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Cha Cha Cha in INDRA ! JON HAMMOND Band
On the same stage where The Beatles played first in Hamburg in 1960 pre-Ringo, JON HAMMOND Band performing Cha Cha Cha version of Theme From Black Orpheus. Lutz   more...Buechner - tenor sax, Heinz Lichius - drums, Joe Berger - guitar, Jon Hammond - XB-2 Organ as heard on HammondCast Early Edition KYOU Radio ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com Special Thanks: ILLUSTRATORP, Knut Benzner, NDR Radio, JENNIFER - Camera *Note: Jon Hammond has also played on Reeperbahn in Regina Niteclub, Schmidt's Theatre, Skurillum, Top 10 Club, Mojo Club, Schlachthof  less

interesting aint it?

Jon Hammond breaking out one of first 10 pieces of Hammond XB-2 organ, Paul Schaffer got one also, special thanks Glenn Derringer. For Matt DeMatt's Birthday Party Thurs. night June 27th 1991 Jon wheeled   more...it down 10th Ave. to Spo-Dee-O-Dee Club in NYC. No keyboard stand yet even so put it up on 2 chairs back-to-back with the trio, Barry Finnerty gtr., Ray Grappone drums and Jon at XB-2 org doing a standard from The Jon Hammond Show TV Show "Pocket Funk". In the house were David Cone of NY Yankees and many Glitterati. Victoria on cowbell, good party! Matt has a club called Gaslight now in the Meat Packing District NY and Jon is host of daily radio show HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com  less

Heinz Lichius flew all the way from Hamburg Germany, cleared customs with his wife and baby daughter..checked in to Hotel Carter and got to the gig 40 minutes before the hit at Cleo's with Jon Hammond   more...Band! Here they play Jon's theme song Late Rent for his long-running TV & Radio shows, next band up was Manny Duran (RIP) June 11, 1926 - October 30, 2006. Tim Armacost - tenor sax, Joe Berger - gtr, Heinz Lichius - drms, Jon Hammond - XB-2 organ as heard on HammondCast KYOU KYCY Radio 1550 AM ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com "The FINGERS...are the SINGERS!"  less

Classic Jazz Ballad "Easy Living" in Ritz-Carlton Hotel Jazz Bar SHANGHAI CHINA, with Jon Hammond at the XB-2 Organ, Danny Woody - drums, Billy Marcus - piano, Donald Jackson -bass, Claus Rueckbeil   more...(from Berlin) - guitar. Catch Jon's daily radio show HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY Radio 1550 AM http://www.HammondCast.com  less

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Lou Donaldson on Jon Hammond's HammondCast Show for KYOU Radio. Lou was born November 1, 1926 is a jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Badin, North Carolina. Hear Lou speak with Jon about catching Possums   more...in the grave yard, his 75 album discography and many things that will surprise you! Recorded in Zebra Room of Lenox Lounge, Harlem New York. ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com  less

'The Bishop' John Bishop (guitar) feature on Hammond's Moanin' Blues, JON HAMMOND Blues Band at 19 Broadway Niteclub in Fairfax CA. Nobody in the Bay Area can lay down a shuffle like Ronnie Smith Jr.   more...(drums), Alex Budman (tenor) and leader Jon Hammond at his well-traveled Hammond XB-2 organ just back from Germany tour Sept. 4, 2004 playing through 1965 Fender Twin Reverb amp once owned by John McFee (Clover, Doobie Brothers). John Bishop had just returned to SF from 2 years in Louisville Kentucky and has since moved to Baton Rouge Louisiana home of Jon's old friend Percy Sledge. X-Tremely Funky! c)2007 http://www.HammondCast.com catch Jon's daily radio show HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM SF CA.  less

this is my gram and my cuzin playin the orgin. my cuz is 8 and she's doing great! they are both playing! polka...yes we are Polish!

