Tardo Hammer
JazzBorn in Queens, New York in 1958, Tardo Hammer began playing piano at age 5, and after dabbling with clarinet... more
Latest Release
Tardo Hammer & Peter Washington: Live at Mezzrow
Jazz - 2017
Top Songs
Essential Albums
In the Still of the Night
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Grant Stewart (Live At Smal...
Look, Stop & Listen - The M...
Right Now!
Simple Pleasure
Conception (feat. Zaid Nass...
Tardo's Tempo
Shake It!
Fuse Blues (feat. Herb Pome...
Somethin' Special
Hammer Time
Formidable (feat. Danny D'I...
Albums
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About Tardo Hammer
Born in Queens, New York in 1958, Tardo Hammer began playing piano at age 5, and after dabbling with clarinet and guitar, returned to piano at age 13. By his mid teenage years he was listening heavily to jazz recordings of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and others and teaching himself to play that music on the piano and with other young musicians. Hammer’s first professional appearance was on New Year’s Eve, 1973, when he and five other fifteen year olds entertained the revelers with renditions of Ornithology Read more on Last.fmSource: Last.fm