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Jan Hammer (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈɦamɛr]) (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. [1] 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.
The discography of Czech-American musician Jan Hammer consists of 25 albums with Hammer as the lead artist, as well as several singles and a large number of collaborations with jazz and rock musicians, such as John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Mick Jagger, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Tommy Bolin, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather, and Elvin Jones among many others.
"Miami Vice Theme" is a musical piece composed and performed by Jan Hammer as the theme to the television series Miami Vice. It was first presented as part of the television broadcast of the show in September 1984, was released as a single in 1985, and peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Crockett's Theme" is an instrumental song composed by Jan Hammer for the hit NBC television series Miami Vice. The surname Crockett refers to Don Johnson 's character, James "Sonny" Crockett . The initial version of the theme first appeared in the episode " Calderone's Return: Part 1 – The Hit List ", which aired on October 19, 1984, and ...
The album featured live versions of three tracks from the Jeff Back 1975 studio album Blow by Blow, "Scatterbrain", "Freeway Jam", and "She's a Woman".and three compositions by Jan Hammer, "Darkness/Earth in Search of a Sun" from the 1975 album The First Seven Days and "Full Moon Boogie" and "Earth (Still Our Only Home)" from the 1974 album Like Children by Jan Hammer and Jerry Goodman, and ...
The First Seven Days is an album recorded by jazz musician Jan Hammer in 1975. It features extensive use of synthesizers, including the synthesized "guitar" parts (as on his follow-up album, Oh Yeah?
Like Children is an album by Jan Hammer and Jerry Goodman. It was released in 1974 by Nemperor Records . [ 1 ] Both musicians were members of the Mahavishnu Orchestra .
[2] [3] Hammer is best known for his soundtrack work on the Miami Vice TV series, [4] [5] and Schon as the guitarist from the band Journey. [6] The duo's second album featured backing vocals by Journey's Steve Perry as well as contributions from former Journey drummer Steve Smith and bassist Ross Valory , and former Styx bassist Glen Burtnik .