Thursday, October 31, 2013

R.I.P. my friend Donald Duck Bailey the great Jazz musician drummer harmonicist Jon Hammond

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Donald Duck Bailey Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondDonaldDuckBaileyFathersDay2011onHammondCast Jon Hammond here with Donald Duck Bailey Donald Duck Bailey legendary jazz drummer and harmonica recording artist here, performing on Fathers Day 2011 at The Tunnell Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco and interview with Jon Hammond of HammondCast. Concert sponsored by Jazz Foundation of America, Donald Duck Bailey drums & harmonica, Dewayne Oakley bs, Christopher L. Clarke tpt., Wayne Anderson gtr., camera: Jennifer and Jon Hammond - Special Thanks Stuart Cohen Director of Activities The Tunnell Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare SF CA, Marianne Pillsbury Jazz Foundation of America http://www.jazzfoundation.org/ 
HammondCast http://www.hammondcast.com/ Youtube http://youtu.be/dzLq5VlmxzM Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Bailey_(musician) Donald Orlando "Duck" Bailey (March 26, 1933 – October 15, 2013) was an American jazz drummer.[1][2] Donald Bailey, Sr., known to many in the jazz world as "Duck", was born in Philadelphia into a musical family. Bailey was a constant student and disciple of the jazz genre. Unbeknownst to his brothers and sisters, Bailey's father, Morris Bailey, Sr., was also a drummer. Donald's brother, Morris Bailey, Jr., is also an arranger, composer, producer and saxophonist and Bailey's nephew is the bassist Victor Bailey, best known for his work with the group Weather Report. Bailey got his big break in the jazz world and he is probably best known as the drummer in the trio of jazz organist Jimmy Smith from 1956 to 1964 and also for his work with The Three Sounds on Blue Note Records.[3] Bailey also worked as a sideman for some of the most famous musicians in jazz including Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Hampton Hawes, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, and Red Mitchell. He also played with John Coltrane in their early Philadelphia years. Bailey is also known as "The King of Organ Trio Drummers". In the mid 70s, he moved to Japan where he lived for six years and in 1978, released an album called "So In Love" (Trio Records) which featured Hideo Ichikawa (piano), Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yoshio Ikeda (bass), Takaaki Nishikawa, Toshihiko Ogawa. This jazz album, featuring Bailey playing harmonica, received rave reviews and is a sought after jazz collectible. His last project "Blueprints of Jazz Vol.3 featuring Donald Bailey" which featured Charles Tolliver (trumpet), George Burton (piano), and Odean Pope (tenor, tenor saxophone) was issued on the Talking House record label in 2009. Bailey performed around the San Francisco Bay Area[4] in the United States until his late 70s and moved to Montclair, California shortly before his death at age 80 in October 2013 Donald Orlando Bailey, Sr. Born March 26, 1933 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died October 15, 2013 (aged 80) Montclair, California, U.S. Genres Jazz Occupations Musician Instruments Drums, harmonica, trombone Labels Blue Note Associated acts Jimmy Smith Hampton Hawes Blue Mitchell Jimmie Rowles Carmen McRae Sarah Vaughan Albums Donald Bailey Blueprints of Jazz - Vol.3 (Talking House, 2009) Produced by Marc Weibel, Stephen Smith Featuring: Donald Bailey (harmonica, drums), Charles Tolliver (trumpet), George Burton (piano), Odean