Hammond Report, 24 August 2021, RIP Charlie Watts, Musician Stories, Hamburg, Musik Rotthoff, Sankt Pauli, podcast, Hammond Organ, Electric guitar, Joe Berger, Jon Hammond, bye bye now
HammondCast 33 on KYOU KYCY 1550 AM Jon Hammond broadcasting from Hamburg Germany..snow still on the ground here. Live radio show from Jazzhaus Radio concert with Hamburg musicians Sandra Hempel guitar, Frank Delle tenor sax, Heinz Lichius drums, Jon Hammond on XK-3 Hammond organ + bass
Foto: L to R Heinz Lichius, Sandra Hempel, Jon Hammond, Lutz Büchner (RIP)
also news about Minsk Belarus and dedication of Jon’s song “Soon I Will Be Free”, live “Lydia’s Tune”, Oakland A’s announcement of partnership with KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM and story of Saul Salsakovitch! and “Czechoslovakian Salsa Song” live in Music Club Live in Hamburg Germany.
foto ndr studio 1 – L to R Joe Gallardo, Heinz Lichius, Jon Hammond, Lutz Büchner, Rudy Grosser
Jon Hammond – memb. Associated Musicians of Greater New York Local 802 AFM union and Local 6 SF CA hammondcast @jazzfederation Heute Abend #Jazz #MusicClubLive #Hamburg #HammondOrgan
jazzkeller “Czechoslovakian Salsa Song” musikmesse Warm Up Party – “The FINGERS…are the SINGERS!”
musikmesse “Warm Up Party”
Jon Hammond & Band
Jon Hammond – organ
Joe Berger – guitar
Peter Klohmann – saxophone
Giovanni Totò Gulino – drums
Black and White Photos courtesy of Elmar Lemes
Mr. Hammond has toured worldwide since 1991 using the incredible Sk1
organ by Hammond Suzuki..™ “Classic Hammond Sound…In A Suitcase!”
The Jon Hammond Show is a funky swinging instrumental revue, featuring
top international soloists. The show has universal appeal. Big Hammond
orgel sound – 100% organic
Jon Hammond’s equipment
Hammond Sk1 organ
powered by Markbass bass amplifier
special thanks Eugen and jazzkeller Team
black and white photographs courtesy of Elmar Lemes
Saray Pastanesi Frankfurt baked the beautiful chocolate chocolate birthday cake for Jon Hammond and his guests
Published April 27, 2017
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L to R Michael Leuschner, Heinz Lichius, Lutz Büchner, Jon Hammond, Fiete Felsch
Jazz Funk Tribute to Cannonball Adderley and Lutz Büchner NDR Horns Jon Hammond Band – Auster Jazz Series concert Hamburg Eimsbüttel
Funky Heinz Lichius drums, Michael Leuschner trumpet, Lutz Büchner tenor, Ernst-Friedrich Fiete Felsch alto, Joe Berger guitar, Jon Hammond organ bass – special thanks Nicolai Ditsch for operating the camera, this concert was filmed in High Definition – Frank Blume, Torsten Wendt – Knut Benzner NDR Redaktion – Musik Rotthoff support – in Auster Bar Eimsbüttel Hamburg Germany
Jon Hammond Kicks Off 3PM Summer NAMM Show Terrace Stage Show Nashville Thursday July 13
As Seen on Jon Hammond Show Television Show 34th year – Musician
Lineup: Joe Berger – guitar Chuggy Carter – congas & percussion
Roland Barber – trombone, trumpet, sea shell Cord Martin – tenor
saxophone Louis Flip Winfield – drums Jon Hammond – Hammond organ Lee
Oskar – harmonica – special guest (Low Rider Band / Original Member of
WAR) Special thanks: Greg Herreman Productions Manager, Joe Lamond
President CEO NAMM, TV Jones Guitars & Pickups
Jon Hammond Allstar Band with special guest Lee Oskar Center Stage concert musikmesse ProLight + Sound 2017 with photographs by master photographers Andreas Meer and Dita Vollmond also Bernie Capicchiano. Peter Klohmann tenor saxophone, Giovanni Totò Gulino drums, Joe Berger guitar, Jon Hammond organ + bass, Lee Oskar harmonica
– special events announcer Eleftherios Mavros, special thanks Wolfgang Lücke, Johannes Weber, Christopher Sparkes, Anke Lich, Ilona Schlesinger-Jakoby, Eva Lang, Michael Birk Veranstaltungslogistik GmbH, Messe Frankfurt Team – Note: This is the 31st musikmesse for Jon Hammond and Joe Berger! See you next year folks! http://www.jonhammondband.com
Jon Hammond Show 0506 Broadcast MNN TV Channel 1 air time 01:30 AM, 05/06 – first segment, jazzkeller “Czechoslovakian Salsa Song” musikmesse Warm Up Party – “The FINGERS…are the SINGERS!”
musikmesse “Warm Up Party”
Jon Hammond & Band
Jon Hammond – organ
Joe Berger – guitar
Peter Klohmann – saxophone
Giovanni Totò Gulino – drums
Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0
Mr. Hammond has toured worldwide since 1991 using the incredible Sk1
organ by Hammond Suzuki..™ “Classic Hammond Sound…In A Suitcase!”
