1993 JON HAMMOND Band with all star lineup opening the scene by bringing in for first time ALEX FOSTER saxophonist of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Band searing solo featured on this film in intimate setting playing   more...Jon's hit composition "LYDIA'S TUNE", JON HAMMOND at the XB-2 Hammond Organ with Rhythm Section of RAY GRAPPONE drms CHUGGY CARTER perc BARRY FINNERTY gtr, Jon just back in New York from living in Paris where he composed the song. Catch Jon's radio show HammondCast 7 mornings a week on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM CBS San Francisco CA http://www.HammondCast.com c)2007 / ASCAP many have followed.  less

JON HAMMOND Band made 'Accordion History' at Frankfurt Musikmesse playing Rock Excelsior Accordion through 2 full stacks of Marshall Amps like Jimi Hendrix ! With ERIK HARGROVE drummer of James Brown   more...Soul Generals, KEVIN MAUDER (he plays louder) tenor sax, TYRONE STARKS trombone playing Jon's Soul Rock compositions "Get Back In The Groove" and theme song "Late Rent". This was Jon's 21st consecutive year playing at Musikmesse instrument trade show. Special thanks to the Musicians, Excelsior CEMEX, Neil Witchard & Frankfurt Messe. Catch Jon's radio show HammondCast 7 days a week, KYOU 1550AM c)2007 http://www.HammondCast.com  less

Earlier this day Jon Hammond Blues Band played live on AFN Europe Radio 'Powerlite Show' at Frankfurt Headquarters on The Power Network 871 AM/MW. The crowd who came to hear the show that night at Brotfabrik   more...in Frankfurt Hausen Bachmannst. 2-4 got a special treat when Jon introduced his special guest LEE OSKAR : There is no one in the pop music world quite like Lee Oskar. His unique role as a founding member and former lead harmonica player for the pioneer funk/jazz group, WAR, won him international renown for over two and a half decades (1969-1993). Oskar's signature harp solos helped to define the WAR sound from the band's beginning, Lee blew the roof off of the place with Jon Hammond Blues Band including James Preston of Sons of Champlin drms., Barry Finnerty gtr. and Jon Hammond at the organ. Joe Berger mixed the sound. Enjoy! *Catch Jon Hammond's daily radio show HammondCast on KYOU 1550AM in San Francisco daily 4AM c)2007 http://www.HammondCast.com  less

This remarkable Broadcast Film goes inside AFN EUROPE Headquarters Studios with bandleader Jon Hammond at Hammond organ and speaking about Musikmesse with Army Specialist Nikki Kiers on March 14, 1996.   more...*Special Guest Star: Tony Lakatos (tenor sax) Engineered by Joe Berger, Barry Finnerty (gtr), Andreas Neubauer (drms) playing Jon Hammond composition "Head Phone" *Camera: Frank Poehl. Special thanks: Hammond Suzuki Deutschland, Sennheiser and AFN EUROPE, The Power Network! c)2007 JON HAMMOND Intl., Inc. http://www.HammondCast.com  less

New Orleans By The Bay Festival put on by Bill Graham Presents for 14 years at Shoreline Ampitheatre, JON HAMMOND Band laying down some Oakland Funk 'Head Phone' with Larry Schneider tenor saxophone,   more...James Preston of Sons of Champlin drums, Barry Finnerty guitar and Jon Hammond at the B3 Organ with XB-2 on top and Excelsior Accordion, 122 Leslie was the set up. *Special thanks: Mick Brigden and Tim Anderson BGP Presents, See's Candy *Camera by Derek Tracy c)2007 *info: http://www.HammondCast.com / ASCAP  less

This outstanding 1989 film clip captures the excitement and up-close look at the very-first pairing up of organist JON HAMMOND'S combo with studio drummer BERNARD PURDIE playing the Lee Morgan classic   more..."SIDEWINDER" including solo by Bernard. Bernard's 2 children were in the house that night along with musicians including HUGH MASAKELA at MIKELL'S on Columbus & W.97th St. which was the traditional "musicians hang" in those days. Jon broke out his mint 1959 Hammond B3 for the occasion, enjoy! *More Info: http://www.HammondCast.com Musicians: JON HAMMOND-B3 organ, ALEX FOSTER-sax, BARRY FINNERTY-gtr., CHUGGY CARTER-perc., BERNARD PURDIE-drums *Note: Jon Hammond is Host of CBS Radio daily program "Jon Hammond's Afternoon Slide" M-F 3PM PST KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM, 23rd year TV Show and touring world wide.  less

Jon Hammond Band performing 12th consecutive year in Jazzkeller Hofheim annual "Musikmesse Session"
Jon's composition "WHITE ONIONS" featuring tenor saxophonist of HR Radio Big Band
  more...RAINER HEUTE - tenor saxophone
JOE BERGER - guitar
HEINZ LICHIUS - drums
JON HAMMOND - XB-2 Hammond organ
April 3, 2009 © JON HAMMOND Intl./ASCAP http://www.jonhammondband.com
Catch Jon every day on KYOU Radio HammondCast Show FSB = Funk Soul Blues and more.

