Summary: *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Improved Audio Underground Frankfurt Jon Hammond Band Intim Bar & Lissania Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/ImprovedAudioUndergroundFrankfurtJonHammondBandIntimBarLissania1 Jon Hammond Band circa 1992 Underground Frankfurt Scene Night Shows in Europa Intim Bar and Lissania in Frankfurt's Red Light District during musikmesse. Original Funk tunes "Pocket Funk" and "Nu Funk" aka "Hip Hop Chitlins" Note: sadly funky drummer James Preston has passed, long-time drummer in various formations of Jon Hammond Band, Sons of Champlin, Cold Blood with Lydia Pense, RIP Jimmy - Al Allen Wittig tenor saxophone, Barry Finnerty guitar, Jon Hammond organ, funky James Preston drums - special thanks to Joe Berger Hans Romanov Europa INTIM Bar ElbeStrasse 34, 60329 Frankfurt and Stefan Hantel aka Shantel Lissania on the Kaiserstrasse Youtube http://youtu.be/3wjgB0moazk - as seen on cable access show The Jon Hammond Show now in 31st year - all music ©JON HAMMOND International ASCAP http://www.HammondCast.com/ — with James Preston and Jon Hammond at KiezPraline CNN iReport http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1188407 Dailymotion http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2a7z74_underground-frankfurt-jon-hammond-band-intim-bar-lissania_music Jon Hammond Band Facebook https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=936450226383775 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondAndFriendsJazzSpotSwing Youtube http://youtu.be/x6a8MHYESqc Jon Hammond and Friends drop in to Taipei night spot JAZZ SPOT SWING organ lounge, Jon at Mr. Nobuki Kuwahara's Hammond Sk2 organ with house musicians - Kenichi Toyoda piano - special thanks to Nico, Shannon, Letitia - Superlux Taiwan, P. Mauriat Europe Pmauriat Albest Team! http://www.HammondCast.com/ - Jazz Spot Swing Vimeo http://vimeo.com/110027287 CNN iReport http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1182889 Jon Hammond Band Facebook https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=924772564218208 James Oscar Smith aka Jimmy Smith photos by Jon Hammond Taken in Long Beach, California Long Beach CA -- James Oscar Smith aka Jimmy Smith photos by Jon Hammond one month before he passed away, just after receiving the prestigious NEA Jazz Master Award. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Smith_(musician) James Oscar "Jimmy" Smith (December 8, 1925[1] or 1928[2] – February 8, 2005)[1][2] was an American jazz musician who achieved the rare distinction of releasing a series of instrumental jazz albums that often charted on Billboard. Smith helped popularize the Hammond B-3 electric organ, creating an indelible link between sixties soul and jazz improvisation. In 2005, Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians. Also known as The Incredible Jimmy Smith Born December 8, 1925 Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States Died February 8, 2005 (aged 79) Scottsdale, Arizona, United States Genres Hard bop Mainstream jazz Jazz-funk Jazz fusion Occupation(s) Musician Instruments Hammond B-3 electric organ Smith's birth year is of some confusion, with various sources citing either 1925 or 1928. Born James Oscar Smith in Norristown, Pennsylvania, at the age of six he joined his father doing a song-and-dance routine in clubs. He began teaching himself to play the piano. When he was nine, Smith won a Philadelphia radio talent contest as a boogie-woogie pianist.[5] After a stint in the navy, he began furthering his musical education in 1948, with a year at Royal Hamilton College of Music, then the Leo Ornstein School of Music in Philadelphia in 1949. He began exploring the Hammond organ in 1951. From 1951 to 1954 he played piano, then organ in Philly R&B bands like Don Gardner and the Sonotones. He switched to organ permanently in 1954 after hearing Wild Bill Davis. He purchased his first Hammond organ, rented a warehouse to practice in and emerged after little more than a year. Upon hearing him playing in a Philadelphia club, Blue Note's Alfr