The Jon Hammond Show is a funky swinging instrumental revue, featuring
top international soloists. The show has universal appeal. Big Hammond
orgel sound – 100% organic
Jon Hammond’s equipment
Hammond Sk1 organ
powered by Markbass bass amplifier
special thanks Eugen and jazzkeller Team
black and white photographs courtesy of Elmar Lemes
Saray Pastanesi Frankfurt baked the beautiful chocolate chocolate birthday cake for Jon Hammond and his guests
Second segment, Musikmesse-Session in Jazzkeller Hofheim Lydia’s Tune Jon Hammond & Band – bossa nova tune from Jon’s first album, Peter Klohmann t.s., Giovanni Totò Gulino dr., Joe Berger g., Jon Hammond o.+b.- composed by Jon Hammond
Jon Hammond visit with his piano teacher Tony Germain:
“So good to see my piano teacher main man Tony Germain 40 years later from the first day we met on Scheduling Day 1973, looking good Tony! Greatest piano and Hammond organ teacher folks! Tony taught so many players well and created the organ department (long story!) Chairing the PIano Department, (he has a nice chair in his office and superb Steinway Grand Piano) – if you are lucky enough to be a student at Berklee and get to study with Tony Germain, then you are living under the lucky star – Tony is the Man!! Thanks for everything you showed me Tony, straightened me out big time” – Jon Hammond
*Return of the Student – Here I am with my Piano Teacher main man Tony Germain 40 years to the day later from the first time we sat down together folks – interview – Jon Hammond
Announcing Special Guest Lee Oskar for big Center Stage at musikmesse First Day 12 Noon on Jon Hammond All Star Band
Folks, I’m happy to announce that our friend Lee Oskar will be joining us onstage on the big Center Stage at musikmesse first day Wednesday April 5th with Joe Berger, Peter Klohmann Giovanni Totò Gulino! See you there, my 31st consecutive year – Jon Hammond
*Showtime: High Noon 12PM!
Jon Hammond Show Broadcast for 03 04 on MNN TV Channel 1 – always at 01:30 AM late Fri. night / early Sat. morning same time slot for 34 years Manhattan Neighborhood Network – First segment:
St. Charles IL — Sound Check Film Jon Hammond Band Arcada Theatre
Gig for Gregg Gregory Gronowski St. Charles IL — Big Honor to play for
Gregg Gregory Gronowski’s family last night with these great musicians –
Samuel Jewell drums, Joe Berger, Steve Eisen tenor saxophone – yours truly Jon Hammond at the XK-5 Hammond organ – great to see everybody last night! – Jon Hammond
First part of concert last night in honor of Gregg Gregory Gronowski in St. Charles IL at the very fine Arcada Theatre
Harold Hudson Channer and Jon Hammond in conversation
Conversations With Harold Channer Pt 4 Jon Hammond Interview
Music News Brought To You By Jon Hammond on CONVERSATIONS WITH HAROLD HUDSON CHANNER on MNNTV
Intelligent Relevant Television Talk
Harold Channer is a talk-show host on public access television network Manhattan Neighborhood Network, or MNN. He is the longest-running producer for the network, having done over 2,200 interviews over 40 years. Speaking here with Jon Hammond of KYOU Radio, Music News Brought To you by Jon Hammond on Conversations, Pt 4 of one hour program
Jon Hammond All Star band at the musikmesse 2017 Center Stage Wednesday April 5 at 12 Noon
April 4th Tuesday – musikmesse Warm Up Party jazzkeller Frankfurt
April 5th Wednesday and Thursday – Jon Hammond All Star Band on Center Stage musikmesse
April 6th Thursday evening – Yachtklub Frankfurt, Hans Romanov Presents
April 7th Friday – Jazzkeller-Hofheim, 7PM Pizza Sound Check and Gig
Jon Hammond + Allstar Band featuring Lee Oskar
Genre: Funky Jazz and Blues
Jon Hammond: It was because of musikmesse and the many contacts I made there that I moved to Frankfurt for 2 years of my life. After the 2 years in Frankfurt, 1 year in Paris and then 2 years in Hamburg in the North. The whole time living in Europe Jon continued producing and sending in The Jon Hammond Show TV shows for broadcast in New York City on Manhattan Cable TV. In Hamburg Jon Hammond worked together with Knut Benzner Moderator / Journalist of NDR and released his album “Late Rent” on Hot Wire Records which was distributed by EFA Medien.
