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Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, these are just a few of the celebrated acts that John Hammond signed to Columbia Records. Furthermore, he played a critical role in integrating the music industry.

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Legendary talent scout John Hammond discovered some of the greatest talents in jazz, folk, blues and rock and roll during his 54-year association with Columbia Records.

On the jazz and blues side, he played a major role in launching the careers of Billie Holiday, Count Basie and Aretha Franklin. Among rock and roll fans, he will no doubt be best remembered for signing Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.

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John Hammond Sets ‘Wicked’ Tour

John Hammond will on March 17 kick off a tour in support of "Wicked Grin," his forthcoming Pointblank/Virgin album. As previously reported, the album -- due March 13 -- was produced by Tom Waits, and…

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John Hammond will on March 17 kick off a tour in support of “Wicked Grin,” his forthcoming Pointblank/Virgin album. As previously reported, the album — due March 13 — was produced by Tom Waits , and is largely comprised of Waits’ songs. The band, dubbed John Hammond’s Wicked Grin, includes several musicians who appear on the album — keyboardist Augie Meyers, bassist Larry Taylor, drummer/percussionist Stephen Hodges — with the addition of guitarist Frank Carillo. Others who guested on the album, including blues harmonica great Charlie Musselwhite and Waits, will not be on the tour. The tour will open in Austin, Texas, as part of the annual South By Southwest music festival, which, incidentally, is where Waits reintroduced himself as a live performer prior to the release of 1999’s “Mule Variations” (Epitaph). Hammond’s tour will wrap with an April 7 show at Philadelphia’s Theatre Of Living Arts. Hammond has been on the road on an acoustic tour that plays Virginia Beach, Va., tomorrow (Feb. 17) and Shirley, Mass., on March 3. Following the tour with Wicked Grin, he’s also scheduled to appear June 3 at the Western Maryland Blues Festival in Hagerstown, Md. Here are tour dates for John Hammond’s Wicked Grin: March 17: Austin, Texas (Continental Club) March 18: San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (Coach House) March 19: Los Angeles (Knitting Factory) March 20: Solana Beach, Calif. (the Belly-Up) March 21: San Francisco (Great American Music Hall) March 23: Portland, Ore. (Hollywood Theater) March 24: Seattle (Experience Music Project) March 25: Vancouver (the Yale) March 28: Denver (Gothic Theatre) March 30: Minneapolis (Cedar Cultural Center) March 31: Chicago (Martyr’s) April 1: Ann Arbor, Mich. (the Ark) April 2: Toronto (Horseshoe) April 4: Cambridge, Mass. (House Of Blues) April 5: New York (Joe’s Pub) April 6: Alexandria, Va. (Birchmere) April 7: Philadelphia (Theatre Of Living Arts))

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The Legendary John Hammond

by Andrew Goutman · September 8, 2023

Young record producer John Hammond in New York City. Source: zani.co.uk

Innovative producer Hammond was also a talent scout, civil rights activist…and father to blues musician John P. Hammond.

When name-checking the pioneers of rock ‘n’ roll, it would seem John Hammond doesn’t immediately come to mind. Preference is often given to performers over those toiling behind the scenes, even a tastemaker such as Hammond, acclaimed as a major influence on recorded popular music in the 20th century.

It’s not that Hammond couldn’t have become a performer. Born to a socially prominent New York family with relatives named Vanderbilt and Sloane, John Hammond started playing the piano at age four before switching to the violin at eight. But he was drawn to the rhythmic sounds emanating from the family’s servants’ quarters that set him on a career path. The man fell in love with jazz.

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Hammond bucked a family tradition by dropping out of Yale in 1931 for a career in the music business.  From his perch as an A&R man for Columbia Records, Hammond met the great Benny Goodman and played a role in organizing Goodman’s jazz orchestra. Hammond convinced Goodman to hire Black musicians such as Charlie Christian, Lionel Hampton, Fletcher “Smack” Henderson, and Teddy Wilson. By 1934, Goodman’s band was the most successful musical ensemble in America.

Hammond and Goodman were known to take nocturnal jaunts to Harlem to buy records and spot newcomers. On one such occasion , they heard an unknown 17-year-old Billie Holiday and Hammond was smitten. He arranged for Holiday to record with Goodman and she broke through. Hammond’s affinity for finding raw talent was now bearing fruit.

