(1948-04-17) 17 April 1948 (age 76) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Genres
Jazz fusion
synth-pop
pop rock
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
record producer
Instrument(s)
Keyboards
drums
synthesizer
keytar
Years active
1968–present
Website
janhammer.com
Musical artist
Jan Hammer (Czech pronunciation:[ˈjanˈɦamɛr]) (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer.[1] He rose to prominence while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as with 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, John Abercrombie 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 two Grammy Awards.[2]
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 564. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
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