Joe Berger is a well-known guitarist and audio engineer who has worked and toured with John Entwistle of The WHO and world stars – he stopped counting at 35,000 bands! Jon and Joe began working together in the year 1986 and touring worldwide.
Giovanni Totò Gulino has backed up everybody in Frankfurt – he is one of the best drummers in Hessen, and long-time haus drummer for the world famous jazzkeller.
Peter Klohmann is a rising star on tenor saxophone – he has already been featured on HR Radio together with the hr-bigband and is also a composer.
This is The Jon Hammond Band, and we are very proud and excited to announce a very special guest joining the boys on Center Stage: Lee Oskar Original member of the band WAR and manufacturer of the famous LEE OSKAR Harmonicas, come visit Lee at his stand at musikmesse 2017 and hear him playing his unique famous style together with Jon Hammond All Star Band, see you there!
Peter Klohmann – tenor saxophone
Giovanni Totò Gulino – drums
Joe Berger – guitar
Jon Hammond – organ
Special Guest: Lee Oskar – harmonica
Jon Hammond + Allstar Band featuring Lee Oskar
wednesday, 05.04.2017, 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm – Genre: Funky Jazz and Blues
events.messefrankfurt.com
Jon and Joe Berger will be celebrating 31st year playing the big Frankfurt musikmesse with some very special all star musicians joining the core Jon Hammond consisting of Giovanni Totò Gulino d., Peter Klohmann t.s., Joe Berger g., Jon Hammond o+b. – the guest musicians will be tba closer to the event date – rain or shine!
“Musikmesse in Frankfurt is the international trade fair for musical instruments, sheet music, music production and marketing.
Musikmesse 2017
5 to 8 April 2017
Wednesday to Saturday, 10 to 18 hrs
Western section of Messe Frankfurt Exhibition Center
Prolight + Sound: 4 to 7 April 2017”
Photo by Astrid Riecken of Jon Hammond at Local 802 Musicians Union New York Monday Night Jazz Session:
Germany Tour Dates, Astrid Riecken, Frankfurt, Hamburg, #Local802 #HammondOrgan #TourDates
Cha Cha Cha in INDRA JON HAMMOND Band
On the same stage where The Beatles played first in Hamburg in 1960 pre-Ringo, JON HAMMOND Band performing Cha Cha Cha version of Theme From Black Orpheus Lutz Büchner – tenor sax, Heinz Lichius – drums, Joe Berger – guitar, Jon Hammond – XB-2 Organ as heard on HammondCast Early Edition KYOU Radio
Photo credit: Günter Zint
http://www.HammondCast.com Special Thanks: Michael August aka ILLUSTRATORP, Knut Benzner, NDR Radio, *Note: Jon Hammond has also played all over Hamburg and the Reeperbahn in Regina Niteclub, Schmidt’s Theatre, Skurillum, Top 10 Club, Mojo Club, Schlachthof
First song: Lydia’s Tune – Jon Hammond Funk Unit on Nissan Stage Nashville https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2016/events/jon-hammond-funk-unit Nashville Music City Center, front line: Lee Oskar harmonica, Joe Berger guitar, Cord Martin tenor, Roland Barber trombone, Jon Hammond organ, Rhythm section Chuggy Carter congas & percussion, Louis Flip Winfield drums — Head Phone Late Rent Nissan Stage Jon Hammond Funk Unit
Nashville Tennessee Nissan Stage Summer NAMM Show — Head Phone Late Rent Nissan Stage Jon Hammond Funk Unit with special guest Lee Oskar, Roland Barber trombone, Cord Martin tenor saxophone, Chuggy Carter congas & percussion, Joe Berger guitar (TV Jones guitar and pickups), Louis Flip Winfield drums, Jon Hammond Sk1 Hammond organ and bass Greg Herreman productions manager, Michael Apodaca & Alex Moore audio / Sound Image Nashville, Tennessee – The NAMM Show Summer NAMM Show Nissan Stage – Jon Hammond Band — with Cord Martin, Lee Oskar, Joe Berger, Louis Flip Winfield, Roland Barber and Leslie J. Carter at The NAMM Show. – all compositions composed & published by JON HAMMOND International ASCAP #NAMMShow #SummerNAMM #FunkBand #HammondOrgan #Nissan #Nashville #NashvilleMusicCityCenter
Producer Jon Hammond
Language English
Hammond Party Night Performers XK-5 Hammond Organ Prototype Debut at Soundcheck Nashville on first night of Summer NAMM Show 2016 – from Jon Hammond
Hammond Party Night Performers XK-5 Hammond Organ Prototype Debut at Soundcheck Nashville on first night of Summer NAMM Show 2016 – from Jon Hammond
Event Info http://hammondorganco.com/sound-soul-summit-v-to-rock-nashville-namm/
Sound Soul Summit V to rock Nashville NAMM
“Top Artists To Unite At NAMM Expo Launching Revolutionary New Instrument
HAMMOND ORGAN USA announces the lineup for the fifth Sound Soul Summit, to be held during the Summer NAMM Show on June 23, 2016. The Summit is co-sponsored by Keyboard Magazine and Soundcheck LLC, Nashville.