Presented by City Hall San Francisco & Local 6: JON HAMMOND Band on front lawn of the beautiful SF City Hall during lunch hour free concert. JON HAMMOND at the B3 Organ along with Harvey Wainapel   more...tenor, Steve Campos flugel horn, Barry Finnerty gtr. & James Preston drms. of Sons of Champlin band playing JH Band original "Nu Funk" (Hip Hop Chitlins). *Note: Jon's organ bench fell out of the truck on Polk St. (was recovered) One of Jon's famous sayings: "It's easier to find an Organ with no Bench than a Bench without an Organ" !
Catch Jon Hammond's daily radio show HammondCast 7 early-mornings a week on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM (CBS) in San Francisco c)2007 http://www.HammondCast.com Camera: Derek Tracy *Spcl. thanks Mayor Willie Brown & Lexi Peyer sfgov.org  less

This remarkable film documents 3/17 1994 AFN POWERLITE Show live broadcast of JON HAMMOND Band playing and talking on-air with host MARGIE GLAD 'The Voice of AFN Europe" 873 AM/MW at that time. First-ever   more...public performance of original composition "Nu Funk" ("Hip Hop Chitlins"). The broadcast was heard world-wide and recorded and later released on Jon Hammond's album "Late Rent". James Preston of band Sons of Champlin drums, Barry Finnerty gtr., Jon Hammond XB-2 organ/bass Joe Berger audio. *Special thanks: Marietta Windhorst, Andrea English (Prdcr.), David Osterloh, and the Crew at AFN Frankfurt Headquarters. *Note: Jon was pushing Musikmesse Frankfurt, their show next night at Brotfabrik with spcl. guest LEE OSKAR also on the web and Joan Baez & Mimi Farina Bread and Roses Orgnization for whom he has performed numerous shows in homeless shelters, hospitals and nursing homes.
c)2007 * http://www.HammondCast.com Jon's radio show HammondCast is heard daily early mornings on KYOU & KYCY 1550AM SF CA and streaming worldwide http://www.kyouradio.com  less

Jon Hammond Trio at BRUNO'S LOUNGE with Jon playing the Hammond model BV organ that was there since the 40's until somebody recently absconded with it! Camera by Jennifer, Charles Mcneal tenor sax, Ronnie   more...Smith Jr. drums playing bossa nova classic Shadow of Your Smile as heard on Jon's daily radio show HammondCast early mornings on KYOU & KYCY Radio 1550AM in San Francisco. c)2007 http://www.HammondCast.com
Bruno's Lounge, San Francisco, Charles Mcneal, Jon Hammond, BV Organ, Ronnie Smith Jr., Drums, Tenor Sax, Bossa Nova, HammondCast, KYOU KYCY Radio  less

This film will blow your mind...especially for followers of NY's The Jon Hammond Show TV show on MCTV, Time Warner & RCN in Manhattan and the Bronx. 3 of the original Late Rent Session Men 15 years   more...after the original sessions in the studio where John Lennon recorded, Intergalactic Studios: TODD ANDERSON - tenor, BARRY FINNERTY - guitar and JON HAMMOND at B3 Organ, joined by drummer JORIS DUDLI from Vienna Austria doing a JH Show standard "POCKET FUNK" (don't leave a Kleenex in your pocket when you do the laundry!) The camera takes you right on to the bandstand of this legendary now defunct NYC nightspot...(with plenty of light) *Special thanks to Bobbie & George of the Savoy and Adam Scone ('who will be known') *Note: Jon is still doing The Jon Hammond Show on MNN TV on Time Warner & RCN NYC 24th year now and the HammondCast Radio Show 7 days a week on KYOU & KYCY 1550AM in San Francisco CA *Info: http://www.HammondCast.com Jon's records are available on Apple iTunes and major outlets c)2007  less

At High Noon on a hot San Francisco day we hit for the People with my organ quartet *spcl. guest star LARRY SCHNEIDER soprano sax, fellow Berklee Alum RUSS GOLD drms., BARRY FINNERTY gtr., JON HAMMOND   more...leader/organ playing the funky JH composition 'Pocket Funk' through a 1965 Fender Twin Amp that once was onstage at FILLMORE with FLYING CIRCUS guitarist JOHN McFEE (Clover, Doobie Brothers). Catch Jon Hammond's radio show 7 early mornings a week and various times on KYOU & KYCY 1550AM (CBS) HammondCast Show in San Francisco. *Special thanks: Maria Kozak Local 6 Union, CAMERA: Derek Tracy *Info: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2007 JH Intl., Inc./ASCAP  less

