Special thanks to First Officer and part owner Tony May and the Crew of this elegant bird the HIGHLANDER of HIGHLAND EXPRESS. *As seen on The Jon Hammond Show 23rd year New York USA. Ham-Berger Productions,   more...Jon Hammond & Joe Berger flew the Highlander to meet with John Entwistle (RIP) of The WHO in beginning of Feb. 1987. These shots would not be possible today. Enjoy! Thank you for the wonderful service and for helping us accomplish our mission Crew of Highland Express HIGHLANDER, Jon Hammond http://www.HammondCast.com

*Tags: Highland Express, Old Bell Inn, Prestwick, Highlander, Birmingham, Aberdeen, EWR, 747-100 Series, Elegant, Aviation, John Entwistle, Ham-Berger Productions, HammondCast, MCTV  less

SAN FRANCISCO -- Airbus Chief Test Pilot JACQUES ROSAY Pilots A380 Super Jumbo to San Francisco International Airport with Interior Tour.
Jon Hammond is pleased to present this film of Aviation History   more...as world’s largest airliner, the double-deck Airbus A380, arrives for the first time at SFO on October 4, 2007. Voila!
Special Thanks / Merci Beaucoup: Capt. Jacques Rosay, Mike McCarron, Clay McConnell, Air France Crew and United Airlines Ground Crew. HammondCast Early Edition KYOU Radio 1550 AM ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com Quote Barry Eccleston: "The Game Changer"!  less

Official Opening Reception MUSIC CHINA Shanghai entertained by duo of JON HAMMOND (USA) and FANG LIN (Chinese Accordion Champion) with introduction by the "Father of Music China": WILHELM-PETER   more..."CHARLY" HOSENSEIDL (Musikmesse) playing a rousing rendition of "America The Beautiful" in tribute to victims of 9/11 in USA. *Amazing Clip! Jon said afterwards: "I bet the people were thinking...Hmmmh...I wonder what Booking Agent booked THIS Band!" Jon Hammond plays Excelsior Accordions exclusively. *For more info: http://www.HammondCast.com

tags: Wilhelm-Peter Charly Hosenseidel "Father of Music China", Musikmesse, Shanghai, Jon Hammond, FangLin, Excelsior Accordions, CASIO, Hammond Suzuki, Chinese Government, PRESS, Kate Newman, DG William Uniform, HammondCast, CBS Radio KYCY KYOU, Kenny G Shanghai Grand Theatre  less

JON HAMMOND Show *as seen for 23 years on Time Warner & MCTV in New York City. This classic clip includes Jon's signature tune Late Rent with Video by LORI and old footage of original members of Jefferson   more...Airplane and Terry Haggerty of Sons of Champlin. Enjoy! http://www.HammondCast.com *Tune in HammondCast on CBS Radio M-F 3PM PST c)2006

*Tags: KYCY, KYOU, CBS Radio, HammondCast, Sons of Champlin, Blues, Jazz, Funk, Hammond Organ, Video by LORI, American Federation of Musicians Union Local 802 & Local 6/ASCAP The FINGERS...are the SINGERS!  less

"No X-Cess Baggage Blues" performed by JON HAMMOND Band in JAZZKELLER Frankfurt. Jon Hammond: Jazz Organist & Accordionist, Host of CBS Radio KYCY 1550 AM's "JON HAMMOND'S AFTERNOON   more...SLIDE" M-F 3PM PST aka HammondCast: ...is a blend of funk, swing and soul featuring music 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. *Official Site: http://www.HammondCast.com  less

Title: "TRIBUTE to 9/11" JON HAMMOND Band
File size: 57.7 MB
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TONY LAKATOS-tenor saxHEINZ LICHIUS-drumsJOE BERGER-guitarJON HAMMOND-XB-2 Organ/Bass *Performed at JAZZKELLER Frankfurt,   more...Special Thanks: EUGEN HAHN-JazzkellerJENNIFER-Camera*Official Site: http://www.HammondCast.com  less

Radio & TV Broadcasting Legend JOE FRANKLIN in an appearance at NYC's Laugh Factory Club at annual Thanksgiving Feed shot personally by Mr. Hammond. This is hilarious rare footage of Joe doing stand-up,   more...a must see! For more info: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2006