Following the course of previous Sound Soul Summits, Hammond Organ brings together some of their roster’s top artists playing their hits and banding together for once-in-a-lifetime jams. Previous Summits have featured such great artists as Keith Emerson, Felix Cavaliere of The Young Rascals, and Gregg Rolie of Santana and Journey.
This show is particularly significant, as it will feature the first public showing of Hammond’s new XK-5 organ and Heritage Series expanded systems, which represent the cutting edge of technology applied to recreating the precise touch, feel, and sound of the classic Hammond B-3.
Music Director Mark Prentice will lead a top Nashville-based rhythm section (Charlie Morgan and Mike Severs) supporting the Hammond Artist All-Stars, including the living jazz legend Dr. Lonnie Smith, Grammy nominee Paul Brown, Red Young, Jon Hammond, Peter Gallinari, Kevin McKendree (Brian Setzer, Joe Bonamassa) and Yates McKendree, the Reverend Jimmie Smith, and Kim Tibbs. Robby Robinson (musical director for Frankie Valli) will be on hand, as will Jim Alfredson, Gary Swan, Christian Matthew Cullen, and this year’s DownBeat Critic’s Choice Poll winner Brian Charette, and more.
It’s very rare that this many accomplished Hammond organists get to play together, so the excitement level among the musicians is as high as it is for the audience. It’s even rarer to experience players from different genres jamming together. As in past years, some surprise guests are sure to turn up. Four years after the first Sound Soul Summit, attendees still remember it as a highlight of their NAMM experience.
The HAMMOND Sound Soul Summit V will be held Thursday, June 23r, 2016 at 7 P.M. at the Soundcheck Complex, 750 Cowan St., Nashville, TN 37207. Ticketed admission only, with tickets available at the Hammond Booth #430 on the Summer NAMM exhibit floor, or from your official Hammond factory sales representative.”
Preview of Jon Hammond Show public access cable TV show Air Time
01:30 AM on 04/02 – first segment Missing Man Formation in Birdland Jazzclub Hamburg Lydia’s Tune http://jonhammondband.com/blog.html/missing_man_formation_in_birdland_jazzclub_hamburg_lydias_tune/
Lydia’s Tune Jon’s archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondBirdlandLydia_sTuneJonHammondBand
Missing man formation – very sadly, Lutz Büchner still on the band here – happy night in BIrldand Hamburg! – Jon Hammond L to R Lutz, Jon, Joe, Heinz – Jon Hammond Band
Next segment: MusikmesseSession in Jazzkeller-Hofheim “No X-Cess Baggage Blues with Peter Klohmann, Totó Giovanni Gulino, Joe Berger and Jon Hammond – then Joe Berger NAMM Oral History interview (partial) – ending onstage at NAMM Acoustic Stage night show at Sheraton Park Hotel
by Jon Hammond
Published March 27, 2016
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Topics MNN TV, Preview, Blues, Oral History, #NAMMShow #HammondOrgan #CNNiReport
Pocket Funk Kayleigh, Joe and Jon at Mothertone Party
– Mother of All Hangs Summer NAMM Night Party Downtown Nashville, Tennessee in Big Shotz!
