Sunday, January 28, 2007

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
ASCAP: http://www.ascap.com/audioportraits/jonhammond.html
and http://www.ascap.com/audioportraits/hammond2006.html
"The FINGERS...are the SINGERS!"

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

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 

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



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 

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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

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

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