Bluesman John Hammond Comes to Jazz Alley 3/31 – 4/1- Win Tickets
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents Grammy award-winning veteran bluesman John Hammond, solo for two nights touring in support of his new release Timeless. Set times Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30pm. Doors open at 5:30pm each night. Purchase tickets HERE
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“John’s sound is so compelling, complete, symmetrical and soulful with just his voice, guitar and harmonica, it is at first impossible to imagine improving it… He’s a great force of nature. John sounds like a big train coming. He chops them all down.” – Tom Waits
2012 New York Blues Hall of Fame Inductee
2011 Blues Hall of Fame Inductee
2011 Blues Music Award winner for Acoustic Artist of the Year
2010 Grammy Nominee for Best Traditional Blues Album Rough & Tough
John’s newest album, Timeless, marks his 50th year as a recording artist. Fittingly, it has been nominated for the Annual Blues Music Awards, to be announced in 2015. The new CD adds to an already incredible career, having released thirty-five solo albums since 1964’s Big City Blues. Timeless, following on the heels of 2010’s Grammy nominated CD Rough and Tough, was recorded live at Chan’s in Woonsocket, RI (one of Hammond’s favorite venues in the world). The album honors a host of legendary and hugely influential blues artists including Chuck Berry, Elmore James, Howling’ Wolf and Bobby “Blue” Bland, as well as the living legend and longtime collaborator and friend of Hammond’s, Tom Waits.
Hammond is one of handful of white blues musicians who was on the scene at the beginning of the first blues renaissance of the mid-’60s. Some critics have described Hammond as a white Robert Johnson, and Hammond does justice to classic blues by combining powerful guitar and harmonica playing with expressive vocals and a dignified stage presence. Within the first decade of his career as a performer, Hammond began crafting a niche for himself that is completely his own: the solo guitar man, harmonica slung in a rack around his neck, reinterpreting classic blues songs from the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s.
A Grammy winner and six-time nominee, Hammond’s illustrious career includes collaborations with John Lee Hooker, Dr. John, JJ Cale, Duane Allman, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton among many more.