Pope (tenor, tenor saxophone) Plant Life (Composer Odean Pope) Blues It (Composer Hasaan Ibn Ali) Gone Now (Composer Tyrone Brown) Variations (Composer Morris Bailey, Jr) Fifth House (Composer Odean Pope) For All We Know (Composer J. Fred Coots / Sam M. Lewis) Family Portrait (Composer Odean Pope) U.S.O. Triology (Composer Odean Pope/Tyrone Brown) Blue Gardenia (Composer Lester Lee / Robert Russell) Trio - (Capri Records, 1990) Produced by Thomas C. Burns Featuring: Donald Bailey (drums), Red Mitchell (bass), Jimmy Rowles (piano) Have You Met Miss Jones? Day Dream After School You People Need Music Crazy He Calls Me Yes Sir, That's My Baby Dreamer's Lullaby Life's A Take My One And Only Love My Silent Love What Are We Here For? So In Love (Trio Records, Recorded in Japan 1978) Featuring: Donald Bailey (harmonica, drums), Hideo Ichikawa (piano), Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yoshio Ikeda (bass), Takaaki Nishikawa, Toshihiko Ogawa So in Love Alone Together Half Nelson The Lady Is A Tramp St. Louis Blues Invitation The Three Sounds: Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note Records, July 1967) Produced by Dick Bock Featuring: Gene Harris (piano, organ), Andrew Simpkins (bass), Donald Bailey (drums) Still I'm Sad" (Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith) Crying Time" (Buck Owens) June Night (Just Give Me a June Night, the Moonlight and You)" (Abel Baer, Cliff Friend) I Thought About You" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen) I Held My Head in Shame (Gene Harris) Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) Makin' Bread Again (Gene Harris) Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) Blues March" (Benny Golson) Takin' It Easy (Gene Harris) Drown in My Own Tears (Henry Glover) Why (Am I Treated So Bad) (Roebuck Staples) Never Say Yes (Nat Adderley) River Shallow (André Previn, Dory Previn) Sunny (Bobby Hebb) Bad, Bad Whiskey (Maxwell Davis, Amos Milburn) C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) As sideman[edit] With George Braith Two Souls in One (Blue Note, 1963) With Jimmy Smith The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (Blue Note, 1956) At Club Baby Grand (Blue Note, 1956) The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (Blue Note, 1956) Plays Pretty Just for You (Blue Note, 1957) Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (Blue Note, 1957) Groovin' at Small's Paradise (Blue Note, 1957) House Party (Blue Note, 1957) The Sermon! (Blue Note, 1958) Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note, 1958) Cool Blues (Blue Note, 1958) Six Views of the Blues (Blue Note, 1958) Home Cookin' (Blue Note, 1958–59) Crazy! Baby (Blue Note, 1960) Open House (Blue Note, 1960) Plain Talk (Blue Note, 1960) Straight Life (Blue Note, 1961) Plays Fats Waller (Blue Note, 1962) I'm Movin' On (Blue Note, 1963) Bucket! (Blue Note, 1963) Rockin' the Boat (Blue Note, 1963) Prayer Meetin' (Blue Note, 1963) With The Three Sounds Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1967) Coldwater Flat (Blue Note, 1968) With Jack Wilson Song for My Daughter (Blue Note, 1969) Also performed on projects with (as referenced in Drummerworld.com) Jimmy Smith (musician) Jimmy Rowles Harold Land Bobby Hutcherson Buster Williams Pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali Joe Sample George Braith Grant Green Hampton Hawes Red Mitchell Sarah Vaughan Carmen McRae Kenny Burrell Donald Duck Bailey, Drums, Harmonica, Jazz, Musician, Jon Hammond, HammondCast, Local 802, Musicians Union, Jimmy Smith, Organ, Beats

