Priceless film inside WNEW 1130AM New York with 2 Radio Legends: Al JAZZBEAUX COLLINS and SCOTT MUNI on JON HAMMOND'S HammondCast: Hear Scott Muni tell Jazzbeaux about his days at "WABeatlesC"   more...on the date commemorating when the Beatles first hit the shores of USA! As previously broadcast on Jon's TV show The Jon Hammond Show (24th year) and HammondCast on CBS' KYCY/KYOU 1550AM San Francisco California. Enjoy! *Official site: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2006

*Tags: Scott Muni, Al Jazzbeaux Collins, WNEW 1130AM, WABeatlesC, BEATLES, HammondCast, Radio  less

Houston Person tenor saxophonist bandleader on HammondCast Show KYOURADIO interview excerpt with Jon Hammond in San Francisco California. Houston has over 75 albums under his own name as well as numerous   more...titles with his long-time musical partner Etta Jones.
Visit Houston at http://www.houstonperson.com and Jon Hammond http://www.HammondCast.com ©2008 KYOURADIO  less

A special visit with Lord Mayor of Oslo PER DITLEV-SIMONSEN in Oslo Norway on Jon Hammond's HammondCast Show for CBS' KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM! Mayor Simonsen fondly recalls attending Stanford University in   more...Palo Alto CA and speaks with Jon about the history and rich cultural tradition of 1000-year-old Oslo, home of the Nobel Peace Prize and numerous annual music festivals! *Special Thanks: Kevin Gallagher & Jan Grindheim of Oslo Teknopol http://www.oslo.teknopol.no Jon's official site: http://www.HammondCast.com , as heard M-F 3PM PST on 1550 AM in San Francisco CA c)2006  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

An incredible Press Conference with NY Mayor ED KOCH as seen on The Jon Hammond Show HammondCast in Times Square NYC on Mitsubishi DiamondVision! Jon made a deal with Mitsubishi to have his TV show with   more...Video by LORI on the big DiamondVision Times Sq. screen (First big-screen outdoor TV!) for 1 and half years, 80-times-a-day including the famous New Years Countdown seen on Dick Clark's ABC Broadcast 2 consecutive years *with commentary by Jon Hammond..AND a cameo appearance in the crowd with Nikon! *Info: http://www.HammondCast.com this is a must-see!

*Tags: Police Commisioner Ben Ward, Mayor Ed Koch, Mitsubishi DiamondVision, Jon Hammond Show, HammondCast, Video by LORI, Milk Cartons, Freddie "The Udder", Crazy Barry, Press Conference, MCTV, KYCY, KYOU, CBS Radio, Gas, Big Lunch!  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

Electric bassist / bandleader extraordinaire Laurence Cottle on HammondCast Show KYOURADIO with Jon Hammond in London England http://www.laurencecottle.com/ Laurence just back from tour with Pee Wee Ellis,   more...covering his entire career from the days of playing Trombone in his father's band to leading his own 17 piece big band, enjoy! ©JH INTL. http://www.HammondCast.com
Alan Parsons, Black Sabbath, Tony Martin, Nina Hagen, Don Airey, Eric Clapton, Learjet 35A, Cozy Powell  less

LUDOVIC BEIER chromatic accordion virtuoso Jazz Musician from France is Jon's guest here on HammondCast KYOURADIO. Interview
recorded in New York City while Ludovic was in town to play the annual "Django   more...Birdland Festival" produced by Pat Phillips. Ludovic speaks with Jon about his new album "Live @ Jazz Standard" and his musical influences which brought him to playing Gypsy Jazz and many other styles, also on an instrument called Accordina, small but mighty! *Special thanks to Ludovic's Manager Sebastien Smits and Pat Phillips and Ettore Stratta Productions & Gianni Valenti of Birdland NYC © http://www.HammondCast.com http://www.ludovicbeier.com

Chromatic Accordion, Accordina, Django Reinhardt, Gypsy, Jazz, Accordina, Citroen, Renault, Jon Hammond, HammondCast, French, KYOURADIO, Paris, Accordeon  less

Stephen 'Doc' Kupka co-leader Baritone Saxophonist of Tower of Power and President of Strokeland Records interview with Jon Hammond of HammondCast Show KYOURADIO just prior to Tower of Power 40th Anniversary   more...Fillmore Show in San Francisco. Doc and Jon speaking about the history of his career in TOP and writing with Frank Biner, Frank's last recordings on his album for Strokeland "Bumped Up to First Class", "Doc Goes Hollywood", memories of Bill Graham and much more! ©JH INTL. http://www.HammondCast.com & http://www.strokeland.com/  less

