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Jan Hammer
Jan (* 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer and record producer. He first
gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra
in the early 1970s, as well as his film scores for television and film including
"Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the 1980s television program, Miami
Vice. He has continued to work as both a musical performer and producer, expanding
to producing film later in his career.
Jan has collaborated with some of the era's most influential jazz and rock musicians such as John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Mick Jagger, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Tommy Bolin, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather and Elvin Jones. He has composed and produced at least 14 original motion picture soundtracks, the music for 90 episodes of Miami Vice and 20 episodes of the television series Chancer. His compositions have won him several Grammy Awards. from Wikipedia |
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Malma Maliny MPS Records MPS 15217 ST released 1969 recorded live 30 August 1968 at Domicile in München/Germany |
Jan Hammer, piano, organ George Mraz, bass Cees See, drums |
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Latin-Soul-Rock Fania Records SLP 00470 released 1974 recorded live August 1973 at Yankee Stadium in New York City/USA |
Manu Dibango, sax Barry Rogers, trombone Lewis Kahn, trombone Willie Colon, trombone Lou Soloff, trumpet Luis Ortiz, trumpet Ray Maldonado, trumpet Victor Paz, trumpet Jorge Santana, guitar Jan Hammer, Hammond organ Ricardo Ray, piano Larry Harlow, piano, organ Bobby Valentin, bass Billy Cobham, drums Johnny Pacheco, guiro, chimes, percussion Nicky Marrero, timbales Yomo Toro, tres Roberto Roena, bongos Mongo Santamaria, congas Ray Barretto, congas Bobby Cruz, vocals Cheo Feliciano, vocals |
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Stanley Clarke Nemperor Records NE 431 released 1974 recorded in New York, NY/USA |
Stanley Clarke, bass, vocals David Taylor, brass Garnett Brown, brass James Buffington, brass Jon Faddis, brass Lewis M. Soloff, brass Peter Gordon, brass Bill Connors, guitar Jan Hammer, synthesizer, piano, organ strings section Tony Williams, drums Airo, percussion |
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Timeless ECM 1047 released 1975 recorded June 1974 in New York City/USA |
John Abercrombie, guitar Jan Hammer, organ, piano, synthesizer Jack DeJohnette, drums |
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Scenario Columbia 38944 released 1983 recorded in Nederland, CO/USA |
Al Di Meola, sax, flute, guitar, synthesizer, drums Jan Hammer, organ, piano, synthesizer, bass, drums Tony Levin, bass Bill Bruford, drums Phil Collins, drums |
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Works ECM 837 275-1 released 1988 compilation, recorded 1974 - 1984 |
John Abercrombie, guitar Mike Brecker, tenor sax Lester Bowie, trumpet Ralph Towner, guitar Richie Beirach, piano Jan Hammer, organ, synthesizer Eddie Gomez, bass Dave Holland, bass George Mraz, bass Jack DeJohnette, drums Peter Donald, drums |
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The 1976 Solo Keyboard Album Epic EK 64277 recorded April 1995 |
Stanley Clarke, bass, guitar, keyboards, organ, piano, sitar, vocals Gerald Albright, soprano sax Brandon Fields, alto sax, tenor sax Kirk Whalum, tenor sax George Bohannon, trombone Jerry Hey, trumpet Al Aarons, brass George Bohanon, brass Stewart Blumberg, brass Garnett Brown, brass James Buffington, brass Earl Chapin, brass Buddy Childers, brass Jon Faddis, brass Robert Findley, brass Tom "Bones" Malone, brass Lew McCreary, brass Jack Nimitz, brass Peter Gordon, brass Gary Grant, brass William Peterson, brass Alan Rubin, brass Dalton Smith, brass Lew Soloff, brass David Taylor, brass Wilmer Wise, brass Tom Scott, lyricon Jeff Beck, guitar Bill Connors, guitar Ray Gomez, guitar David Sancious, guitar, keyboards Todd Cochran, organ, piano George Duke, clavinet, keyboards, organ, piano, vocals Jan Hammer, Moog synthesizer, organ, piano strings section Louis Johnson, bass, vocals Carmine Appice, drums Darryl Brown, drums Gerry Brown, drums Dennis Chambers, drums Harvey Mason sr., drums John "J.R." Robinson, drums John "4 Daddman" Robinson, drums Kenny White, drums Tony Williams, drums Steve Gadd, drums, percussion Philip Bailey, vocals Carl Carwell, vocals Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, vocals Darrell Cox, vocals Phil Perry, vocals |
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Selected Recordings ECM 0142122 (:rarum 14) compilation, recorded June 1974 - December 2000 |
John Abercrombie, guitar, mandolin Kenny Wheeler, trumpet Ralph Towner, guitar Richard Beirach, piano Jan Hammer, organ, synthesizer John Taylor, piano Dan Wall, organ Mark Feldman, violin Dave Holland, bass Marc Johnson, bass George Mraz, bass Joey Baron, drums Jack DeJohnette, drums Peter Donald, drums Peter Erskine, drums Adam Nussbaum, drums |
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