*Tags: Billy Crystal, The Aristocrats, Pat Cooper, Don Rickles, David Brenner, Gilbert Gottfried  less

Jon Hammond Band with the most diverse age group quartet: from age 20 (Brett Ryan) to 60+ (Tootsie Bean) with guitarist Matt Smith and Jon in between! Veteran drummer Tootsie Bean kicking the group playing   more...an organ blues with Texan guitar wiz Matt Smith and young talented Brett Ryan on alto sax at New York jazz club/restaurant Cleopatra's Needle. Camera: Jennifer Enjoy! Jon's site: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2006  less

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

Drummer/Bandleader extraordinaire BILL COBHAM interview with Jon Hammond for Jon's daily CBS Radio program HammondCast aka "Jon Hammond's Afternoon Slide" on radio KYCY and KYOU 1550AM. This   more...interview took place in New York City during the 2007 IAJE jazz educators convention with some very special events celebrating French Jazz Musicians, 2 of the top French Jazz stars came to play on Bill's band: DIDIER LOCKWOOD (violin), SYLVAN LUC (guitar) along with VICTOR BAILEY on bass. Visit Bill Cobham's official website: http://www.billycobham.com and http://ww.HammondCast.com c)2006 (be sure to check out BC's extensive discography!)  less

First-time ever Midi Accordion controlling Hammond Organ played (with bass lines on the buttons!) by JON HAMMOND Blues Band at JAZZKELLER Frankfurt. With sponsorship from Philip Morris, Jon was able to   more...fly guitarist BARRY FINNERTY in from New York. Joined by DERRICK JAMES (alto sax), ALAIN NAU (drums), UWE GEHRING aka WESLEY G (guitar). Mixed live (under the piano with some guy blowing cigar smoke in his face) JOE BERGER. *special thanks: SENNHEISER Microphones, Hammond Suzuki, EUGEN HAHN Jazzkeller. **Note: Guitarist HERB ELLIS was sitting next to bandstand in front during Frankfurt Musikmesse. Jon Hammond plays Excelsior Accordions & Hammond Organs *Official site: http://www.jonhammondband.com c)2007  less

This Impromptu Jam with 3 greats BILL COBHAM, DOUG WIMBISH & JOE BERGER happened at Gibson Guitar Party in Frankfurt Germany, captured by Jon Hammond originally shown on The Jon Hammond Show *24th   more...year NYC. COBHAM born May 16, 1944 in Panama, is one of the world's best and most influential drummers known for his jazz fusion in the 1970s, with John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, where he pioneered a powerful style of drumming with jazz, rock and funk influences has an enormous Discography. WIMBISH (born September 22, 1956) is a bass player, primarily known for his studio work for the rap/hip hop label Sugarhill Records and his membership of the band Living Colour. He has played for a vast range of artists, among which Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Madonna, George Clinton, Depeche Mode, and Mos Def. Wimbish is considered to be a pioneer in hip hop bass playing. BERGER has engineered mixed and mastered thousands of recordings and played with John Entwistle of THE WHO and member of JON HAMMOND Band. Seen here playing a special Gibson LES PAUL, whom (Les) Joe has also worked with and Paul has appeared on Hammond's long-running cable tv show in NYC. Enjoy! c)2007 *Info: http://www.HammondCast.com  less

Jon must have known in 1989 that everybody would be walking around with Head Phone on! (iPod) 1st performance ever of Jon Hammond original with all-star studio band: ALEX FOSTER-tenor sax, BARRY FINNERTY-gtr.,   more...CHUGGY CARTER-perc., BERNARD PURDIE-drums & JON HAMMOND at his 1959 B3 Organ in the now defunct but legendary club MIKELL'S that was located at corner Columbus & W.97th St. Mikell's was the studio musicians' hang until it sadly closed. It lasted from 1969-1991 run by Mike and Pat Mikell. Mike died one year ago Nov. 22, 2005 at age 80 of Lou Gehrig's Disease. Many well-known musicians felt at home there including Paul Schaffer of David Letterman's Late Night TV show. The night of this film Hugh Masakela came and hung out the entire night. Cornell Dupree came later and sat in with Jon's band that was known then as JON HAMMOND'S LATE RENT SESSION MEN, featured weekly on Manhattan Cable TV/Time Warner's JON HAMMOND SHOW late night TV Show now in it's 23rd year. Bernard Purdie's first time on the band this night and his 2 children Henry and Phyllis came to listen after hearing about it on the radio. Enjoy! *More info: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2006  less