Bob Dylan, Benny Goodman & John Hammond during a TV tribute to Hammond. Photo by Thomas S. England/Getty Images

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In his travels, Hammond’s discoveries were like notches on his belt: listening to Count Basie on an obscure Kansas City radio station; finding guitarist Charlie Christian in a honky-tonk club outside Oklahoma City; and organizing in 1938 a Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall that put the likes of Big Joe Turner, Meade “Lux” Lewis, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Big Bill Broonzy, and Sonny Terry in the Big Apple spotlight.

After serving in World War II, Hammond, eschewing the post-war bebop jazz scene, signed Pete Seeger and an 18-year-old gospel singer named Aretha Frankin (who actually found her form after moving to Atlantic Records). And then there was Bob Dylan.

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Bob Dylan & John Hammond, 1963. Source: Perry Films

In 1961, John Hammond by chance listened to Bob Dylan play harmonica during a session for folksinger Carolyn Hester, whom Hammond had signed the previous year. Hammond was intrigued and signed the unknown Dylan to a Columbia contract. The suits howled in unison, referring to Dylan as “Hammond’s Folly.”

In a 1968 interview with Pop Chronicles , Hammond shed some light on his production instincts:

What I wanted to do with Bobby is just get him to sound as natural, just as he was in person, and have that extraordinary personality shine through…Afer all, he’s not a great harmonica player, and he’s not a great guitar player, and he’s not a great singer. He just happens to be an original. And I wanted to have that originality come through.

A big notch on his belt.

Bruce Springsteen

A decade plus one year later, Hammond signed another luminous rock act, Bruce Springsteen (though it’s fair to point out that Columbia president Clive Davis did some of the early heavy lifting) . On May 2, 1972, a skinny, 23-year-old Springsteen, carrying a beat-up acoustic guitar and accompanied by his manager Mike Appel, auditioned in Hammond’s office.

“John later told us that he was poised and ready to hate us,” Springsteen wrote in his book, Born to Run . “But he just leaned back, slipped his hands together behind his head, and smiling, said, ‘Play me something.'”

Bruce slung his guitar in place and sang, “It’s Hard to be a Saint in the City.” The producer stopped him at various points in the song and asked him to repeat certain lyrics. Bruce complied. When the song was finished, Hammond was smiling and said , You’ve got to be on Columbia Records.”

“One song, that’s all it took,” Springsteen wrote.

The rest, as they say…

Civil Rights Activist

When John Hammond committed to jazz, the integration of its bands and venues had not yet begun. Hammond spent his lifetime breaking down barriers between Black and white. “One of the reasons I’m the way I am is that I got to know Harlem,” Hammond said in 1971 . “Upperclass white folks went up to Harlem in the ’20s, slumming. I went out of passion. Anyone who did that had his life changed.”

His efforts to integrate Benny Goodman’s and other jazz orchestras testify to his activism. Hammond used his inherited wealth to fund the recordings of unsigned budding Black musicians, starting in 1931 with Garland Wilson.

The Son Also Rises

John P. Hammond, blues musician. Photo by Paul Hawthorne, NY Times

John P. Hammond, the ‘P’ for Paul Robeson, the famous singer and civil rights activist, grew up in the formidable shadow of his father but John P. didn’t seem to mind. It must have been a blast to be the one to advise Bob Dylan on backup musicians and recording studio politics. “Bob always looked to me for guitarists,” John P. recalled for the New York Times .

John P. perhaps channeled his father’s legendary knack for finding talent by being in a Toronto bar watching a band called Levon & the Hawks and beckoning them to come to New York to play on his upcoming album and perhaps audition for the big boys.

That Toronto ensemble, who would eventually call themselves The Band, traveled to New York to play on John P.’s fourth blues album, So Many Roads . The album was one of 34 John P. released to critical acclaim.

After So Many Roads , John P. recommended his studio players to Bob Dylan. No doubt Dad was very proud.

Peter Yarrow, Bob Dylan, and John P. Hammond photogenically wait for a bus in NYC in 1965.

John Hammond was inducted into the inaugural (1986) class of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He received the Ahmet Ertegun Award for “his critical role in integrating the music industry.”

He died on July 10, 1987, at age 76.

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GLOUCESTER , MASS. (WHDH) - For this week’s Mass Appeal, we’re headed to a fairytale fortress that’s also a museum – right in our own backyard.

With a design inspired by art and architecture from all around the globe, the Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester takes you on a style journey without leaving eastern Massachusetts.

