Doug Hammond

Doug Hammond ( born December 26, 1942 in Tampa / Florida) is an American jazz musician ( drummer, composer, singer ).

Life and work

Hammond had eight years old trombone lessons and studied from 1957 to 1968 at the Howard W. Blake High School Performance Arts in Tampa. As early as 1962, he worked as a drummer. He played for, inter alia Earl Hooker, Stanley Cowell, Kenny Dorham, Bobby Hutcherson, Sam Rivers and Charles Mingus ( Mingus Moves, 1973), Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Sammy Price, Donald Byrd, Nina Simone, Betty Carter and Marion Williams. He also participated in the Musicians collective Tribe.

In 1975, Hammond to Europe, where he played with Wolfgang Dauner. In 1977 he became a member of Peter Giger's Family of Percussion. He also worked with Sigi Busch and Sulaiman Hakim and with Aladar Aladar and Al Foster. Since 1981, he presented his own trio with Steve Coleman and cellist Abdul Muneer Fataah ( " Folks ," 1980; " Perspicuity ", 1991). 1982 Paquito D' Rivera he performed with at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival. He also worked with Lou Blackburn's group Mombasa, with Mal Waldron, Amina Claudine Myers, Marcus Belgrave and Kirk Lightsey. He also worked on recordings of Özay fencing, James Blood Ulmer, Arthur Blythe and tenor Tribute by Arnett Cobb, Jimmy Heath and Joe Henderson. In 2007 he released the album A Real Deal on the label Heavenly Sweetness ( with Kirk Lightsey ).

Hammond lives in Linz. Since 1989 he is professor at the jazz department of the local Anton Bruckner Private University. He has emerged not only as a drummer and percussionist, but also as a composer of large-scale works for classical chamber music ensembles. In addition, he has presented four volumes of poetry.

Lexical entries

• Martin Kunzler: Jazz Encyclopedia, Vol 1 Rowohlt, Reinbek 2004, ISBN 978-3-499-16512-2.