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Jon Hammond Flashbacks - Cocktail Piano MPCS Studios in Manhattan

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: - Cocktail Piano MPCS Studios in Manhattan Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondFlashbacksLarge540p Flashing back a few years to playing cocktail piano at a cocktail party in the old MPCS Studios on West 57th Street on Video Row in Manhattan NYC - Jon Hammond camera by Joe Berger was a nice party http://www.HammondCast.com/ — at Manhattan, NY Youtube http://youtu.be/nT0P7U_UTj8 Cocktail Piano, Standards, Jon Hammond, MPCS, Manhattan, Party, Grand Piano, Happy Hour, Local 802, Musicians Union

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Jon Hammond Flashbacks Jazz Kneipe Lydia's Tune

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Jon Hammond Flashbacks Jazz Kneipe Lydia's Tune Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondFlashbacksJazzKneipeLydiasTuneLarge540p Flashing back to the good old Jazz Kneipe in Frankfurt Germany where I played 207 gigs while living in Germany and Paris - original bossa nova composition *another version at Bill Graham's Shoreline Amphitheatre: Lydia's Tune Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men in Shoreline Amphitheatre: http://youtu.be/570UApnn_cQ (Lydia's Tune - Jon Hammond plays one on the Excelsior accordion with The Late Rent Session Men - Barry Finnerty guitar, Larry Schneider tenor saxophone and James Preston from Sons of Champlin band drums in Shoreline Amphitheatre at the 12th annual New Orleans by The Bay Food and Music Festival put on by Bill Graham Presents Keys to Happiness Excelsior Accordions http://www.accordionradio.com ) here with Barry Finnerty on guitar, Allen Wittig is the tenor saxophonist and I believe that's Jim Preston back there on the drums - incomplete clip from my archives - Jon Hammond http://www.jonhammondband.com/ — in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany Youtube http://youtu.be/Hf0DmIS99hM lydia's tune, frankfurt, jazz kneipe, hammond organ, jon hammond, barry finnerty, allen wittig, berlinerstrasse, jazz

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Jon Hammond Flashbacks - Trio gig in San Francisco California

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Jon Hammond Flashbacks - Trio gig in San Francisco California Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondFlashbacksTrioGigInSanFranciscoCaliforniaLarge540p Jon Hammond flashback gig in trio - rare bar gig in San Francisco California playing a classic bossa nova here with Barry Finnerty on guitar and Bob Scott is the drummer http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Youtube http://youtu.be/ltWJmKkE0BU Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/jon-hammond-flashbacks-trio-gig-in-san-francisco-california-6671858 bossa nova, bar gig, hammond organ, san francisco, jon hammond, trio, barry finnerty, guitar, local 802, musicians union

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Jon Hammond Flashbacks Jon Lord Interview

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Jon Hammond Flashbacks Jon Lord Interview Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondFlashbacksJonLordInterviewLarge540p Youtube http://youtu.be/1OHo9-j0zxk The late great Deep Purple (1968-1976) organist Jon Lord here in interview with Jon Hammond at the Musikmesse Frankfurt am Main on the occasion of the introduction of Hammond SK-1 and Sk2 organs *Note: to my horror the microphone level was low - we can't do it over because sadly Jon is dead now - he says some really interesting things here, enjoy, R.I.P. Jon Lord, sincerely Jon Hammond http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lord Jonathan Douglas Lord Born 9 June 1941 Leicester, England, UK Died 16 July 2012 (aged 71) London, England, UK Genres Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, classical, jazz, jazz fusion Occupations musician, composer Instruments Keyboards, vocals Jonathan Douglas "Jon" Lord (9 June 1941 -- 16 July 2012) was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with Deep Purple, as well as Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men. In 1968 Lord co-founded Deep Purple, a hard rock band of which he was regarded as the leader until 1970. Together with the other members, he collaborated on most of his band's most popular songs. He and drummer Ian Paice were the only continual band members during the period from 1968 to 1976, and also from when it was reestablished in 1984 until Lord's retirement from Deep Purple in 2002. On 11 November 2010, he was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of Stevenson College in Edinburgh, Scotland. On 15 July 2011, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree by the University of Leicester. Support Jon Lord in his fight against cancer — in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Jon Lord, Deep Purple, Hammond Organ, B3, Sk1, Sk2, Jon Hammond, Frankfurt, Musikmesse, Local 802, Musicians Union

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Friday, October 18, 2013

Jon Hammond Flashbacks Butterfield Going Down Last Time TrainRide

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Jon Hammond Flashbacks Butterfield Going Down Last Time TrainRide Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/LostButterfieldTapesGoingDownLastTimeAndTrainLarge540p


Youtube http://youtu.be/vWtGOgjFmDo








flashbacks, paul butterfield, california zephyr, colorado rockies, blues, jon hammond, buzz feiten, afn europe, radio, local 802, musicians union

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Historical Footage in Hamburg Red Light District Regina Niteclub

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Historical Footage in Hamburg Red Light District Regina Niteclub Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/ReginaLarge540p


Historical film from Jon Hammond Band archives in Hamburg's Reeperbahn at the notorious Regina Niteclub Grosse Freiheit #4 in the red light district underground music concert just yards away from where The Beatles played nightly - here Jon's original funk composition "Pocket Funk" http://www.jonhammondband.com/
as seen in article in Hamburger Morgenpost
 — with Uwe Petersen and Barry Finnerty at Reeperbahn Große Freiheit.