Joe Berger playing a special TV Jones guitar & pickups
Kayleigh Moyer playing Sleishman Drum Co drums
Jon Hammond at the Hammond Sk1 organ
Summer NAMM Show Mothertone party time, Michael Turner’s 2nd annual Mother of All Hangs party in Big Shotz Nashville! http://www.HammondCast.com
flashback to the 1st annual Mothertone Mother of All Hangs party Summer NAMM 2015! L to R Jon Hammond, Kayleigh Moyer, Joe Berger
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Topics Lydia, Summer NAMM Show, Lee Oskar, Harmonica, Jon Hammond, Nashville Tennessee, #HammondOrgan
Lydia’s Tune – Jon Hammond Funk Unit on Nissan Stage Nashville https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2016/events/jon-hammond-funk-unit Nashville, Tennessee Music City Center, front line: Lee Oskar harmonica, Joe Berger guitar, Cord Martin tenor, Roland Barber trombone, Jon Hammond organ, Rhythm section Chuggy Carter congas & percussion, Louis Flip Winfield drums
Producer Jon Hammond
Language English
Front Line Jon Hammond Band 2 minutes before hit time on Nissan Stage – Summer NAMM Show Nashville Music City Center
Jon Hammond Nissan Stage – Nashville Music City Center
Jon Hammond Funk Unit on Nissan Stage – Summer NAMM Show Nashville Music City Center
Jon Hammond Funk Unit L to R Lee Oskar harmonica, Chuggy Carter congas & percussion, Joe Berger guitar, Cord Martin tenor saxophone, Roland Barber, trombone, trumpet, sea shell, Louis Flip Winfield drums, Gerg Herreman productions manager, Jon Hammond organ / leader / producer
Roy Clark Television Interview with Jon Hammond just before Roy appeared on the American Eagle Awards in Nashville Tennessee during Summer NAMM Show – Roy Clark an American Living Legend and long-time member of The Grand Ole Opry and The Country Music Hall of Fame – Roy’s wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Clark
Roy Clark American Eagle Awards and Emmylou Harris award recipient looking on from her table
Jon Hammond at the newly appointed Director of Hammond Europe Jan Kok in Frankfurt at musikmesse
Jon Hammond with his good friends – Suzuki Musical Instruments Corp. from Hamamatsu Japan at Hammond Party introducing XK-5 Prototype organ
Jon Hammond and Phu “Peter” Nguyen Hammond Suzuki USA
Indra Musikclub, The NAMM Show, Hamburg, Beatles Played, Cha Cha Cha, Jon Hammond, #Indra #Reeperbahn #HammondOrgan #NAMMShow
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Topics vers 2.1, baggage, blues, hammond organ, funky jazz, NDR Horns, Hamburg, Sessions, Auster Bar, Auster Jazz Series, ASCAP Composer, Jon Hammond, Musicians Union, Local 802
Jon Hammond Band at the Hammond Party for the new XK-5 Hammond organ, playing Jon’s tune Pocket Funk in Full HighDef on the new prototype organ with Kayleigh Moyer on the Sleishman Drum Co Mothertone drums, Chuggy Carter congas GON BOPS, Joe Berger guitar, Jon Hammond at the XK5 (plays just like a B3 with Multi Contact keys!)
first night of Summer NAMM Show Nashville, Tennessee at the famous studios of SoundCheck Nashville- Pocket Funk as seen on Jon’s TV show Jon Hammond Show 34 years on Manhattan Neighborhood Network channel 1 – special thanks to Hammond Organ USA Gregory Gronowski & Scott May, Ray Gerlich long-time Hammond Technical Supervisor since 1976! also Mark Prentice M.D. for the evening, known as “Sound Soul Summit V” fine players all night long on the new org – Thanks to my friend Chuck Rainey the great studio bassist for coming and hanging with us all night long! And the Suzuki Musical Instruments Team makers of Hammond Organs and Leslie Speakers *from Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan http://www.HammondCast.com #XK5 #NAMMShow #Nashville #SummerNAMM #HammondOrgan
Saturday, March 12, 2016: Folks, I am really in shock from hearing news of the unexpected and very sad death of my good friend Lutz Büchner! I really didn’t want to say it on the internet after receiving the horrible news in communications with our mutual good friend and fellow musician / bandmate Heinz Lichius. This is so hard to get my head around and accept it but I know it’s true that Lutz suffered a fatal heart attack while on tour in Tokyo Japan with his beloved NDR-bigband with Peter Erskine on the band – I can see Lutz’ smile and hear his voice and music in my mind like it was yesterday – and we spoke and played together so many times. So now I see the news releases are already out on the news FEEDS from the NDR, Hamburger Abendblatt etc. and a few too-early mentions on the Facebook, so I know it’s time to write a few words for those of you who might not know of Lutz Büchner, as follows: As Joe Gallardo the great trombonist and long-time colleague of Lutz’ said in email to me last night: “As you well know, Lutz was first of all a great human being and secondly, he was a masterful player. Lutz was my brother. We will all miss him.” – The very first time I met Lutz was in 1995 on a rainy night in Hamburg Eimsbüttel at the Thursday night weekly jazz session in Jazzclub Birdland – I had heard him the week before and pushed my Hammond organ on the wheels through the rain to the club and got there real early, Hr. Reichert the owner opened up the club and I was telling Mr. Reichert I came the week before but didn’t get to play so “early bird