Mujo news Production

ON HAMMOND Band paying tribute to Jimmy Smith (RIP) with their rendition of organ blues "James and Wess" at Jon's annual "Musikmesse Warm Up Party" at JAZZKELLER Frankfurt 2007. TONY   more...LAKATOS - Tenor Sax HEINZ LICHIUS - Drums JOE BERGER - Guitar JON HAMMOND - Hammond XK-1 Organ/Bass *JENNIFER - Camera *Special Thanks: EUGEN HAHN Jazzkeller Frankfurt, Messe Frankfurt, Hammond Suzuki Deutschland MICHAEL MAIER FALKENSTEIN, ROY HAMMER - HR Radio Big Band, KYOU Radio, Jon's official site: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2007 JON HAMMOND Intl., Inc.  less

Too many pump organs end up in a dumpster. This one was rescued.

Beres Hammond rippin it...See you in Jamaica.

Richard Hammond Showing He's Crash

Richard Hammond Returns To Top Gear

LOUISVILLE KY: Jon Hammond Quartet, One Night Only w/John Bishop guitar, Ronnie Smith Jr.-drmsLouisville guitarist John Bishop was finishing his Masters Degree in Music at University of Louisville so   more...Jon Hammond took Bay Area musicians Ronnie Smith Jr. (drums), Alex Budman (t.s.) and his XB-2 Hammond organ to play what was originally supposed to be a live radio broadcast, 2 night-gig, turned in to One Night Only and John Bishop burned it up..he was mad at some of the hosers there at the University music program and at the club we were playing. Ronnie Smith Jr. is one of the very best Shuffle & Funk drummers of the Bay Area, Alex Budman on tenor sax and Organist/Leader & Broadcaster Jon Hammond playing theme song "LATE RENT" (a driving Shuffle) of The Jon Hammond Show TV Show and radio show "Jon Hammond's Afternoon Slide" on CBS' KYCY/KYOU M-F with the cats one-time-only in Louisville. CAMERA: JENNIFER...next morning we met Fred Noe III "The Bourbon Ambassador" of Jim Beam Liquors flying out of Louisville/SDF. Spcl. thanks to Martin Z. Kasdan Jr. for the blurb in the paper...Club was PACKED...sold more CD's after the show than ever before! *More info: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2007
ASCAP: http://www.ascap.com/audioportraits/jonhammond.html
and http://www.ascap.com/audioportraits/hammond2006.html
"The FINGERS...are the SINGERS!"  less

Jon Hammond: Jazz Organist & Accordionist, Host of CBS Radio KYCY 1550 AM's "JON HAMMOND'S AFTERNOON SLIDE" M-F 3PM PST aka HammondCast: ...is a blend of funk, swing and soul featuring music   more...and performances from Jon Hammond, one of the premier B3 players in the world. Join Jon every afternoon as he shares selections from his albums and his amazing archives containing live performances that stretch back over 30 years. A legend on both coasts Jon has a unique one of a kind way of blending his experiences with the music. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/?article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/09/PKGU9GIQD81.?DTL HEY, YOU: KYOU Radio (legally KYCY at 1550 AM), with its mix of podcasts and financial advice shows, may not have many listeners (the Oakland A's broadcasts will help), but it's got its believers -- especially radio pros and musicians getting a chance at a regular show. One of them is Jon Hammond, on most weekdays at 3 p.m. "The old-time spirit lives on AM again," says Hammond, an organist. LUTZ BUCHNER-sax, HEINZ LICHIUS-drums, JOE BERGER-guitar, JON HAMMOND-Hammond Organ/Bass *Special Thanks MICHAEL AUGUST *JENNIFER-Camera URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/?JonHammondCast  less