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Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer, born on 17 April 1948 in Prague, Czech Republic, is a Czech-American
jazz keyboardist, film composer and producer. After early piano lessons at age
four and founding a high‑school jazz trio, Hammer studied at the Prague Academy
of Music. In 1970, he recorded the live trio album Malma Maliny. After moving to
the U.S., he received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston. When
he graduated, he toured for a year with Sarah Vaughan and collaborated with
Elvin Jones and Jeremy Steig. He also joined the original Mahavishnu Orchestra
in 1971, and contributed to In...