Perched atop a beautiful bluff, overlooking the rocky shore? No, it’s not Hogwarts, this medieval manor invites visitors to cross a giant drawbridge into a world of wonder.

The man behind the stone and mortar mansion, John Hayes Hammond, Jr., was a scientist bad boy with friends including Isabella Stuart Gardner, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla.

On the tour, visits learn all about Hammond’s history and his reasons for building such a unique property.

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Entertainment | John Hiatt at The Ark, 5 things to know

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During September the 71-year-old singer-songwriter suffered a serious fall while hiking in South Cumberland State Park in Tennessee that resulted in a concussion and a skull fracture, along with lacerations and bruises. He’s spent most of the time since recovering and doing “all kinds of rehab and neural stuff,” but understandably concerned about how far he’d be able to rebound.

The good news Hiatt’s back in shape and back on the road, doing small-venue solo shows as he gets his bearings back. He has future projects in his viewfinder, and music is still that thing the veteran troubadour is happy to call love…

* Hiatt says by phone from his home near Nashville that he’s “doing pretty good” health-wise, these days. “It’s been a long road back, but I feel good — outside the usual stuff of a practically 72-year-old guy. I’ve been just focusing on getting my health back together and going out to play.”

* This year also marks the 50th anniversary of Hiatt’s first solo album, “Hangin’ Around the Observatory,” which he says “I didn’t even think about, to be honest. I was scared to death; I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. The songwriting was not really formed; I just knew I wanted to do it. I didn’t know who I was vocally, and I was only 10 years out of picking up a guitar. So for me I was still chipping away. I wasn’t one of those guys that came fully formed out of the gate. I had to kind of do it in public.”

* In hindsight, however, Hiatt is happy that he became “what I wanted to be, a songwriting folk singer, if you will, who gets the rock ‘n’ roll thing as well. I had a lot of models — the blues troubadours, Phil Ochs, John Hammond Jr., John Hartman and so on, even Lead Belly. I had that model — you can write songs and you can perform ’em for an audience and they can interact with that. It’s kind of thrilling. And to still be doing that after all these years…I’m grateful.”

* Over the years many of Hiatt’s songs have become better-known in versions recorded by others, including Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker, Iggy Pop and more. “that’s been great,” he says. “That was sort of a side gig to me, a songwriter who wrote songs for other people. I just wrote and didn’t think about it. It never really defined who I was…or who I am, for that matter.”

* Hiatt has a couple of recording projects in mind, including an album with his daughter Lily and a reunion with his band the Goners and producer Glyn Johns, the team that made his “Slow Turning” album in 1899. “And then I want to make a record (of) just me and my guitar. I’ve really spent the last year getting back to where I can sing and play and make sense — that’s been the focal point.”

John Hiatt performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 9 at The Ark 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor. 313-761-1818 or theark.org.

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Teacher Appreciation Week 2024: Freebies, deals, discounts for educators, plus gift ideas

Restaurants and other retailers have deals for teachers and educators for national teacher day, tuesday, may 7, and national teacher appreciation week, which runs monday, may 6, to friday, may 10..

All of us have one or more teachers who assisted, inspired or coached us along on our learning path. Need an excuse to show your gratitude? There are opportunities in the days ahead.

National Teacher Day is May 7, 2024, and Teacher Appreciation Week runs Monday, May 6, to Friday, May 10. The idea for a week to honor teachers began more than 70 years ago with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

The National National Parent Teacher Association has deemed this year's theme "Teachers are Shining Stars," and has an online toolkit with ideas on how to thank teachers. The National Education Association website has suggestions on how to celebrate teachers, too.

"Teachers are the heart and soul of our Nation," President Biden said in a proclamation on Friday, May 3. "They care for our Nation’s students, pass on knowledge to rising generations, and inspire our children to dream up new possibilities for their futures."

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Many restaurants and retailers are showing their appreciation with deals, discounts, specials and freebies . Here's some, but you may want to check social media for local deals, too – try searching for #NationalTeacherAppreciationWeek or #TeacherAppreciationWeek .

