Talk:John Henry Hammond

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I'm formatting the list of factoids into the bottom into something a little bit more respectable.Matthew 21:34, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very interesting and informative article. But it needs more citations.24.167.105.97 (talk) 02:59, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction in the years of death (1987/1988). --217.232.95.233 (talk) 21:07, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"non-musician"

What does that mean? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.116.140.88 (talk) 15:42, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's gone now, so I can't be certain, but it probably meant that he wasn't a performing musician (which would have been a better choice of words). BMJ-pdx (talk) 12:52, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Refusal to sign Jimi Hendrix

In 1966, Hammond Sr. met up with Jimi Hendrix at a dinner arranged by his son, John Hammond Jr., who used to somtimes play with Hendrix at the time. Hammond Sr. tried to talk Jimi into pursueing a career in blues, but Jimi had broader ideas for his music (see Shadwick, 1993: 81), as he was deeply influenced at the time not only by blues but also by a numerous of other musical genres as his first studio album "Are You Experience" shows (e.g. folk (as displayed by the song "My Friend"), British pop (as displayed by "Purple Haze"), R&N ("Remember"), Soul ("The Wind Cries Mary") "art-rock or jazz ("Third Stone From The Sun")).

I know that this fact was more important to Hendrix's career than to Hammond's but I think it still show an important aspect of the music industry back in the mid 60s: Hammond knew Jimi was a good musician but he didn't want to bet on somebody who was outside the traditional boxes of the music industry, or so it seems.

I just thought I'd let the Wikipedia community decide on whether it should appear in this article.

Reference: Shadwick, Douglas. 2003. Jimi Hendrix : Musician. London : Backbeat Books. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isaac Funes (talk • contribs) 00:22, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Portrayal in The Benny Goodman Story

Hammond is portrayed in The Benny Goodman Story in a favorable light. Is it worthwhile to add this (presumably as an "In popular culture" section)? My vote is yes. BMJ-pdx (talk) 12:42, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]