Jon Hammond Show TV Show Episodes - | Todd Barkan on HammondCast KYOURADIO | Watch Video *Here:Special guest Todd Barkan on HammondCast Show KYOURADIO, Jon Hammond interview with Todd Barkan, who ran Keystone Korner in North Beach. When Keystone closed in 1983, it was one of the last San Francisco clubs to regularly book national and international touring jazz groups. Barkan is now the artistic director of Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, the jazz club operated by Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, and he's also a highly regarded producer who works with numerous domestic and European jazz labels. ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com Todd Barkan http://www.toddbarkan.com/ |  to send to friends | Download Todd Barkan on HammondCast KYOURADIO
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| HammondCast 145 KYOURADIO | Listen to Audio *Here:HammondCast 145HammondCast 145 KYOURADIO with spcl. guest Wendy Oxenhorn of Jazz Foundation of America interview with Jon and music of Jon Hammond NDR SESSIONS Projekt "Satin Doll", "Blues In The Night", "Payphone Johnny" News about "A Great Night In Harlem" http://www.jazzfoundation.org ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com 45 minutesSubmitted by: Jon HammondSubmission Date: 2008-05-10 14:48:08 | to send to friends | Download HammondCast 145 KYOURADIO
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| Pt. 2 Jazz Angels - JFA's Wendy Oxenhorn on HammondCast KYOURADIO | Watch Video *Here:New York -- A visit with Wendy Oxenhorn, the Executive Director of Jazz Foundation of America just prior to "A Great Night In Harlem" 7th Annual gala fund raising concert event in New York's Apollo Theatre to take place May 29, 2008.Jazz Foundation of America are the angels who have helped so many jazz musicians with much needed medical and housing assistance."Together, we are saving Jazz and Blues...one musician at a time."Jon Hammond of HammondCast Show on KYOURADIO interviewing Wendy Oxenhorn in their New York offices, return visit 2008.http://www.jazzfoundation.org © http://www.HammondCast.comRichard D. ParsonsChairmanJarrett LilienPresidentWendy Atlas OxenhornExecutive DirectorBOARD OF DIRECTORSGlen BarrosMargaret BridgeBob CranshawHon. David DinkinsWilliam DouglassSteven EdwardsDr. Frank ForteBen GiordanoDanny GloverNat HentoffCarl HortonMarc Henry JohnsonSandy JordanPeter LowPhyllis LubarskyL. Londell McMillanGeoffrey D. MeninGil NobleHank O?NealRobert Opatrny, Esq., SecretaryJimmy Owens, Vice PresidentMichael Pietrowicz, TreasurerLee RichardsAnn RuckertDr. Billy TaylorDr. Ron TikofskyDr. Agnes VarisMarlisa VinciquerraDavid WaldenWilliam WurtzelADVISORY COMMITTEERobbin AhroldJill AlgrinArthur H. BarnesJoslyn BarnesCy Blank*Cephas BowlesThurston BriscoeRon CarterChevy ChaseElvis CostelloJim EigoJon & Laurelyn FaddisLois GilbertPhoebe Jacobs*Quincy JonesDon LucoffBruce LundvallHoward MandelStella MarsWynton MarsalisMarian McPartlandJamil NasserRichard D. ParsonsJoe PiscopoBob PorterFran RichardMrs. Frederick P. RoseMarc RothPhil SchaapRichard SchebairoStephen SeigelLew TabackinAgnes VarisGeorge WeinSharon Wise | to send to friends | Download Pt. 2 Jazz Angels - JFA's Wendy Oxenhorn on HammondCast KYOURADIO
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| Jazz Angels - JFA's Wendy Oxenhorn on HammondCast KYOURADIO | Watch Video *Here:New York -- A visit with Wendy Oxenhorn, the Executive Director of Jazz Foundation of America just prior to "A Great Night In Harlem" 7th Annual gala fund raising concert event in New York's Apollo Theatre to take place May 29, 2008.Jazz Foundation of America are the angels who have helped so many jazz musicians with much needed medical and housing assistance."Together, we are saving Jazz and Blues...one musician at a time."Jon Hammond of HammondCast Show on KYOURADIO interviewing Wendy Oxenhorn in their New York offices, return visit 2008.http://www.jazzfoundation.org © http://www.HammondCast.com | to send to friends | Download Jazz Angels - JFA's Wendy Oxenhorn on HammondCast KYOURADIO
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| BOB POPYK of AFM's INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN Magazine profiles JON | BOB POPYK of AFM's INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN Magazine profiles JON HAMMOND in his monthly motivational column: FOCUS !*Listen to HammondCast Audio *Here:FocusInternational Musician, July 2005Whatever Happened to Those Jazz Clubs on Every Corner?I live in a city of about 250,000 people. Vinnie Falcone, a member of Local 369 (Las Vegas, NV) who played and conducted for Frank Sinatra, and now works with Steve & Eydie and Robert Goulet, used to live and work here.That was about 35 years ago.When he wasn't selling pianos for a local Hammond/Steinway dealer, he probably played in almost every club within a 20-mile radius of here at one time or another. There were tons of them.Falcone and I talked about this just the other day. We came up with the names of the clubs that used live music five to seven nights a week. They could be found on almost on every street corner. Now they are all gone. Jazz groups, blues bands, singles, duos, and trios were always working; and if you came up with a new group you could, in all likelihood, find a club owner who would give you a shot. