Background. The book jacket describes him as “The greatest ear for talent in American musical history. Photo courtesy stomp-off.blogspot.

Dunstan Prial fashions the diverse strands of John Hammond’s life — as a talent scout, record producer and overall mover and shaker — into a very readable narrative. Also might have a blue / White "Distributed by Motown Records" Sticker on Backside of Cover (see Picture 2).
John H. Hammond American Record Producer Musician & Critic- RSA63951 John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen profiles the record producer, jazz critic, and civil rights activist who discovered many of the musical giants of our time, including Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. Hammond moved to a small apartment in New York City’s bohemian Greenwich Village, where he programmed one of the country’s first jazz radio shows and continued producing records…

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios. A tireless crusader for racial integration in

John Hammond built a long career as a "talent scout" and producer out of his personal passion for African-American music. Bob Dylan and clarinetist and band leader Benny Goodman listen to legendary record producer John Hammond backstage at the taping of the special 'The World of John Hammond…

Please do not confuse with his son, the blues musician John Paul Hammond. Whiz-Kid of Swing: The Story of Pioneering Record Producer John Hammond John Hammond and Aretha Franklin at Columbia's 30th Street studio, 1960 publicity photo.

John Hammond (record executive and producer; born December 15, 1910, died July 10, 1987)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. Please do not confuse with his son, the blues musician John Paul Hammond.

John Hammond on Record book. A tireless crusader for racial integration in
And possibly Hammond. John Hammond, American record producer, promoter, talent scout, and music critic who discovered and promoted several major figures of popular music, from Count Basie and Billie Holiday in the 1930s to Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen during the rock era. He is the father of famous blues musician John P. Hammond.

Since then, I've read a few things that put dings in my image of Hammond and I chalked that up to people being imperfect. This musical tribute celebrates the work of record producer and discoverer of new talent, John Hammond, "one of the really remarkable individuals of American music." Hammond became the first record producer to be widely known by name outside the music business, and in 1955 he was portrayed (after a fashion) in a big-budget Hollywood biopic, The Benny Goodman Story. John Hammond was the first manager of Bob, first he signed him as a session musician and then he gave him a contract to record his first album "Bob … I really enjoyed this autobiography by legendary music business producer/A&R John Hammond. On the jazz and blues side, he played a major role in launching the careers of Billie Holiday, Count Basie and Aretha Franklin. In his service as a talent scout, Hammond became one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular music. He is a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the patriarch of the prominent Vanderbilt family, through his paternal grandmother Emily Vanderbilt Sloane Hammond. Told from the perspective of John Hammond, Talent and Acquisition specialist for Columbia records, who loved the earliest Blues and Jazz before most USAmericans heard Blues or accepted jazz as real music.

Producer – Creed Taylor; ... John Frosk, Jon Faddis, ... (see Picture 5). Recorded October 31 & November 1, 1973. Read 4 reviews from the world's largest community for readers.