First lucky break for Jon Hammond in Frankfurt Germany appearing on Hessen Report RTL TV with big plug from moderator Beatrix Rief for upcoming shows at Jazzkeller. It was shot on a cold morning in Dec.   more...1991 in Venety's on Sandweg in Frankfurt. Special thanks: Beatrix Rief, Tino Pavlis, Frank Poehl http://www.HammondCast.com  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

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

Live Broadcast in Hamburg Germany on JazzHausRadio 96.0 from Music Club Live at Fruchtallee 36
Sandra Hempel guitar
Frank Delle tenor sax
Heinz Lichius drums
Jon Hammond XK-3 Hammond Organ
Bossa Nova 'Shadow   more...Of Your Smile'
Moderator: Ralf Böcker, Sound: Axel Thomas ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com  less

Jazz Moscow: Vladimir Danilin, Jon Hammond, Igor Butman, Alexei Kuznetsov, Eduard Zizak on HammondCast Organist and Broadcaster Jon Hammond traveled to Moscow and played this concert together with these   more...notable Russian Jazz Musicians.  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

Fun in the Sun and Water on the Lake with Jon Hammond at the XB-2 organ, James Preston drums and Terry Haggerty guitar of band SONS of CHAMPLIN (Marin County CA) playing Jon's tune "Turkey Dog Saute"   more...powered by a generator cruising on a nice day, enjoy! *spcl. thanks: Al & Leslie (Cam) Catch Jon's radio show HammondCast every day 4AM PST on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM c)2007 http://www.HammondCast.com  less

JON HAMMOND Band return engagement to STELLWERK in Harburg Bahnhof near Hamburg, playing the theme song for The Jon Hammond Show TV Show and HammondCast radio show from KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM "LATE RENT".   more...With JOE BERGER-guitar, HEINZ LICHIUS-drums, JON HAMMOND-on the incredible new XK-1 Hammond Organ & Bass, GABRIEL COBURGER-tenor sax Camera-JENNIFER http://www.jonhammondband.com c)2007 USA/DEUTSCHLAND *Tags: STELLWERK, Harburg, Hamburg, Star Club, NDR Radio, Bahnhof, Hammond Organ, Blues, Jazz, Late Rent, KYCY, KYOU, CBS Radio, The Jon Hammond Show, XK-1, HammondCast  less

JON HAMMOND Band In Concert on the Palladium Stage at Musikmesse Frankfurt:
Guitars: Joe Berger & Barry Finnerty
Drums: Andreas Neubauer
Harmonica: Igor Flach
XB-2 Organ/bass: Jon Hammond
"Hip Hop   more...Chitlins" & "No X-Cess Baggage Blues"
*Special thanks: Hammond Suzuki Deutschland Michael Maier Falkenstein, Messe Frankfurt, Gerhard Burger (announcing Igor's Birthday) Happy Birthday Igor! Catch Jon's Radio Show 'HammondCast' on KYOU Radio 1550AM http://www.HammondCast.com c)2007  less

Encore 'Hammond's Bolero' 10th year Jazzkeller Hofheim JON HAMMOND Trio

JON HAMMOND Trio:
HEINZ LICHIUS - drums
JOE BERGER - guitar
JON HAMMOND - XK-1 Hammond Organ/bass
called back fro Encore, 10th consecutive   more...year playing at Jazzkeller Hofheim "After Musikmesse Party 2007" This tune features Joe Berger in tribute to CARLOS SANTANA Jon's former neighbor in Marin County California. Enjoy! Catch Jon Hammond 6 days a week on KYOU Radio 1550 AM (CBS) San Francisco http://www.HammondCast.com 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