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. It's tough to make a living as a jazz musician today. But É you can make a living if you work at it. Like most things, I think it's just a matter of wanting it badly enough.One thing I've found out from the readers of this column is that musicians seem to be divided into two segments: 1) musicians who won't play anything they don't like or any venue that doesn't suit them; and 2) musicians who need to work because they need to pay their bills and find all kinds of ways to fill their calendar.I still get occasional letters from readers who say that it's not their fault that they are not getting enough work. I guess then the logical question would be: whose fault is it?I really appreciate the insight of those musicians who have creative and interesting ways of finding work, and I sympathize with the musicians who need to get out there and find gigs just to pay the rent. I don't have all the answers, but a lot of our fellow AFM members have some very good answers.One in particular is Jon Hammond, a member of Local 802 (New York City) and Local 6 (San Francisco, CA). Hammond has found a way to get his own TV show broadcast on Time Warner Cable and RCN cable access, he has produced a CD that gets airplay on jazz radio stations around the world, and he plays at Music Performance Fund (MPF) gigs on a regular basis on both coasts. He has booked himself on several European tours, played jazz clubs in Germany and many other locations in Europe, year after year, and has found a way to obtain instruments from national manufacturers for endorsements, advertising, or trial.Hammond is also a perfect example of "success being in the mind of the beholder." When he put together his first self-booked German tour 20 years ago, he saved up enough money to fly to Europe on Pakistan Airlines. He only had $50 in his pocket when he landed there. Hammond came home 10 months later with $150 in his pocket. He was able to pay for rent, food, and everything he needed during his time on the road in Europe. He wasn't rich, but he was happy--and he firmly believes it was also a terrific learning experience.Over the ensuing years Hammond has performed with some of the world's top jazz musicians, and he now lives in midtown Manhattan and plays any and every job he can, on either coast. Money is not his prime motivation. He just loves to play. He makes it work, through sheer hard work, and he prides himself on being a union musician.If you are a jazz musician, perhaps you might like to ask him some questions of your own, and share some ideas. Hammond is very approachable. Ask him about how he put together his TV show, how he successfully gets radio airplay, how he lands MPF gigs, and how, through it all, he always keeps money coming in to pay the rent. He's found a way to do state-funded programs in prisons, nursing home gigs, and casual dates in clubs. (He's scrambled so much over the years that his new CD is called Late Rent.) Hammond does not play for free. He finds ways to get paid. He agrees that the only thing you get out of playing a free gig is the opportunity to do another free gig.I know jazz musicians can have a tough struggle, and it's true that there simply are not as many places to play as there once were. But that is not to say that jazz players can't find work.Venues have changed, clubs have closed, but people still want to listen to cool sounds. Jazz festivals in major cities are still popular. Radio stations still offer jazz programs. PBS stations showcase jazz artists in their programming. It's just not as easy to make money at it as it once was, but you can still make a living.I don't have all the answers. I think Hammond has some. I bet if you brainstorm with your fellow AFM members who specialize in jazz, you can go one better and come up with a lot of other ideas yourself. A positive attitude is obviously going to play a big part, but if you want to play jazz and make a few bucks, there are certainly ways to do it. It really is a matter of wanting to be a jazz musician badly enough.--Bob Popyk is a member of Local 78 (Syracuse, NY) and Local 47 (Los Angeles).That was a big honor for me to be profiled by main man Bob Popyk! I always look forward to reading his articles *HammondCast Radio Show airs daily on KYOURADIO on the CBS Radio Network, Music, Travel and 'Soft News' with Jon Hammond | to send to friends | Download BOB POPYK of AFM's INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN Magazine profiles JON
