Jan Hammer


Jan Hammer in 1977

Background information
Birth name: Jan Hammer
Born: 17 April 1948 (age 76); Prague, Czechoslovakia
Genres: Jazz fusion, synthpop, pop rock
Website: janhammer.com

Jan Hammer (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈɦamɛr]) (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the 1980s television program Miami Vice. He has continued to work as both a musical performer and producer.

Hammer has collaborated with some of the era's most influential jazz and rock musicians such as John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, Billy Cobham, Al Di Meola, Mick Jagger, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Tommy Bolin, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather, and Elvin Jones. He has composed and produced at least 14 original motion picture soundtracks, the music for 90 episodes of Miami Vice and 20 episodes of the television series Chancer.

His compositions have won him several Grammy Awards.

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Miami Vice Theme HD

AMB Production TV
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8,632,910 views Aug 5, 2014
Miami Vice Theme HD

The adventures of the vice squad detectives of the Miami Police Department.

Stubble-faced detective Crockett lived in a sailboat guarded by his alligator Elvis. His partner Tubbs was a black New York cop looking for his brother's killer. Together they took on the Florida drug world. The show influenced men's fashions toward Italo-casual and interior decor toward the Memphis look. Very trendy music and unusual guest performers.

Creator: Anthony Yerkovich
Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas
Music
SONG Miami Vice Theme
ARTIST Jan Hammer
ALBUM Miami Vice Theme
WRITERS Jan Hammer

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Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme (live by Kebu @ Dynamo)

Kebu
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29,130,392 views Nov 4, 2012
This tune is finally available on my "Live in Oslo" album:
http://ZYXDance.lnk.to/LIYi6KIp

Still a few copies left of the Limited Twilight Edition of my new album "Urban Dreams":
http://kebu.bandcamp.com

The regular version of "Urban Dreams" is also available on other music platforms and stores:
https://zyxdance.lnk.to/UrbanDreams
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I always liked this tune and was inspired when I heard Michael Cassette's version. So for my live performance I made an arrangement that was influenced by both versions, but put my own twist on it. The tune ended my show in Dynamo, Turku, where this video was recorded 5th May 2012. Unfortunately, I only had three camcorders going and the heavy bass drum in the club made the cameras vibrate with each beat. But the feeling was so high in the club that I definitely wanted to upload this particular take!

The song was performed using only analog synthesizers, either played live or sequenced. The performance was recorded line in to one of the cameras. The ambience in the club was recorded using the built-in microphones on two of the remaining cameras and mixed together with the line signal. Some mistakes were replaced with audio from a rehearsal take.

Equipment used in this song: Korg Polysix, Poly 61 (through a SansAmp GT2), Mono/Poly, Micro-preset M500; Roland TR-808, Jomox AirBase99, Juno 60, Alpha Juno 1&2; Touched-by-sound DRM1, Oberheim Matrix 6R, Yamaha RM1x (only for MIDI sequencing), Behringer DDX3216, Lexicon MPX500, as well as a midi patchbay and additional preamps for my mixer. Cameras: Canon HF100 (x2) and HF200.

A big thank you to the amazing audience in Turku and to Turku Synth Club for arranging the gig!

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