Questions and Answers by Jan Hammer


Q: What are your hobbies outside of music?  What sports do you like or play, or what books do you read?

I'm an auto racing fanatic, I follow all kinds of racing, like CART and NASCAR, but my favorite is Formula 1.  As far as participating in sports I'm into skiing and tennis.  For reading nothing beats Sunday's New York Times.


Q: What music do you listen to?

Anything, depending on mood or need.  Classical (Bach, Beethoven, Chopin or Janacek), jazz (Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Coltrane) or rock (Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Police).


Q: What recent musicians, if any, do you most admire?

Alanis Morisette, Sheryl Crow, Kurt Cobain


Q: If you could play in your all-time "dream band" who would be in
the lineup?

Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Colin Hodgkinson, Tony Williams.


Q: Can you name one musician past or present whom you would most liked have worked with?

John Lennon - even though sometimes I have a hard time imagining what I could add.


Q: What are your favorite three songs that you have written and what are your favorite three albums of all time?

Crockett's Theme (Escape From Television - MCA), Coming Back Home (Drive - Miramar), Plants And Trees (First Seven Days - Nemperor).

Beatles - Rubber Soul, Miles Davis - Sorcerer, Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsies.


- All questions were personally answered by Jan Hammer -

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