National Teacher Appreciation Week deals

• Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza: Teachers get a 20% discount on all orders with a valid ID from Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12.
• BIC: The pen maker has deals on its BIC 4 Color Ballpoint Pen, with packs of three starting at $6.09 (available on Amazon , Walmart , Target ); BIC Gelocity Quick Dry Gel Pens, 12-pack starting at $12.99 ( Amazon , Walmart , Target ), and Break Resistant Mechanical Pencil, pack of two starting at $4.98 ( Walmart and Staples (2-Count); Amazon (4-Count), and BIC.com (12-Count).
• Buffalo Wild Wings: From Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12, teachers and school staff get 20% off their orders with valid IDs on dine-in, call-in, and walk-in orders.
• BurgerFi: Teachers get a 20% discount on all orders with a valid ID from Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12.
• edible: The fruit gift arrangement company is giving teachers, school staff and graduates of all ages a buy-one-get-one dipped fruit cone Monday through Friday until June 7, at local Edible stores.
• Firehouse Subs: The sandwich chain has a week of specials available starting Monday through its Firehouse Rewards loyalty program and app including (on Wednesday) BOGO Hook & Ladder Subs and (on Friday) two medium sandwiches for $12 or two large sandwiches for $18.
• Free Rein Coffee Company: Teachers and educators get 20% off all year long from "Yellowstone" star Cole Hauser's brew brand by verifying with ID.me. Also eligible for the 20% discount: military members.
• The Good Feet Store : The retail chain, which has more than 250 locations, wants you to nominate education professionals – teachers, educators and other personnel including crossing guards – to win a personalized arch support system from The Good Feet Store. Submit applications online starting May 6 and through May 31. There may be one winner for each participating market (there's more than 75), and once selected, each winner will receive their own personalized arch support system.
• The Greene Turtle : All faculty and staff with a valid ID get a free meal (value of up to $15) on Tuesday, May 7, for Teachers Appreciation Day.
• Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream : Teachers get a 10% discount at participating locations from Monday to Friday, May 6-10.
• Hat Creek Burger Company : All teachers and school staff get a free 6-piece order of nuggets on Tuesday, May 7 (just show a valid ID).
• HTeaO: The iced tea chain will give teachers 50% off cups of tea from Monday, May 13, to Sunday, May 26, with a valid professional school ID.
• Huddle House: Teachers get a free meal from Monday to Friday, May 6-10 (available for dine-in only at participating locations). Students can also nominate a teacher to win free meals for a year (award given at each participating location). Also, get a free kids meal with any purchase of $6 or more.
• Insomnia Cookies: The Philadelphia-based late-night bakery chain with more than 240 locations is giving all teachers and school staff who show a valid ID a free Classic cookie in-store, no purchase necessary, all week beginning Monday, May 6. (Availability varies by location.)
• Jeremiah's Italian Ice: Teachers get a free small treat of their choosing on Tuesday, May 7, for Teacher's Appreciation Day with a valid educational ID at purchase.
• KIND Snacks: Teachers get 15% off their purchases on the website all year long. Customers just verify with ID.me at checkout.
• Learning Resources: The educational toy maker has several classroom products at discounted prices for teachers including a Rainbow Sorting Set Classroom Edition ($42.63; 39% off), Letter Construction Set ($35.45; 11% off) and Weather Tracker Pocket Chart ($26.49; 5% off), all on Amazon.com.
• L ogan' s Roadhouse: Teachers get 20% off their entrée this week. Just show your badge.
• McAlis ter’ s Deli: Teachers and educators can get free tea – either one big Sweet Tea, Unsweet Tea, ½ Sweet & ½ Unsweet Tea, or ½ Lemonade & ½ Sweet/Unsweet Tea (flavor shots excluded) – at McAlister's Deli from Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12, with your badge or ID. Offer valid in-store only; no purchase necessary.
• Moe’s Southwest Grill: Cater a Moe's Southwest Grill meal for teachers from Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12, and when you spend $300 or more, get a $50 E-gift card (use code THANKYOU24). Good at participating locations; not valid with other offers or third-party delivery. Doesn't include tax, tip and fees.
• Noodles & Company: Parents, school administrators, and educators alike can get $15 off catering orders of $100 or more through May 17. Log into your Noodles Rewards account and use the code THANKSTEACHERS at checkout.
• The Parking Spot: The parking company is giving teachers 25% off parking during their trips; just signup with an associated education email account .
• Peter Piper Pizza : Teachers can get a free personal pizza every day Monday through Friday (May 6-10). Redemption is limited to once per day; valid teacher or nurse ID/credentials must be shown.
