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RAINER HEUTE joining JON HAMMOND Band JAZZKELLER FRANKFURT Announcing Saxophonist RAINER HEUTE will be joining JON HAMMOND Band in concert at JAZZKELLER FRANKFURT Tuesday 31st March, Jon Hammond's annual "Musikmesse Warm Up Party" http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&suggest&note_id=150496905286#/note.php?note_id=150496905286&ref=mf JON HAMMOND Band Funky Swingin' Jazz and Blues HEINZ LICHIUS - drums JOE BERGER - guitar RAINER HEUTE - tenor sax JON HAMMOND - Hammond Organ Jon Hammond is Host of daily radio program HammondCast Show on KYOU Radio http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Rainer's Bio: Rainer Heute was born in Stuttgart in 1962. He started studying the Clarinet with Otto Konhäusner of the National Theater Mannheim at the age of 13 and began playing the saxophone at the age of 18. After a period of auto-didactic learning, he attended clinics with Bobby Watson, Dave Liebman and Sal Nistico. Since 1984 he has been working as freelance musician in jazz big bands such as the Mannheimer Bigband 70, Rainer Pusch Bigband (production with Art Farmer) and the Frankfurt Jazz Big Band. In 1988 he went on a tour to Africa with the "Hessisches Landesjugendjazzorchester", the Jazz Youth Orchestra of the German county Hessen. For their CD "Kicks & Sticks" with Bill Ramsey, Jiggs Whigham, Sylvia Droste they received the music award "Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik". He went on tour with Bob Mintzer and Art Farmer and produced CD's with the Thilo Berg Bigband, feat. Barbara Morrison, Slide Hampton a. o. From 1987 until 1991 he studied saxophone, composing and arranging at the Swiss Jazz School with Andy Scherrer, Sal Nistico and Joe Haider. Since 1989 he has been freelancing with the Big Band and Orchestra of "Hessischer Rundfunk" (an important German radio station). He played with Louie Bellson, Bob Florence, Lex Jasper, Don Menza, Anthony Jackson, erry Lyne Carrington, Maria Schneider, Eddie Daniels and Arturo Sandoval. Between 1990 and 1992 he went on tours with Joe Haider - Don Menza Tentett (w/ Benny Bailey, Eric van Lier, Joe Romano, T. Stabenow, W. Haffner, John Schroeder, H. Breuer), and through Europe and Japan with soul singer Chaka Khan & Zebra (tv "Ohne Filter Spezial") . In 1992 he went on tour with Joe Haider and the SJS Anniversary Band and with "Peanuts Hucko and the Young Generation of Swing", an American-European All Star Band with Howard Alden, Dan Barrett, Randy Sandke, Harry Allen (2 live CD's). He cooperated with the "Pepe Lienhard Band" and the "Züricher Tonhallenorchester" for a planned tv production with Sinnead O'Connor. In 1993 he founded the "Frankfurt Saxophon Quintett". The ensemble played at the "Mannheim Jazz Days" and produced compositions and arrangements for "Hessischer Rundfunk". He went on a tour through Switzerland and Italy with Pepe Lienhard and Hazy Osterwald (The Swing Must Go On, several tv productions). From 1993 until 2000 he has been member of the SDR (now SWR) Big Band in Stuttgart, playing with Bill Holman, Manny Albam, Frank Foster, Gloria Gaynour, Paul Kuhn, Max Greger, Horst Jankowski, Slide Hampton, Buddy de Franco, Clark Terry, Peter Herbolzheimer, Dieter Reith. In 1994 he recorded the CD "Music we like", gave concerts and made recordings with the R. Heute - L. Nuß Quintett, playing compositions of both band leaders. He also played a concert with the SDR Big Band in the Opera of Manaus, Brazil. Since 1994 he has been teaching at the Mannheim Conservatory and was also the director of the school's Jazz Orchestra. He is the leader of the Lampertheim Big Band (since 1998 known under the name: LA Reed Big Band). He has played jazz concerts with Bill Ramsey. In 1995 he was sent to the Big Band Production of the European Broadcasting Union in Prague . For this production, musicans from European radio stations come together, they recorded a live CD. He played concerts and recorded a CD with the Paul Kuhn orchestra, and went on a Shirley Bassey Tour through Switzerland with Eugen Cicero. In 1996 he played with the Köln Musik Big Band, direction Jerry van Rooyen, the SDR Big Band, and the NDR Big Band, the Dieter Reith Combo and the Swiss All Star Band "The Royal Jubilee Swing Band" (the latter played for King Bhumibol and the Royal Family in Thailand). In 1997 he organised the salsa concert series "Salsa Mortal", played with the Thilo Wolf Big Band and Illenois Jacquet Big Band, recorded the CD "7 Cordas" with eca de Oliveira and contributed to the multimedia show "Lady Be Good" about Ella Fitzgerald. Since 1997 he has also been member of the soul band "Midnight Movers". The have weekly shows at the "Cotton Club" in Kaiserslautern. Since 1998 he has been teaching flute/jazz at the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. He holds various lectureships and has given master classes (saxophone and big band). In 1999 he founded the swing band "Sultans of Swing", recorded CD's, played on the cruising ship AIDA with the Alfred Lauer Big Band, and played concerts with the hr Big Band feat. Eddie Daniels, Maria Schneider, Greetje Kauffeld, Georgie Fame. In 2000 he continued the concert series at Maritim and Cotton Club, and played with various big bands and ensembles, with Toots Thilemans, Jeff Cascaro, Sylvia Droste, Howard Johnson, Torolf Mölgard, Wilson de Oliveira, Klaus Osterloh. In 2001 he made a tv production with the SWR Big Band and Lalo Schifrin. In the same year he changed to the Big Band of "Hessischer Rundfunk". He is playing with his own bands, mainly the Sultans of Swing and the Rainer Heute Jazztett. http://www.jazzkeller.com Tuesday March 31st 2009 JON HAMMOND Show MySpace Rainer Heute, Jon Hammond, HR Big Band, Jazz, Blues, Funky, Jazzkeller, Musikmesse, Frankfurt, HammondCast, KYOU Radio, Learjet, Tenor Sax, Organ, Accordion