gets the worm…and maybe I’ll get to play with Lutz Büchner!” – well we did it and by good luck my friend Joris Dudli the great drummer was there – it was magic from the first hit. That’s where it started, I was living in Hamburg to play music and write tunes – like so many musicians following in the footsteps of The Beatles, by invitation of my sponsor Knut Benzner journalist moderator on the NDR. From then on together with main man Heinz Lichius drums who I had met just before when Heinz came over to meet me one afternoon – Heinz had recommended to check out Lutz, one of the finest rising musicians on the Hamburg scene. We had a lot of great times together on the bandstand and off from that time on – we played in Hamburg and his hometown of Bremen – turned out to be that Lutz was a real life jazz angel who saved my life at least twice, one time involving bringing me to the hospital / krankenhaus and translating to me what they were about to do to me – we escaped out the side door and the doctor came to our gig that night! I met Lutz’ Mom and Dad beautiful people when they came to hear us play in Bremen at Studio club April 7, 1998 – and most recently our last gigs together with my favorite musicians Michael Leuschner, (Heinz Lichius of course) “Fiete” Ernst-Friedrich Fiete Felsch NDR horn section brothers along with Joe Berger guitar, probably best gig of my life – Lutz was so happy to have found his love with his wife Bettina and he was always crazy about his son Asmus and his step daughters by Bettina, the happiest I have ever seen him, he glowed in the dark he had that much joy! — Back in 2005 I had an idea, I said to my long-time girlfriend Jennifer: Lutz is one of the greatest saxophonists I ever heard, I want to feature him on a CD release, he could be making a great record every day! I couldn’t believe that he didn’t have any feature albums out at that point – so I discussed it with Knut Benzner and we all co-produced a recording session for this purpose in the famous Studio 1 at NDR, the NDR SESSIONS Projekt was born, with the addition of “Joe G” / Joe Gallardo on trombone and Heinz Lichius and myself, Rudolf Grosser at the controls big SSL console, we started playing in the morning and I played through the magic bass amp belonging to Lucas Lindholm – the boys took one long coffee break and other than that we recorded tunes all day long – I am so grateful that I’ll always have this recording date together with Lutz, of course later on Lutz came out with more records – but this one for me is my special keepsake that went down with the blessings of NDR with the help of Knut Benzner and Axel Dürr. So many stories I can tell you, but most importantly everybody loved Lutz, I know there are a lot of tears flowing now around Hamburg and Bremen, my heart goes out to Lutz’ Family, Friends and Musicians music brothers and sisters! The 2nd to the last time we played together, I hadn’t seen Lutz for a while and he told me about a real miracle of survival when he was driving on the autobahn with Bettina and the kinder all his happy Family in the car, I think there was ice on the road – a car slammed in to the back of his car demolishing the car, but Lutz’ horns were in the trunk – they all got crushed but it saved his Family! They were all shaken up but OK – the lucky star was shining over them, and even though Lutz is not with us physically anymore, his lucky star will always be shining – he was competely dedicated to the NDR-bigband family of musicians and his own Family – always a huge inspiration to me as a person and master musician, rest in peace my very special good friend Lutz Büchner – my deepest and most sincere condolences go out to Lutz’ Mom and Dad and Bettina and his son Asmus and step children by Bettina – all the folks who know and love Lutz, sincerely, Jon Hammond
L to R Michael Leuschner, Heinz Lichius, Lutz Büchner, Jon Hammond, ‘Fiete’ Ernst-Friedrich Fiete Felsch
L to R Joe Gallardo, Heinz Lichius, Jon Hammond, Lutz Büchner, ‘Rudy’ Rudolf Grosser – NDR SESSIONS Projekt
Regina Niteclub L to R (Barry Finnerty’s guitar neck), Lutz Büchner tenor, Jon Hammond organ on Grosse Freiheit
Newessbar Hamburg Altona L to R Lutz Büchner, Heinz Lichius, Joe Berger, Jon Hammond, Olaf Gödecke
Foto by Gunther Zint in INDRA – L to R Joe Berger, Heinz Lichius, Lutz Büchner, Jon Hammond
Report / Obituary from Stefan Gerdes NDR: https://www.ndr.de/orchester_chor/b… – Stand: 12.03.2016 15:00 Uhr – Lesezeit: ca.4 Min. Trauer um Lutz Büchner “Der Saxofonist Lutz Büchner ist am 11. März während einer Japan-Tour der NDR Bigband im Alter von 47 Jahren an den Folgen eines Herzinfarkts verstorben. Es war ein großes Glück für die NDR Bigband, den Menschen und Musiker Lutz Büchner seit 22 Jahren in ihren Reihen zu haben. Er war ein grandioser, ein wahrhaft bedeutender Saxofonist mit einer unverkennbaren, einzigartigen Spielweise, die selbst dem ältesten und schon oft gehörten Jazzstandard immer wieder neue Seiten abgewinnen konnte. Vor allem aber brachte er auch seine Persönlichkeit in die Band ein: seinen Humor, sein ausgeglichenes Temperament und sein großes Interesse an allen Dingen des Lebens, das weit über die Musik hinaus reichte. Lutz Büchner war ein echter Teamplayer, vor und hinter den Kulissen.
