jan-hammer-with-lync-4by3Jan Hammer joins Paul and Dave today to share his own stories from throughout his life and career. From his start in Prague, the stories flow, including tales about Jan’s experiences with Jeff Beck, Keith Emerson, Jaco Pastorius, Neal Schon, Mahavishnu Orchestra and even Jimi Hendrix. There’s so much packed into these 43 minutes you’ll probably want to listen twice. Enjoy!


21 Comments

Martijn Kalf · June 7, 2016 at 11:17 am

Great interview!! one of the best I’ve heard with Jan

    dave · June 7, 2016 at 11:35 am

    Thanks, Martijn! Glad you enjoyed it. As well, it was a total pleasure to record (as you could probably tell). 🙂

Jay Cohen · June 7, 2016 at 2:02 pm

No mention of the brilliant albums “Like Children” or “Oh, Yeah?”???

David Allmond · June 8, 2016 at 4:37 pm

Love Jan. I’ve been a fan since the early 70’s. He leaves in the county above me in NY & when I worked part time at Blockbuster Video in Carmel, NY, he would once in a while come in to rent some videos. I was just floored when he would be on my line with his videos to check out.

    Charles McGarry · August 11, 2016 at 3:26 pm

    Hey Dave, We used to go hang out outside his barn on Ludingtonville road and listen to him. He was always cool about it as long as we didn’t bother him or make any noise.

      dave · August 11, 2016 at 3:54 pm

      So very cool, Charles! Yeah, he’s really a great guy. He did play at the Hollywood Bowl last night with Jeff Beck! 🙂 I’m hoping for some video!

        Ben Keyzer · September 4, 2016 at 5:34 am

        God I hope someone recorded it! He plays so little these day.

Rahul Roy · June 9, 2016 at 6:11 am

Killer interview guys….cheers !

Mick Hogan · June 9, 2016 at 7:16 am

Great interview. I’ve never seen Jan live (in Australia) but have enjoyed his playing immensely over many years.

Julio Virella · June 9, 2016 at 8:34 am

Great Interview guys!! Amazing musician Mr. Hammer.
Love the part about Jimi.

Scott Sharon · June 9, 2016 at 4:02 pm

Great interview. I was fortunate to see the first tour of Mahavishnu opening up for ELP. I was familiar with both of their musical output. Mahavishnu blew ELP off the stage. My enjoyment of ELP waned after that show. They seemed like a cartoon band compared to Mahavishnu.

Fabio Girão · June 10, 2016 at 9:11 am

Fantastic interview! That story of the drum gig with Paul Bley… and the rest of the band was Jaco and Pat was amazing! Congrats!

David · June 10, 2016 at 12:40 pm

What about the work he did with Jack Bruce?

Mikael Andersson · June 10, 2016 at 1:48 pm

Nothing about the Jan Hammer group years and Oh, Yeah?”

Disappointing !

Interviewer should do some research !

Dave Binney · June 10, 2016 at 3:31 pm

Great interview. Wish that Paul Bley gig from Cafe Wha had been recorded!

    dave · June 10, 2016 at 3:36 pm

    You and me both, Dave! (and Jan wishes so, too!)

Ken Vaughn · June 12, 2016 at 11:13 am

The live solo in Freeway Jam is the best in minimoog history bar non.

Dick Wyzanski · June 12, 2016 at 2:14 pm

Great interview we appreciate it at http://www.ainian. I’m home of Jeff Beck ‘ s Fansite Linked to his official Fansite @www.jeffbeck.com.

Stephen Wilson · June 13, 2016 at 3:09 pm

Would have loved to hear about Colin Hodgkinson and Black Sheep. But the interview was wonderful. There is just never enough time with some guests. …to be able to chat with Jan…

David Z · June 14, 2016 at 10:41 am

Really enjoyed the interview with Jan. It would be great if you could do a few more with him.

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