Jan Hammer

Biography

17 April 1948, Prague, Czechoslovakia. This former child prodigy was working in a jazz ensemble at the age of 14, and studied theory and composition at the Prague Academy of Muse Arts. In 1968, as Czechoslovakia fell under Soviet rule, Hammer won a scholarship to Berklee College Of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Two years later he was playing with artists such as Elvin Jones and Sarah Vaughan, before joining the Mahavishnu Orchestra and playing on the seminal fusion albums The Inner... Read more

Genres

Action & Adventure Movies Comedy Movies Electronic & Ambient Jazz Pop / Rock Sci-Fi / Fantasy Movies Soundtrack Television

Tags

soundtrack

electronic

80s

instrumental

synth pop

czech

synthpop

new age

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