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As soon as the plane took off, I realized I was leaving the continent for the first time and I got very emotional.вЂќ Every man was wearing the same suit I was.

I bought a case that I still travel with today. вЂњI lived it out exactly as I saw it in my dream.вЂќ Hammond recalls. In September 1981, Hammond fulfilled his dream of a lifetime-traveling to Paris on the Concorde. That lasted for two years and then they reduced the nights.вЂќ One of the members was Tip OвЂ™Neil, who became Speaker of the House, and I played all of his private parties. There I heard through the grapevine that Lou Colombo, the trumpet player, was looking for an organist for a private harbor club in Harwichport, Massachussets. вЂњAround 1977, I ended up in Boston again. Disco came in and the bands went out.вЂќДЄ musicianвЂ™s life involves a lot of travel, and that Hammond has done-back and forth throughout North America, from New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Cape Cod, and Toronto. The disco thing had not really come in and taken over yet-the very first tune that was a big disco hit was вЂњThe Hustle.вЂќ вЂњWe had to do it with the band. But I could see the handwriting on the wall. They would cross-fade, meaning we would re-enter playing the music he had been playing. Well, they had installed a DJ booth-the first place we ever played with one installed. We were in Toronto working at the Four Seasons Inn on the Park, one of the nicest hotels IвЂ™ve ever been in in my life. When you see me show up, itвЂ™s a doomsday situation. вЂњI get the call for a really great gig, but itвЂ™s always at the end. We loaded everything in this army green van and drove to New York.вЂќДЇrom New York, Hammond went on the road with a show band called Easy Living вЂњIt was one of the top show bands-this was before disco-and youвЂ™d get on the different circuits. She had wild props, like a plexiglass round platform with disco lights inside of it. She had a show at this burlesque club in New York so she said, вЂDrive me and IвЂ™ll introduce you to New York.вЂ™ This was in 1975. When you have a van, you get some interesting calls. I was working for the Venus brothers, notorious gangsters, and I was the house organist at the infamous 2 OвЂ™Clock Lounge, the Mousetrap Lounge, The Hungry I-all these clubs that were in what was known as the Combat Zone in Boston.вЂќДЄnd how did he get to New York? вЂњWell, I knew a stripper named Didi Bangbang, a really nice girl. вЂњI used to play in these Mafia striptease clubs seven nights a week. Attending the Berklee college of Music in Boston in 1973, he earned money on the wild side. For more information, viewers can check HammondвЂ™s website, Д«ut before the glamour of Manhattan, CDвЂ™s, opening for Bonnie Raitt, and some other high-class gigs, Hammond paid his dues. on channels 56 and 108 and various times on other channels. Manhattan Plaza residents Todd Anderson (tenor sax) and Bill Warfield (trumpet) have been featured as part of the band. so I never sued.вЂќДЄs a further testament to his Manhattan survival, Hammond is a nineteen-year-veteran of cable access with his own television show, aptly titled THE JON HAMMOND SHOW.

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вЂњPut it this way-the title song for my TV show is called вЂLate Rent.вЂ™ I used to pay my landlord partial payments, etc. He realized it only after watching an epsode of 60 MINUTES. Manhattan Plaza has been a great, great help for me.вЂќ Living in the Clinton area, Hammond survived six ceiling collapses in his apartment and was finally driven out by sick building syndrome, i.e. вЂњIвЂ™m living under a lucky star after years of putting up with all kinds of adverse conditions. Hammond is fairly new to Manhattan Plaza-a resident for just two years-and like everything else involving this multitalented man, thereвЂ™s an interesting story attached. I did and now this record is for you!вЂќ Following his dream at times has not been easy. As his CD notes begin, вЂњThis record marks a new beginning for me, and I would like to dedicate it to all those who, like myself, are striking out on their own and going it alone. His new independently produced and marketed CD, HAMMONDвЂ™S BOLERO, which contains only music written by Hammond, is both a statement and a tribute. The organist-accordionist has survived because of perseverance, love of his art, tremendous humor, and gratitude. Survival as a jazz musician, survival as a Manhattanite.

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