Rainer Heute, Joe Berger, Heinz Lichius, Jon Hammond, Jazzkeller Hofheim, Jazz, Funk, Soul, Blues, Organ, Musikmesse, am Taunus, KYOU Radio, HammondCast  less

CLAP BAND performing some of their Greatest Hits such as "Step Stool" and "That's Our Soul and It's In My House" Presented by
The JON HAMMOND Band on 6th St. in San Francisco CA a   more...few years ago.
CLAP BAND: Axel Geddes and Hal Pearlman
JON HAMMOND Band: Larry Schneider tenor sax, Ronnie Smith drums, Bob Brumbeloe guitar, Jon Hammond organ "Shadow of your Smile"
Catch Jon Hammond daily on HammondCast Show KYOURADIO © http://www.HammondCast.com

Step Stool, Clap Band, Jon Hammond, 6th Street, San Francisco, Larry Schneider, Jazz, Bob Brumbeloe, Ronnie Smith, Organ, Fillmore, Bill Graham Presents, Tracy King  less

Historic Live performance of CLAP BAND Hal Pearlman and Axel Geddes doing "This is My Notebook" at 6th Street Harm Reduction Center San Francisco
with Late Rent introduction by Jon Hammond and   more...Band with Larry Schneider tenor sax Ronnie Smith drums Bob Brumbeloe guitar Jon Hammond at the organ.
Special thanks Ken Hayes Jr., Honarable Terence Hallinan, Monkees, Fillmore Auditorium and Bill Graham Presents © JH INTL. http://www.HammondCast.com

Clap Band, Hal Pearlman, Axel Geddes, Jon Hammond, Monkees, Notebook, Organ, Hands together, HammondCast, KYOURADIO, Fillmore, Bill Graham Presents  less

Jon Hammond Band performing theme song "Late Rent" in LE BAR BAT NYC
ALEX FOSTER tenor sax of Saturday Night Live Band
CHUGGY CARTER percussion
JAMES PRESTON drums of Sons of Champlin
BARRY FINNERTY   more...guitar
JON HAMMOND organ
*as heard on The Jon Hammond Show TV Show and HammondCast Show KYOURADIO
©JON HAMMOND Intl. ASCAP http://www.jonhammondband.com

Jon Hammond Band, Alex Foster, Saturday Night Live, James Preston, Sons of Champlin, Chuggy Carter, Barry Finnerty, Organ, Jazz, Funky, HammondCast, KYOURADIO  less

1994 performance of "Hip Hop Chitlins" JON HAMMOND Band onstage in Frankfurt at Jazz Kneipe club where
Jon played 207 gigs while living in Frankfurt with many musicians and sometimes solo at   more...the organ.
Joined here by old band mates James Preston drums of Sons of Champlin, Barry Finnerty guitar and Sgt. Al Wittig
of U.S. Airforce Kaiserslautern. Also cameos by Jo Mikovich tenor sax and Harry Petersen alto.
Special thanks to Regina who finally shut the club down about 10 years ago and moved to Spain, I hope she will see this!
A few glitches from very old video which survived many journeys since.
Thanks to all the Frankfurters, Frankfurt rocks! sincerely, Jon Hammond & Band © http://www.jonhammondband.com

Jazz Kneipe, Frankfurt, Jon Hammond Band, James Preston, Sons of Champlin, Sgt. Al Wittig, Barry Finnerty, Berlinerstrasse, AFN Europe, Organ, Funky, Chitlins, Hammond Cast, KYOURADIO  less

JON HAMMOND Band performing Jon's theme song "Late Rent" in VILLON Hamburg at Multimedia Event collaboration with ILLUSTRATORP aka Michael August:
Quartet on 'World's Smallest Stage':
Gabriel   more...Coburger - tenor sax
Heinz Lichius - drums
Joe Berger - guitar
Jon Hammond - Hammond Organ
©JH INTL./ASCAP http://www.HammondCast.com
Camera: Jennifer
spcl. thanks Henry

Villon, Hamburg, Knut Benzner, Michael August, ILLUSTRATORP, Jazz Funky, Hammond Organ, Hauptbahnhof, HammondCast, KYOURADIO, Learjet, Mercedes Benz, International  less

Jon Hammond Band performing "New Czechoslovakian Salsa Song" in Jazzkeller Frankfurt co-composed by Jon Hammond with Czechoslovakian Salsa King Saul Salsakovitch:
TONY LAKATOS - tenor sax
HEINZ   more...LICHIUS - drums
JOE BERGER - guitar
JON HAMMOND - organ / bass ©JON HAMMOND Intl.,/ASCAP http://www.HammondCast.com
Jon Hammond's Annual "Musikmesse Warm Up Party"

Hammond Organ, Learjet, Salsa, Czechoslovakia, Megayacht, Jazz, Funky, Rolls Royce, HammondCast, KYOURADIO  less

