, Hammond Organ, tenor saxophone, Musician, Stories, podcast, Norman Riley, Jon Hammond, bye bye now
Hammond Report February 15 2021 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's music story about playing jazz gig in
in organ trio plus 2 very special guests: Vladimir Danilin accordion (or Bayan as it is called there) and Alexei Kuznetsov legendary Russian jazz musicians - tenor saxophonist
with a view of Red Square from the 10th floor. Thanks for all the people who came out for our gigs there - I hope to go back someday! Come back tomorrow for another Hammond Report folks,
Hammond Report, 15 February 2021, Jazz Gig, Moscow Russia, Blues, White Nights, Igor Butman, Eduard Zizak, Tenor saxophone, Red Square, Musician Stories, Jon Hammond, bye bye now
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.