• Postino: The restaurant chain, with more than 25 locations in five states , will give teachers its $25 Board and Bottle (bruschetta board, plus a bottle of wine) all day every day during the month of May with badge/ID. (The special is usually only available Monday and Tuesday 8 p.m. to closing.)
• Potbelly Sandwich Works: Teachers get a free cookie or fountain drink with the purchase of an entrée by showing their ID Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12. Also, all customers can get free delivery on a catering order over $150.
• Raising Cane's: The fast casual chain is giving 10 teachers an all-expenses-paid summer vacation. Teachers can enter the contest on RaisingCanesTASweepstakes.com Monday, May 6, to Friday, May 10. Winners get two round-trip tickets to any U.S. destination, two-night hotel stay and a $200 gift card.
• Rock & Brews: Teachers get a free entrée with valid ID through Friday, May 10 (maximum value of $26.99) at the chain's Southern California locations (Corona, Buena Park, Redondo Beach, El Segundo and Tustin).
• Salad and Go: Teachers get free hot or cold coffee Wednesday, May 8, to Friday, May 10, with purchase during breakfast hours (6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.)
• Salata Salad Kitchen: On Tuesday, May 7, educators get 20% off their order when they present their badge at checkout. Also from Monday to Friday (May 6-10) get 20% off catering orders of $200 or more, and get free delivery on orders through DoorDash.
• Scholastic: The publisher has special deals and giveaways in its Scholastic Teacher Store and Book Clubs beginning Monday, May 6. And when you send a Scholastic eGift card through May 10, you'll be entered for a chance to win $550 of new books and resources for an educator of your choice.
• Shipley Do-Nuts: Teachers who belong to the chain's Do-Happy loyalty program can get a free half-dozen box of glazed Do-nuts with any purchase on Monday, May 6.
• Sonic Drive -In : Educators enrolled in the Sonic Teachers’ Circle Rewards program can take advantage of several deals starting Monday, May 6, to May 20; they include BOGO free Sonic Blast, BOGO free entrée, free Sonic cheeseburger with any purchase, free Large Drink or Slush with any purchase, or free small side with any entrée. (To join the rewards program create an account in the Sonic app and select "I'm a teacher" in settings.) Also, from May 6-20, Sonic is donating a portion of every drink, slush, and shake sold to its Limeades for Learning program, which supports local public schools.
• Staples: From Sunday, May 5, to Saturday, May 11, teachers can get free supply kits at Staples stores; kits include markers, pens, pencils, and glue. (20 kits per store while supplies last; limit 1 per teacher with teacher ID.) Teachers also get 20% off in-store purchases with their teacher ID at checkout.
• Stitch Fix: The online personal styling service is giving educators $50 credit to refresh their wardrobe. Between now and May 12, go to the Stitch Fix web site to verify credentials and get a promo code to use before June 30.
• tarte cosmetics: The beauty brand gives teachers and educators 40% off sitewide all year long.
• TGI Fridays: Teachers get a free entrée on Tuesday, May 7, at participating locations; choices include a cheeseburger with fries, half rack of ribs with choice of side, and Caesar salad with grilled chicken.
• The Halal Guys: Teachers get 10% off their meal from Wednesday, May 8, to Friday, May 10, on in-store orders, with proof of a valid teacher ID.
• Twinkl: Teacher subscription service Twinkl has ideas on how to show appreciation for your favorite teachers and is giving teachers a free month trial of its education materials.
• Whataburger: School employees can get a free Taquito, Breakfast on a Bun, or Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. local time Monday, May 6, to Friday, May 10 with ID.
• Yogurtland: Through May 14, the frozen yogurt chain is offering free delivery on orders of more than $15 made through the website or mobile app (use code FREEDELIVERY).
• Zaxby's : Teachers can buy one Boneless Wings Meal and get a second one free on May 7 at participating locations (redeemable through the Zaxby's app or website for Zax Rewardz members, while supplies last).
• Zips Car Wash:  Teachers can get a $5 "Pro" Wash at any Zips Car Wash or Rocket Express location across the country through May 19 with wash code 7652.

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Local news | head-on crash in brentwood injures seven, local news | photos: tour of the 1,732-foot-long tunnel at the anderson dam project, 80% completion of the tunnel that will provide greater control over water levels in santa clara county's largest reservoir.

Workers are about 80% finished digging a new 1,736-foot-long outlet tunnel at Anderson Dam near Morgan Hill. The work is part of a $2.3 billion project to bring the dam, which was built in 1950 and holds back Santa Clara County’s largest reservoir, up to modern earthquake standards. The Santa Clara Valley Water District, which is overseeing the project, says work to tear down the old dam and rebuild a new one will begin in 2026, with completion scheduled for 2032.

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