LOUISVILLE: Jon Hammond Quartet, One Night Only w/John Bishop guitar, Ronnie Smith Jr.-drms

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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 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
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BILL COBHAM on HammondCast Radio KYCY

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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 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!)

Hammond Band with Tootsie, Matt Smith & Brett in New York City

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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 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
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Jon's site: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2006

Tags: Matt Smith, Guitar, Brett Ryan, Tootsie Bean, Hammond Organ, HammondCast, CBS Radio, KYCY, KYOU 

Hammond Band with Tootsie, Matt Smith & Brett in New York City

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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 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

Tags: Matt Smith, Guitar, Brett Ryan, Tootsie Bean, Hammond Organ, HammondCast, CBS Radio, KYCY, KYOU 

Hammond Band with Tootsie, Matt Smith & Brett in New York City

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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 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