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Then and Now Jon Hammond

Then and Now Jon Hammond playing Giulietti and Excelsior accordionshttp://www.accordionradio.com/

Then and Now Jon Hammond playing Wurlitzer 140b electric piano and XK-1 Hammond organ  http://www.HammondCast.com/ Then and Now Jon Hammond playing custom electric Giulietti Classic 127 accordion in Topanga Canyon CA and in Times Square New York playing his custom Excelsior AC/R with Sennheiser electronics http://www.accordionradio.com/
















Then and Now Jon Hammond far right in HADES band and Jon Hammond far left in Jon Hammond Band Frankfurt Germany http://www.jonhammondband.com/

Then and Now Jon Hammond 1968 in Berkeley California and Jon Hammond in Moscow Russia  http://www.HammondCast.com/
Then and Now Jon Hammond accordion and Marc Baum soprano saxophonehttp://www.accordionradio.com/

Then and Now Jon Hammond playing his 1965 B3 organ with 2 Leslie speakers, and playing B3 in Zurich Switzerland in Club xTra http://community.webtv.net/laterent/JONH AMMOND [...]

Part 6 Jon Hammond Memorable Gigs, People and Places Then and Now Jon Hammond 1971 playing accordion Giulietti accordion in Topanga Canyon CA and playing custom Excelsior AC/R accordion in Times Square New York City http://www.accordionradio.com


Marc Baum playing tenor sax at his own wedding reception with Barry Finnerty guitar and Jon Hammond organ in Marine Veterans Memorial San Franciscohttp://www.jonhammondband.com/

Barry Finnerty playing guitar in The Crusaders in 1981 at the The Laeiszhalle (formerly Musikhalle Hamburg, English: Music hall Hamburg) is a concert hall in Hamburg, Germany when Street Life was a #1 record, James Jamerson Jr. bass, Wilton Felder tenor sax, photo by Jon Hammond  http://www.HammondCast.com/ Jon Hammond playing his special artist model Yamaha C3 grand piano he got from Peter Frampton in his SF Pacific Heights apartment 1981http://www.jonhammondband.com/ Jon Hammond in L'Hotel Paris his first stay in Paris 1981 after flying there on Air [...]

Jon Hammond reporting from the Frankfurt Studios of Hessicher Rundfunk concert on a special night broadcast of hr-Bigband with special guests guitarist Kenny Burrell and saxophonist composer Benny Golson aka The Kenny and Benny Show, because at the time the hr-Bigband had Kurt Bong and Herbert Bings, this was the historic night that as Jon Hammond says: "The Kenny and Benny met Bing and Bong !" Photo of broadcast:

photo by Jon Hammond Jon Hammond and Kenny Burrell in Hannover Germany after NDR Interview Session with Knut Benzner:

Benny Golson and Jon Hammond

Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell photo by Jon Hammond

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Part 5 Jon Hammond Memorable Gigs, People and Places Michael Naura + Wolfgang Schlüter 4 hand piano at NDR Jazz Redaktion Party photo by Jon Hammond in Hamburg Germany http://www.HammondCast.com/ Michael Naura + Wolfgang Schlüter 4 hand piano at NDR Jazz Redaktion Party photo by Jon Hammond in Hamburg Germany http://www.HammondCast.com/ Michael Naura + Wolfgang Schlüter best of friends at NDR Jazz Redaktion Party photo by Jon Hammond in Hamburg Germany http://www.HammondCast.com/ saxophonist Lutz Buechner and Jon Hammond organ onstage at "Studio" Bremen Germany April 7, 1998 http://www.jonhammondband.com/ Michael Maier Falkenstein and his bodyguards / friends photo by Jon Hammond Neu-Ulm http://www.HammondCast.com/ Jon Hammond Trio in Club Tac, Crockett CA L to R: Bob Scott drums, Brian Pardo guitar, Jon Hammond B3 organhttp://www.jonhammondband.com/ Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men at Kimball's East nightclub, Emeryville [...]

Part 4 Jon Hammond Memorable Gigs, People and Places Jon Hammond on a recording session for Dennis Finnegan with Excelsior Accordion in Berkeley CA http://www.jonhammondband.com/ Jon Hammond at the B3 organ in Club xTra Zurich Switzerland special dankeschoen Tommy Schneider and Pascal Gallo Hahn http://www.jonhammondband.com/ Jon Hammond Band onstage at 1995 Musikmesse with Al Wittig on tenor sax from U.S. Air Force, Andreas Neubauer schlagzeug, Barry Finnerty guitar, Jon Hammond organhttp://www.jonhammondband.com/ *Michael Maier Falkenstein in the wings stage right Jon Hammond Band onstage at 1995 Musikmesse with Al Wittig on tenor sax (not shown in this photo) from U.S. Air Force, Andreas Neubauer schlagzeug, Barry Finnerty guitar, Jon Hammond organ http://www.jonhammondband.com/ Jon Hammond playing the organ by the train tracks in Berkeley CAhttp://www.jonhammondband.com/ Jon Hammond on the gig at Jazz Kneipe Frankfurt with guitarist Uwe Gehring aka Wesley [...]