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Jon Hammond
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
Tags
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' ...
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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