John Hammond. Practicing to the show 'The World of John Hammond' Chicago, 1975

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John Hammond practicing to the show "The World of John Hammond", Chicago, 1975.

John Hammond (by name John Henry Hammond II) was an American record producer, civil right activist, and music critic active from the 1930s to the early 1980s. Hammond showed interest in music from an early age. At four he began studying the piano, only to switch to the violin at age eight. He was steered toward classical music by his mother but was more interested in the music sung and played by the servants, many of whom were black. He was known to go down to his basement to listen to the upbeat music in the servants' quarters. He loved Sir Harry Lauder's "Roamin' in the Gloamin'". While he was in the basement, the rest of his family in the greater part of the five-story mansion would listen to "the great opera tenor Enrico Caruso, as well as to standard classics by Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart".

b. December 15, 1910 in New York City, New York, United States.
d. July 10, 1987 in Staten Island, New York.

In the back an orchestra with among others Benny Carter.

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