Jon,
Welcome to the Jazz Appreciation community. I love your work. Are you going to be in Texas anytime soon. What is your schedule during Jazz Appreciation Month (April). I would like to feature and promote several legends during April 2008. We are working with The Main Street Blues Room in Historic Grapevine, Texas and other venues throughout Texas.
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Hometown:
New York City
About Me:
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.
*Performing solo in Hospitals, Nursing Homes regularly. Bandleader for annual overseas dates for over 20 years.
*Musician: Jon Hammond is one of the premier B3 PLAYERS in the world. Jon has played professionally since age 12. Beginning as a solo accordionist, he later played Hammond B3 organ in a number of important San Francisco bands. His all original group HADES opened shows for Tower of Power, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Michael Bloomfield. Eddie Money and Barry Finnerty became musical associates.
Moving East he attended Berklee College of Music and played venues as diverse as Boston's "Combat Zone" in the striptease clubs during the '70's and the exclusive Wychmere Harbor Club in Cape Cod, where he was house organist with Lou Colombo.
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Welcome to the Jazz Appreciation community. I love your work. Are you going to be in Texas anytime soon. What is your schedule during Jazz Appreciation Month (April). I would like to feature and promote several legends during April 2008. We are working with The Main Street Blues Room in Historic Grapevine, Texas and other venues throughout Texas.