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Tardo Hammer

Born: February 26, 1958

Born in Queens, New York in 1958, Tardo Hammer began playing piano at age 5, and after dabbling with clarinet and guitar, returned to piano at age 13. By his mid teenage years he was listening heavily to jazz recordings of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and others and teaching himself to play that music on the piano and with other young musicians

Hammer's first professional appearance was on New Year's Eve, 1973, when he and five other fifteen year olds entertained the revelers with renditions of Ornithology, Four, Round Midnight, Scrapple From the Apple, Buzzy and So What. They were fired shortly before midnight.

Hey Love!

By Lucy Yeghiazaryan

Label: La Reserve
Released: 2026
Track listing: Next Spring; Hey Love! / I Thought About You; Tonight I Shall Sleep With A Smile on my Face; Blow Top Blues; Love is a Simple Thing; Witchcraft; Lover Man; Loads of Love; Come Dance with Me; Dedicated to You.

Lucy Yeghiazaryan: Hey Love!

by Pierre Giroux
June 29, 2026

It is always a treat to hear a singer who trusts the song. On Hey Love!, recorded at Van Gelder Studios in October 2025, Lucy Yeghiazaryan takes the direct route, usually the most forgiving. There are no conceptual detours here, no attempts to modernize the Great American Songbook by dismantling it. Instead, Yeghiazaryan takes control of ...

Lucy Yeghiazaryan: Hey Love!

by Katchie Cartwright
June 19, 2026

The excellent New York-based singer Lucy Yeghiazaryan and her stellar band may have you thinking back to Carmen McRae in the 1950s as you listen to Hey Love!--groups with Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, and other hard bop-era musicians. On her 2026 release, Yeghiazaryan has the ubiquitous Peter Washington on bass and Kenny Washington on drums, with ...

Next Spring

By Grant Stewart

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: Next Spring; Kiss & Run; Nefertiti; Father Flanagan; I Know That You Know; May in June; Introspection; I Won’t Dance; There’s No You.

Grant Stewart: Next Spring

by Pierre Giroux
November 29, 2025

Grant Stewart's Next Spring reaffirms his position as a leading figure in the current mainstream jazz scene. With his strong tone and deeply swinging phrasing, Stewart again channels the legacies of Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, and Joe Henderson, yet his voice remains distinctly his own. Recorded at the iconic Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, ...

Grant Stewart: Next Spring

by Jack Bowers
November 16, 2025

There aren't many jazz saxophonists who can hold the floor and the listener's ear through an entire album without ever sounding banal or redundant. Here is one who can. Next Spring is renowned tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart's fifth recording for Cory Weeds' Cellar Music Group, and if it includes any moments that are less than engaging, ...

Tom Harrell, Michael Dease, Eric Jacobson, Caity Gyorgy and more

by Benjamin Boddie
September 11, 2024

Today's Music--Right Now!... Fantastic music by Tom Harrell, Michael Dease, Eric Jacobson, Caity Gyorgy, Shelly Berg, Thom Rotella, Danny Jonokuchi, Bevan Manson, Wayne Escoffery, Jonathan Powell, Emmet Cohen, Hyeseon Hong, Warren Wolf, The Crew, Ben Wolfe, Christopher Parnis, Diego Fugueiredo, Zack Foey, Michael O'Neill, City Of Four and more. Playlist Tom Harrell “Chalcedon" from ...

Brian Ho, Louis Hayes, Markus Howell, Judith Owen and more

by Benjamin Boddie
August 7, 2024

Today's Music--Right Now!... Fantastic music by Brian Ho, Louis Hayes, Markus Howell, Ken Peplowski, Win Pongsakorn, Jeff Coffin, Lakecia Benjamin, Josh Lawrence, Clarence Penn, Alan Braufman, Seve Turre, Tim Lin, Tardo Hammer, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Matthew Whitaker, Bobby Broom, Neil Adler, Nancy Erickson Lamont, Judith Owen, John Lee and more. Playlist Brian ...

Lakecia Benjamin, Milton Suggs, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Ken Peplowski and more

by Benjamin Boddie
July 31, 2024

Today's Music--Right Now!... Fantastic music by Lakecia Benjamin, Milton Suggs, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Ken Peplowski, Addison Frei, Tardo Hammer, Isrea Butler, Brian Landrus, Chris McDonald, John Lee, Markus Howell, Stuart Mack, Alexander Claffy, Kerry Politzer, Lisa Rich, Tim Lin, Irina Zubareva, Ambere Weekes, Eliane Elias, Something Else and more. Playlist Lakecia ...