Media Sound Studios, where hundreds of legendary musicians, Aerosmith, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Barbra Streisand, to name a few, recorded   more...and developed gold, platinum and multi-platinum records. In the 90s, the address opened as LE BAR BAT. Aug. 24, 1994 one of Jon Hammond's gigs with sit-ins by drummer Ricky Sebastian & Dan Regan trombone. On tenor sax Alex Foster from Saturday Night Live band, Barry Finnerty-gtr., Chuggy Carter perc., Jon Hammond at the organ doing "Sugar" an organ combo classic. c)2007 http://www.HammondCast.com Catch Hammond's radio show HammondCast 7 days a week on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM. *Spcl. thanks: Pete Fogel & Joe Berger, RIP Le Bar Bat 57th St. NYC!  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

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

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

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

oe Franklin "King Of Nostalgia" Host of Radio & TV who's guests have been entertainers like Bill Cosby to legends like Bing Crosby, Charlie Chaplin, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant,   more...John Lennon, here with Jon Hammond on Jon's daily HammondCast Show on KYOU Radio live in Joe Franklin's office known as "Memory Lane". Enjoy! © www.HammondCast.com  less

Jon Hammond and Eddie Money go back over 35 years in just over 6 minutes in this radio interview on Jon's daily radio program HammondCast on KYOU Radio 1550 AM, onboard Eddie's tour bus just before doing   more...a show to a packed house at BB King's Club in New York City for a hometown crowd of diehard Eddie Money fans friends and family in from Long Island, Queens, and Jon now lives in Times Square. A menagerie of images from Jon Hammond's personal archives going back to the '70's and the night of the concert accompanies the audio as heard on HammondCast KYOU Radio 1550 AM and streaming worldwide ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com http://www.myspace.com/jonhammondsho?w  less

Excerpt from Jon Hammond interview with drummer Chris Parker on HammondCast Show Radio KYOU 1550 AM. Hear Chris speak with Jon about his days playing with Paul Butterfield and Ray Chew of Live At The   more...Apollo. Partial list of people Chris has played and recorded with: Brecker Brothers, Bob Dylan, Cher, Donald Fagen, Ashford and Simpson, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Freddie Hubbard, James Brown, Joe Cocker, Salt 'n' Pepa, Stuff, Miles Davis, Patti LaBelle and Michael Bolton. He has toured with many artists; among them Boz Scaggs, Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Paul Simon and Ralph MacDonald. ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com + http://www.parkerdrum.com  less

Boots Hughston interview with Jon Hammond on KYOU Radio HammondCast (excerpt). Boots is former partner of Chet Helms' Family Dog Productions and organizer producer of Summer Of Love 40 Year Anniversary   more...in Golden Gate Park. Recorded from the broadcast by Mr. Hammond personally on SONY CFS-D7 Boom Box. ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com  less

From Budapest Hungary, Gabor Bolla at age 19 is already playing like a veteran Jazz Man here in New York City. He is currently here on a special scholarship award from Vienna Art Orchestra to go play   more...with and meet New York musicians, one of which is me, Jon Hammond! I heard Gabor blow at our weekly Monday Night Jazz Jam Session at Local 802 Musicians Union and right away I knew he was going places, so I am happy and proud to present him on my daily radio program 'HammondCast Early Edition' on KYOU Radio 1550 AM. It is no surprise that Gabor is a close friend of the great Hungarian tenor sax star Tony Lakatos who I am very lucky to play with also in Germany and we play Tony's music often on HammondCast. Visit Gabor's website: http://thebollaquartet.com and see where Gabor is going next! *As heard on KYOU Radio ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com *note: watch for cameo appearance from Gabor's father Bela Bolla ! (he has the best saxophones in Budapest in his shop)  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

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

Pt. 1 of in-depth interview with saxophonist Alex Foster of Saturday Night Live show band with Jon Hammond on daily radio show HammondCast heard mornings on Radio KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM CBS. Alex is   more...commuting to work from Athens Greece to NBC New York and has played with everyone from Paul Simon, Paul McCartney to Jack DeJohnette and symphonic situations. One of the top saxophonists in the world today! http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/ ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com  less

Christmas Broadcast at KPOO 89.5 FM in S.F. CA with Blues Man BOBBIE 'Spider' WEBB + JON HAMMOND Trio in-studio, Ronnie Smith Jr. drums, Alex Budman sax http://www.kpoo.com with special appearances by   more...CHARLIE the movie star cat + CHET HELMS at S.F. City Hall plugging Matt Gonzales & Terence Hallinan San Francisco District Attorney, AFM Local 6 Musicians Union, Poster for Shanghai Ritz-Carlton Hotel gig with Danny Woody, LaDee Streeter & Band in Chinese, attended by Mayor Willie Brown in Sister City Shanghai China. c)2007 http://www.HammondCast.com host of daily HammondCast KYOU Radio 1550 AM CBS Radio.  less

May 12 1994 organist Jon Hammond had a LATE RENT PARTY at Le Bar Bat formerly Media Sound Studios where dozens of stars recorded from Frank Sinatra to Rolling Stones. The club is closed now and Jon's   more...1965 Fender Bandmaster Amp seen in film was stolen but the music lives on here, theme song 'LATE RENT' with ALEX FOSTER tenor sax of Saturday Night Live band, CHUGGY CARTER percussion, BARRY FINNERTY gtr JAMES PRESTON drums of band SONS OF CHAMPLIN and at the XB-2 Organ JON HAMMOND. Special thanks PETE FOGEL of STEELY DAN Organisation. Catch Jon's radio show HammondCast 7 days a week early mornings on KYOU & KYCY 1550AM http://www.HammondCast.com c)2007 ASCAP  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

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

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

In the 'kleines dorf' (little mountain village) of Tamsweg Austria this concert took place as part of the JAZZ SZENE LUNGAU in Schloss Kuenburg A - 5580 Tamsweg Lungau - Salzburg Tel.: 0664/2740171:
JON   more...HAMMOND Band *Featuring spcl. guest Heinz von Hermann (tenor sax), Robert Hutya (drums), Barry Finnerty (gtr.) playing song by Horace Silver "Liberated Brother" (Latin Jazz) *Special Thanks: Otmar Hutya.
Catch Jon Hammond's radio show 7 days a week HammondCast on KYOU 1550AM (San Francisco) c)2007 http://www.HammondCast.com  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