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| Jon Hammond Show Dancers aboard Horizon Celebrity Cruise Ship | Watch Video *Here:The highly-synchronized stylings of The Jon Hammond Show Dancers dancing to Jon's theme song "Late Rent" aboard m.v. HORIZON Celebrity Cruises ship on maiden voyage to Bermuda with Jon Hammond & Joe Berger directing. Then on to Hamburg Germany years later, same song, same guys, but sadly we couldn't take our dancers to Hamburg. In VILLON Club by Hauptbahnhof. Special thanks to Amy Curtis of Hill & Knowlton Celebrity Cruises and Henry of Villon, ILLUSTRATORP, Jennifer & Knut Benzner. Musicians: Gabriel Coburger, Heinz Lichius, Joe Berger & Jon at the organ as seen on The Jon Hammond Show ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com | to send to friends | Download Jon Hammond Show Dancers aboard Horizon Celebrity Cruise Ship
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| Oliver Johnson batterie - Finale | Watch Video *Here:1988 Jazz Concert musé d'art moderne in paris: Francois Chassagnite trp., Oliver Johnson drms, Jean Bardy bs, Arnaud Mattei pno as seen on The Jon Hammond Show TV Show and HammondCast ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com Oliver Johnson Finale *Note, regrettfully, sadly and tragically Oliver Johnson was murdered in Paris 2004 by a homeless man who is now in prison: *From Jazzhouse.org : Oliver Johnson was a noted participant in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, but was a versatile and adaptable performer in many settings. He settled in Paris in the late-60s. He worked with a number of major figures from the free and experimental scene, including Anthony Braxton, Dewey Redman, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and David Murray, as well as more mainstream players, including Hampton Hawes, Bobby Hutcherson, Maynard Ferguson, Yusef Lateef, Atilla Zoller and Johnny Griffin. He worked regularly with saxophonist Steve Lacy between 1978-89. He co-led the trio TOK with Takashi Kako and Kent Carter. His body was discovered on a bench near Les Halles. In memory of Oliver Johnson, Jon Hammond NYC | to send to friends | Download Oliver Johnson batterie - Finale
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| musé d'art moderne in paris: Francois Chassagnite, Oliver Johnson, Jean Bardy, Arnaud Mattei 1988 HammondCast | Watch Video *Here:1988 Jazz Concert musé d'art moderne in paris: Francois Chassagnite trp., Oliver Johnson drms, Jean Bardy bs, Arnaud Mattei pno as seen on The Jon Hammond Show TV Show and HammondCast ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com "Stella By Starlight" *Note, regrettfully, sadly and tragically Oliver Johnson was murdered in Paris 2004 by a homeless man who is now in prison:*From Jazzhouse.org : Oliver Johnson was a noted participant in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, but was a versatile and adaptable performer in many settings. He settled in Paris in the late-60s. He worked with a number of major figures from the free and experimental scene, including Anthony Braxton, Dewey Redman, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and David Murray, as well as more mainstream players, including Hampton Hawes, Bobby Hutcherson, Maynard Ferguson, Yusef Lateef, Atilla Zoller and Johnny Griffin. He worked regularly with saxophonist Steve Lacy between 1978-89. He co-led the trio TOK with Takashi Kako and Kent Carter. His body was discovered on a bench near Les Halles.In memory of Oliver Johnson, Jon Hammond NYC | to send to friends | Download musé d'art moderne in paris: Francois Chassagnite, Oliver Johnson, Jean Bardy, Arnaud Mattei 1988 HammondCast
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| ENCORES: Louisville Kentucky Jazz Factory - JON HAMMOND Band | Watch Video *Here:Jazzin By Martin Z. Kasdan Jr.Last year San Francisco-based organist Jon Hammond joined his buddy, Louisville guitarist John Bishop, for a night at the Jazz Factory. Hammond has just released Late Rent, on Ham-Berger-Friz Records, available at http://www.cityhallrecords.com/artist/HAMMOND,%20JON.htm if you can't find it locally. In an e-mail to me, Hammond described this as "a record that took me 25 years to put together. The disc opens with "Late Rent," a loping swinger and is followed by "Pocket Funk," with a slightly Latin feel. "Late Rent" is reprised in a live take at the end of the CD. Lee Morgan's funky "The Sidewinder" is the only cover tune on the album, although, as Hammond acknowledges in his liner notes, "White Onions" is "a bluesy Hammond/Finnerty composition reminiscent of `Green Onions.'"In closing, happy holidaze to one and all. You can send greetings to me at mzkjr@yahoo.com*Video: "Late Rent" in Jazz Factory, Louisville Kentucky, cam: Jennifer | to send to friends | Download ENCORES: Louisville Kentucky Jazz Factory - JON HAMMOND Band
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