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Jon Hammond

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. http://www.HammondCast.com

Awards

NAMM Believe In Music Award Recipient 2014, Certificate of Achievement from Bread and Roses for playing music in Hospital, Homeless Shelters and Prsons

Gear

Hammond B3 Organ, XK-1, XK-3c, XB-2 Hammond organs, Fender amplifiers, Excelsior Accordions, Sennheiser and Superlux microphones


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Radio

Hammondcast Early Edition Show on KYOU Radio 1550 AM 7 Days a Week and Streming Worldwide

Hammondcast Early Edition Show on KYOU Radio 1550 AM 7 Days a Week and Streming Worldwide

Source: All About Jazz

Jon Hammond's radio program “HammondCast Early Edition" is on KYOU Radio 1550 AM, seven days a week 4AM-4:45AM PST and streaming worldwide from KYOURADIO.com. Next Program: HammondCast Early Edition HammondCast Early Edition KYOU Radio 1550 AM, 3rd year retrospective--some of Jon Hammond's picks: Jon's famous story about the air cleaner in Jazzkeller Frankfurt club, a 1971 performance in Provo Park of HADES rock band. Jon & Eddie Money “I've Been Missing YOU too Long" and broadcasting legend Al Jazzbeaux Collins' ...

Kieler Nachtrichten: "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."
Primary Instrument

Organ, Hammond B3

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Keynote presentation "Classic Hammond Sound...in a Suitcase!"™ Ringwood Australia 2009 Attended Berklee College of Music 1974, Major: Arranging and Composition Seminars and Workshops in Germany & Czech Republic. *Reference: Maria Kozak, Secretary Local 6 Musicians Union tel. 415-575-0777

Clinic/Workshop Information

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

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

NDR SESSIONS Projekt

Ham-Berger-Friz Records
2009

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