The Jan Hammer Thread

[SilverHamer]

Jan Hammer has a pretty impressive list of credits that unless you read up on him you would never know. I distinctly remember reading that he did the music for the Airwolf TV show but it doesn't show up in any of the bio's and credits I've found today...LOL. So maybe I'm wrong about Airwolf. Anyways, here is a pretty intensive list of his credits:

http://www.janhammer.com/credits.html

Here is a live performance by Jan Hammer, Jordan Rudess, & Tony Williams playing the Miami Vice Themesong:

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Crockett's Theme:

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Jan Hammer is an innovator and great musician. I love how he plays guitar sounds on his keys and they sound pretty convincing!

[SilverHamer]

This is a really great jam in which Jan plays with Jeff Beck, Steve Lukather, and a bass player whose name I was unable to discern in the video, but he's freakin' great! Jan's solo doesn't come in until almost 3/4 of the way through the video.

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[MarkE]

Awesome stuff Larry. i was a little familiar with his work.

I really like the one with Jeff Beck.

[Tarkus]

I categorize Jan much as I do Pat Moraz... really great keyboardists that never quite got the due they deserved. In Jan's case, while he garnered a lot of recognition from "Miami Vice", I sometimes wonder if it also damaged him (or, perhaps simply pigeon-holed him) so that his career never really continued skyward thereafter.

Regardless, I agree... kewel vids, Larry. You definitely spend more time on YouTube than do I!

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