Dick Contino world-famous Accordionist and star of screen, stage and TV on Jon Hammond's HammondCast Show for KYOURADIO.. Dick Contino was on The Ed Sullivan Show 48 times and toured USSR with Mr. Sullivan.   more...He introduced "Lady of Spain" in 1947 winning the Horace Heidt Philip Morris talent contest. Starred in cult movie Dadd-O and other films and continues to perform as featured performer worldwide, based in Las Vegas http://www.dickcontino.com ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com  less

Clip from 1989 gig at Mikell’s NYC featuring percussionist Chuggy Carter with studio drummer Bernard Purdie on Jon Hammond Band, with Jon Hammond at his 1959 B3 organ, Barry Finnerty guitar and Andy Schnitzer   more...tenor. Chuggy is on several recordings with Donny Hathaway.
Jon is host of daily radio program HammondCast Show on KOURADIO / KYCY 1550 AM © http://www.HammondCast.com`  less

Steve Kushman the President of California Historical Radio Society aka CHRS interview by Jon Hammond on HammondCast Show KYOURADIO & KYCY 1550 AM. Interview with Steve and Jon filmed inside the historical   more...studios of Radio KRE Berkeley CA built in 1937 and currently operated by the California Historical Radio Society as the premier Radio Museum and Headquarters of CHRS. One of KRE's many claims to fame was it's use as the set for Wolfman Jack's appearance in George Lucas' 'American Graffiti'. Jon Hammond. The audio portion of this interview was heard on Jon Hammond's daily radio program HammondCast Show ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com  less

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

Incredible street footage of Man Jumping Over Car with flip in NYC *as seen on Jon Hammond Show TV show and HammondCast! This is a Must-See! Jon Hammond's official site: http://www.HammondCast.com

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

Drummer, Bandleader, NEA Jazz Master Award Recipient CHICO HAMILTON on HammondCast KYOU Radio, excerpted from interview by Jon Hammond, organist and host of HammondCast Show 7 mornings a week on KYOU.   more...©2008 *Info: http://www.HammondCast.com Jon's MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jonhammondshow Visit Chico's MySpace site: http://www.myspace.com/chicohamilton  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

Excerpted from LisaCast of BlogTalkRadio, LisaCast Meets HammondCast in Pyramind Studios San Francisco September 28 2007. Talking about the Global Community of Bloggers and Vloggers and using the new   more...technologies available to reach people all over the world. Lisa Padilla is one of the cream of the crop of the new media community and now VP of Marketing for Alan Levy's BlogTalkRadio and Alan & Dave Winer's new TwitterGram + InformationColony. Jon Hammond is a musician and host of daily radio show HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM. Cam by JENNIFER ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com + BlogTalkRadio.com  less

Pianist Composer and NEA Grant Recipient Roy Meriwether on Jon Hammond's HammondCast Show KYOU Radio 1550 AM. Jon and Roy talk about Roy's early start as a recording artist for Columbia Records as a teenager   more...and coming to New York City from Dayton OH in 1976, pianos and early influences. Filmed in 3 Star Coffee Shop 541 Columbus Ave at 86th St. NYC.
Roy's site:
http://www.roymeriwether.biz/ ©2007 Jon Hammond http://www.HammondCast.com  less

Pt. 1 excerpted from Jon Hammond's interview with founding member of Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin on HammondCast KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM San Francisco CA. Hear Peter tell about   more...the musicians and songs first performed with Janis, one of which bought a new Cadillac for Big Mama Thornton and how Chet Helms became manager at one point and organized the early shows with Family Dog Productions. It all came together at 1090 Page St. in the Haight Ashbury where they rehearsed and lived. ©2007 http://www.kyouradio.com + bbhc.com  less

Lydia Pense vocalist of Cold Blood on Jon Hammond's daily radio program HammondCast on KYOU Radio 1550 AM. Hear Lydia speak with Jon about how the band got it's name and subsequently Cold Blood was one   more...of the first rock groups to be signed by Bill Graham's Fillmore Records. The story of how legendary singer producer Donny Hathaway came to produce Lydia and Cold Blood and talking about the musicians living and deceased. Lydia's newest album is entitled 'Transfusion' ©2007 http://www.HammondCast.com & coldblood.biz  less