Knuth: “Er lebte leidenschaftlich für und mit Musik”
Joachim Knuth, NDR Programmdirektor Hörfunk: “Die Nachricht vom Tod Lutz Büchners macht mich sehr betroffen. Ich habe ihn als einen liebenswürdigen Menschen erlebt, der leidenschaftlich mit und für Musik lebte. Lutz Büchner hatte den Jazz im Blut. Er liebte den spielerischen Umgang mit der Musik, die Improvisation. Der Tod dieses beeindruckenden Saxofonisten ist für die NDR Bigband, für den NDR, ein großer Verlust. Meine Gedanken sind in diesen Stunden bei der Familie und den Freunden Lutz Büchners.” Programmhinweis
In Erinnerung an Lutz Büchner stellen wir in der Sendung am 20. März ab 22.05 Uhr einige seiner schönesten Aufnahmen mit der NDR Bigband vor. — Fasziniert von Miles Davis
Lutz Büchner wurde am 5. August 1968 in Bremen geboren. Er interessierte sich schon früh für Musik, bekam klassischen Klarinettenunterricht und entdeckte als Teenager nach einem Konzertbesuch den Jazz. Als er den Trompeter Miles Davis hörte, faszinierte ihn die Möglichkeit, sich auch jenseits der geschrieben Noten auf eine ganz persönliche Weise ausdrücken zu können. Dieser improvisierten, sich immer neu erfindenden Musik wollte er sich widmen.
Lutz Büchner kam nach Hamburg und studierte Saxofon bei Herb Geller, dem damals bekanntesten Solisten der NDR Bigband. Schon bald spielte er dort im Saxofonsatz – zunächst als Gast, seit 1994 als festes Mitglied. In den Mittelpunkt zog es ihn, den eher besonnen Menschen, dabei nicht so sehr. Aber wenn das Scheinwerferlicht auf ihn zeigte und er zum Solo ansetzte, dann entwickelte sein Spiel eine ganz besondere Wirkung: Mit geschlossenen Augen stand er da, die Töne flossen ebenso überraschend wie logisch aus seinem Instrument, sein ganzer Körper schien sich dabei in Musik zu verwandeln.
In seinem Spiel steckte besondere Tiefe
Viele Gäste der NDR Bigband haben ihn und sein Spiel so erlebt und geschätzt: Jazzgrößen wie Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin, João Bosco, Omar Sosa oder Abdullah Ibrahim genossen es, wenn Lutz Büchner neben ihnen spielte. Der Amerikaner Dale Wilson widmete ihm und seinem Saxofon-Kollegen Fiete Felsch eine ganze Big-Band-Suite, und die Komponistin Maria Schneider wollte ihn nach einem Besuch bei der NDR Bigband am liebsten gleich nach New York mitnehmen. Es waren nicht nur seine technischen Fertigkeiten und seine nahezu grenzenlosen Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten, mit denen Lutz Büchner so begeisterte. In seinem Spiel steckte eine besondere Tiefe. “Es ist sein Sound”, sagte Maria Schneider einmal, “Lutz berührt mich.”
Solistische Höhenflüge und zarte Lyrik
In der Improvisation spiegelt sich ja immer der ganze Mensch. So konnte Lutz Büchner auf dem Tenorsaxofon unendlich packend, mitreißend und kraftvoll spielen. Unvergessen ist sein solistischer Höhenflug in der Duke-Ellington-Hommage “Diminuendo, crescendo and crescendissimo in blue”, in der er minutenlang ein loderndes Feuer immer neu entfachte, bis die Zuschauer bei einem Auftritt der NDR Bigband in New York am Schluss buchstäblich aus den Sitzen gerissen wurden. Seine andere, lyrische Seite war besonders stark auf der Klarinette zu hören, auf der er zu den außergewöhnlichsten Stimmen des modernen Jazz zählte, vielleicht sogar weltweit. Intim und zart, wie gehaucht schwebten die Töne in die Luft, jeder von ihnen hatte Bedeutung.
Nicht nur in der NDR Bigband, auch in eigenen Formationen waren sein ausgeprägtes Spiel und seine ausgefeilten Kompositionen zu hören. Mit seinem Quartett (mit Sandra Hempel, Heinz Lichius und Pepe Berns) trat Lutz Büchner 2005 bei den 2. Hamburger Jazztagen in der Kampnagel-Fabrik auf. Im selben Jahr entstand mit dem Trio Connex (mit Björn Lücker und Philipp Steen) ein gleichnamiges Album, und 2006 erschien seine vielbeachtete, von der Kritik hochgelobte CD “Ring”.
“Mein Ziel ist es”, hat Lutz Büchner einmal gesagt, “ganz im Moment zu spielen.” Wir verdanken ihm viele unvergessliche Momente. Mit ihm verlieren wir einen lieben Menschen, einen großen Künstler und einen wunderbaren Kollegen.