ASCAP Network Updating http://community.ascap.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=5062477&as=27521 HammondCast KYOURADIO JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974, City College San Francisco Languages: English, German Musician: Jon Hammond is one of the premier B3 PLAYERS in the world. Jon has played professionally since age 12. Beginning as a solo accordionist, he later played Hammond B3 organ in a number of important San Francisco bands. His all original group HADES opened shows for Tower of Power, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Michael Bloomfield. Eddie Money and Barry Finnerty became musical associates. Moving East he attended Berklee College of Music and played venues as diverse as Boston's "Combat Zone" in the striptease clubs during the '70's and the exclusive Wychmere Harbor Club in Cape Cod, where he was house organist and developed a lasting friendship with House Speaker Tip O'Neill. He also toured the Northeast and Canada with the successful show revue "Easy Living", and continued his appearances at nightclubs in Boston and New York. Subsequently Hammond lived and traveled in Europe, where he has an enthusiastic following. TV/Video Producer: In 1981 Jon formed BackBeat Productions. Assisted by Lori Friedman (Video by LORI), the innovative TV show "The Jon Hammond Show" became a Manhattan Cable TV favorite. Jon's "Live on the street" video style included news events, as well as live music/video clips of Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Butterfield, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwistle, Sammy Davis Jr., Percy Sledge and many others. The weekly show is now in it's 25th year and has influenced the broadcasts of David Letterman and others. Billboard Magazine hailed Jon's show as "The Alternative to MTV". The Jon Hammond Show can be seen worldwide at various times streaming from http://www.mnn.org and on channels 56 and 108 in Manhattan. Media Personality: Host and narrator of his TV show, as well as co-host of numerous radio broadcasts, Jon has defined a musical and personal style that is unmistakeable. As Musical Director, Producer and Host of The Jon Hammond Show, Mr. Hammond formed a unique multi-media music group. This spring they will return to Europe to perform for 19th consecutive year at Frankfurt Musikmesse and will be hosting shows there and in Hamburg Germany. Description: "The Jon Hammond Show" is a funky, swinging Jazz instrumental revue, featuring notable international soloists and reflecting the influences of Miles Davis, The Crusaders and Jimmy Smith. The show has universal appeal Jon Hammond is endorsed by the following companies: Hammond Suzuki, Excelsior CEMEX Accordions, Superlux Goang-Fann Co., Ltd., CASIO, Sennheiser, Fender and Remin Kart-A-Bag *Member ASCAP, AF of M Local 802 and Local 6 JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974 Languages: English, German *Jon is currently Host of daily CBS radio program HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM, 7 days a week at 4AM PST. Performing solo in Hospitals, Nursing Homes regularly. Bandleader for annual overseas dates for over 20 years. Jon Hammond played Hammond organ on the Mike Myers movie "The LOVE GURU" (unseen) Paramount Pictures backing up Telma Hopkins as "Lillian Roanoke" when she sings "Star Spangled Banner" at the Hockey game. http://ascap.com/network/audioportraits/Jon_Hammond_Rent/

Watch The Video Here: JON HAMMOND Band playing "The SIDEWINDER" in Jazz Kneipe Frankfurt. One of 207 gigs Jon played there while living in Frankfurt. It was a 5 hour gig 7 nights a week until 3AM, very popular musician club, Regina made some good hot pizza and kept the live music and beer and hard liquor drinks flowing nightly until finally closing and moving to Spain. Jon joined here by band mates Sgt. Al Wittig of U.S. Air Force Kaiserslautern, Barry Finnerty guitar, James Preston of Sons of Champlin, Jon Hammond at the Hammond organ. Earlier Jon Hammond Band was live on AFN Europe "Powerlite Show" 873 kHz on the dial with host Specialist Margie Glad at AFN Headquarters Bertramstrasse 6 Frankfurt am Main Jon is now Host of daily radio show HammondCast on KYOURADIO © http://www.HammondCast.com AFN Europe Jazz Kneipe Frankfurt Main HammondCast Sons of Champlin James Preston Sidewinder Jazz Funky Organ KYOURADIO