ALEX LIGERTWOOD on HammondCast
Alex Ligertwood, Scottish R & B Soul Singer / Guitarist on HammondCast Show for KYOURADIO with Jon Hammond. Hear Alex and Jon speak about Alex’ musical career spanning   more...from his bands including Brian Auger and the Oblivion Express, AWB / Average White Band, Jeff Beck, Maggie Bell, David Sanchez Band in Woodstock, Carlos Santana Band, Troque with drummer Andre Ceccarelli in France and his current project and upcoming album with David Garfield and friends. Alex has an extensive discography, check him out on MySpace and alexligertwood.com ©2008 JH INTL. http://www.HammondCast.com  less

Jon Hammond Band featuring Hungarian tenor saxophonist Tony Lakatos, Guenter Bollmann trombone and Heinz Lichius drums, Jon Hammond on XK-1 organ / bass in Jazzkeller Frankfurt for annual Musikmesse Warm   more...Up Party 2008 ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com *onstage camera digital audio  less

Jon Hammond covering JESSE MONEY and EDDIE MONEY at BB KIng's NYC Jan. 31st 2008, Jesse covering Janice Joplin's TURTLE BLUES. Check out Jesse Money on MySpace http://www.myspace.com/jessiemoney and Eddie   more...at http://www.eddiemoney.com Jon Hammond of HammondCast ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com  less

Organist Jon Hammond jamming with Joe Berger (guitar) on Jon's tune "Soon I Will Be Free" in Joe's NYC Studio, Ham-Berger Action! ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com

Incredible funky solo from veteran Bermuda born drummer Clarence TOOTSIE Bean, Guitarist MATT Smith from Chop Shop burning it up, young BRETT Ryan sax (1st NYC gig!) with organist leader JON Hammond Band   more...at Cleopatra's Needle Restaurant on Broadway and W.92nd St. NYC, playing funky 'Head Phone' just after voting day. Support Tootsie through this difficult time, we love you Tootsie! This is the real deal here folks ©2007 ASCAP http://www.HammondCast.com  less

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

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

This film will crack you up...It was a good night for FSB (Funk Soul & Blues) on May 21 of 1998 in New York City. Jon Hammond brought his band in to the SAVOY LOUNGE on 41st St. across from Port Authority   more...Bus Terminal and next to Carroll Music Instrument Rental & Studios where all the cats rehearsed: On tenor sax Todd Anderson, Joris Dudli on drums, Barry Finnerty guitar and Jon Hammond at the B3 organ playing some of Jon Hammond's classic Funk Soul compositions 'Head Phone' and end of 'Nu Funk ('Hip Hop Chitlins'). Drummer Bernard Purdie had just walked in and the joint was jumping. RIP Savoy Lounge NYC! Catch Jon's daily radio show HammondCast at 4AM PST on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM and streaming world wide http://www.HammondCast.com c)2007/ASCAP To be continued..!  less

I played 207 gigs in the famous JAZZ KNEIPE Frankfurt at Berlinerstr. 70 until Regina the boss finally closed the doors and moved to Spain a few years ago, usually in Duo, sometimes as Trio but more often   more...than not as Solo. This was a special occasion because my bandmates from California came over so I had them on the gig with addition of Sgt. Al Wittig of U.S. Air Force on tenor, James Preston of Sons of Champlin band drums, Barry Finnerty gtr., myself Jon Hammond at XB-2 Hammond organ. This was a very special place frequented by all the musicians after there gigs. A 5 hour gig until wee hours of the morning, Live Music 7 days a week in rotation with musicians like Piano George, Izio Gross, Wilson de Oliveira and members of HR Bigband. Regina introduced me to Tony Lakatos the Hungarian tenor saxophonist who I play with still today. The club was not large but it had a great atmosphere and was always a safe place to hang out until as late as 5AM. Sadly the Jazz Kneipe is still shuttered there on Berlinerstr. directly behind the Frankfurter Hof Hotel. All musicians tip their hat when they pass by. There's a lot of music in those walls!
JH Band original composition "Head Phone" with Atilla Zoller (RIP) in the house that night. c)2007 http://www.HammondCast.com Catch HammondCast Radio Show 7 mornings a week 4AM PST on KYOU 1550AM  less

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

Onstage at former television studio in BREMEN Germany: STUDIO, The JON HAMMOND Band with hometown saxophone hero aus Die NDR Bigband LUTZ BUECHNER cheered on by friends and family playing to a capacity   more...crowd on a Tuesday night with short notice. On the band Barry Finnerty - gtr., Jost Nickle - drms.,
and leader JON HAMMOND at XB-2 organ / bass playing a spirited set, White Onions, Liberated Brother, Late Rent (theme song) c)2007 http://www.HammondCast.com Jon's new album "NDR SESSIONS Projekt" features Lutz Buechner saxophones, Joe Gallardo trombone & Heinz Lichius drums. Special thanks Knut Benzner NDR INFO & Henry Gross NDR N-JOY Radio.  less