Stefan Gerdes
Redaktion NDR Bigband/Jazzredaktion
Google Translation of Stefan Gerdes’ obituary of Lutz Büchner: Trauer um Lutz Büchner — The saxophonist Lutz Büchner died on March 11 during a Japan tour the NDR Bigband at the age of 47 years to a heart attack. It was a great happiness for the NDR Bigband, to have the man and musician Lutz Büchner for 22 years in its ranks. He was a magnificent, truly significant saxophonist with an unmistakable, unique play that even the oldest and often included jazz standard could abgewinnen new pages repeatedly. Above all, he also expressed his personality in the band a: his humor, his even temperament and his great interest in all things in life, which extended far beyond the music. Lutz Büchner was a real team player, before and behind the scenes.
Knuth: “He lived passionately and with music”
Joachim Knuth, NDR program director Radio: “The news of the death Lutz Büchner makes me very concerned I have experienced him as an amiable man who lived passionately and music Lutz Büchner had the Jazz in the blood He loved the playful use of… the music, the improvisation. the death of this impressive saxophonist for the NDR Bigband, for NDR, a great loss. My thoughts are at this time with the family and friends Lutz Büchner. “
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Daughter Lutz Büchner we in the mission on March 20, from 22:05 some of his most beautiful recordings with the NDR Bigband ago.
Fascinated by Miles Davis
Lutz Büchner was born on August 5, 1968 in Bremen. He took an early interest in music, got classical clarinet lessons and discovered as a teenager after a concert jazz. When he heard the trumpeter Miles Davis, he was fascinated by the opportunity to express themselves beyond the written notes on a very personal way. he wanted to devote himself to this improvised, always reinventing music.
Lutz Büchner came to Hamburg and studied saxophone with Herb Geller, the then famous soloists the NDR Bigband. Soon he was playing in saxophone sentence – initially as a guest, since 1994 as a permanent member. In the center, he moved, the more prudent people, not so much. But when the spotlight was on him and he started to Solo, then developed his game a very special effect: With eyes closed, he stood there, the sounds flowed as surprising as logically from his instrument, his whole body seemed to be doing in music to transform , — In his game put special depth
Many guests of the NDR Bigband have him and his game so experienced and appreciated: jazz greats such as Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin, João Bosco, or Omar Sosa Abdullah Ibrahim enjoyed it when Lutz Büchner played next to them. The Americans Dale Wilson dedicated to him and his saxophone colleagues Fiete Felsch a whole big band suite, and the composer Maria Schneider wanted to take him for a visit to the NDR Bigband prefer equal to New York. It was not just his technique and its almost limitless expressive possibilities with which Lutz Büchner enthusiastic way. In his play put a special depth. “It is his sound,” Maria Schneider once said, “Lutz touched me.”
Soloistic booms and delicate poetry
In the improvisation so the whole man always reflects. So Lutz Büchner could play endlessly enthralling, exciting and powerful on the tenor saxophone. Unforgotten is his solo flight of the Duke Ellington Tribute “diminuendo, crescendo and crescendissimo in blue”, in which he several minutes a blazing fire always rekindled until the audience literally at a performance of the NDR Bigband in New York at the end of the Sitting were torn. His other, lyrical side was particularly strong to listen to the clarinet, on which he was one of the most extraordinary voices of modern jazz, perhaps the world. Intimate and delicate, like breathy floated the sounds in the air, each of them had meaning.
Not only in the NDR Bigband, even in his own formations were heard his strong play and his polished compositions. With his quartet (Sandra Hempel, Heinz Lichius and Pepe Berns) joined Lutz Büchner 2005 at the 2nd Hamburg jazz days in the Kampnagel factory. In the same year (with Björn Lücker and Philipp Steen) was created with the trio Connex a self-titled album, and in 2006 he released his highly acclaimed, highly acclaimed by critics CD “Ring”.
“My goal is,” Lutz Büchner once said, “to play the very moment.” We owe him many unforgettable moments. With him we lose a loved one, a great artist and a wonderful colleague.
Stefan Gerdes
Editorial NDR Big band / jazz editorial
Missing Man Formation – Jon Hammond Band with Lutz Büchner front and center
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My 1965 Hammond B3 organ with special mods by Bill Beer (R.I.P.) of Keyboard Products
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Encore! Jon Hammond Band in Jazzkeller Hofheim
L to R: Heinz Lichius, Joe Berger, Rainer Heute, Jon Hammond
Congratulations everybody on the 80th Anniversary of the invention of the Hammond organ – first commercial model was the model A
I owned one that actually had Neon Lights installed under both keyboards and over the pedal board – it is in the photo here where
I’m playing a Cordovox Super V – the model A is in back of me – Jon Hammond
Here I am with the more modern famous Model B3 and 2 Leslie Speakers – Jon Hammond
This is the inside of the very same 1965 Hammond B3 organ – with a few very special custom modifications by the late great
Bill Beer of Keyboard Products Los Angeles CA
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You can see some of the custom modifications Bill Beer installed in my B3 organ
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