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Jan Hammer
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Czech-born American musician, composer and record producer
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It is catalogued under topics including 1948 births, 21st-century American keyboardists and 21st-century American male pianists.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Jan Hammer (born April 17, 1948 as Jan Hamr) is a Czech-American musician, keyboardist, and songwriter who composed the background score music for the first four seasons of Miami Vice (although he was joined by John Petersen for much of season 4). As the show's original composer, he composed the famous "Miami Vice Theme" that was featured in all 111 episodes of the series.
Known for
- Příběhy českého jazzu — Self2020
- Jeff Beck: Still on the Run — Self2018
- Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl — Self — Keyboards2017
- Moogfest 2006: Live2007
- E! True Hollywood Story1996
- Miami Vice — Himself (uncredited)1984
- Miami Vice — Wedding Musician1984
- Mahavishnu Orchestra - Live In France 1972 — Self (keyboards)1972
- BBC In Concert — Self1971
- Martyrs of Love1967
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Key facts
- Born
- Jan Hammer , ( 1948-04-17 ) 17 April 1948 (age 78) , Prague , Czechoslovakia
- Genres
- Jazz fusion synth-pop pop rock
- Occupations
- Musician composer record producer
- Instruments
- Keyboards drums synthesizer keytar
- Years active
- 1968–present
- Website
- janhammer .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jan
- Family name
- Hammer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Prague
- Mother
- Vlasta Průchová
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Berklee College of Music
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Award
- Grammy Awards
- Genre
- pop rock
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.janhammer.com
- Image
- Jan Hammer 2 - 1977.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1948-04-17
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- name in native language
- Jan Hammer
- member of
- Mahavishnu Orchestra
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- number of viewers/listeners
- 18772039
- social media followers
- 34400
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Encyclopedic overview
Jan Hammer ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈɦamɛr]) (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jan Hammer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.