Mar 2, 2026 9:58 PM
In Memoriam: John Hammond Jr., 1942–2026
John P. Hammond (aka John Hammond Jr.), a blues guitarist and singer who was one of the first white American…
Carla Bley (left), Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard recorded Life Goes On for the ECM label.
(Photo: Caterina di Perri/ECM)Keith Jarrett, Munich 2016 (ECM)
3D Jazz Trio, I Love To See You Smile (Diva Jazz)
11 Guys Quartet, Small Blues And Grooves (VizzTone)
Rez Abbasi, Djanto-shift (Whirlwind)
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Shaman! (Strut)
Ryoko Akama, Dial (Another Timbre)
JD Allen, Toys/Die Dreaming (Savant)
Antibalas, Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
Lynne Arriale Trio, Chimes Of Freedom (Challenge)
Gregg August, Dialogues On Race, Volume One (Iacuessa)
Omer Avital Qantar, New York Paradox (jazz&people/Zamzama)
John Bailey, Can You Imagine? (Freedom Road)
Marc Benham, Biotope (SteepleChase)
Frank Bey, All My Dues Are Paid (Nola Blue)
Tim Berne’s Snakeoil, The Fantastic Mrs. 10 (Intakt)
Peter Bernstein, What Comes Next (Smoke Sessions)
Laila Biali, Out Of Dust (Chronograph/ACT)
Jim Black Trio, Reckon (Intakt)
Black Art Jazz Collective, Ascension (HighNote)
Blaer, Yellow (Ronin Rhythm)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, Patchouli Blue (Ipecac)
Moses Boyd, Dark Matter (Exodus)
Geof Bradfield/Ben Goldberg/Dana Hall, General Semantics (Delmark)
Peter Brötzmann, I Surrender Dear (Trost)
The Darius Brubeck Quartet, Live In Poland (Ubuntu)
Brody Buster’s One Man Band, Damn! I Spilled The Blues (Booga)
Gary Brunton/Simon Goubert/Bojan Z, Night Bus (Juste Une Trace)
Ernesto Cervini, Tetrahedron (Anzic)
Hammond came to the blues through the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s, which he experienced firsthand in New York’s Greenwich Village.
Mar 2, 2026 9:58 PM
John P. Hammond (aka John Hammond Jr.), a blues guitarist and singer who was one of the first white American…
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