Background
Hammond, John was born on December 15, 1910 in New York City. Son of John Henry and Emily Vanderbilt (Sloane) Hammond.
Hammond, John was born on December 15, 1910 in New York City. Son of John Henry and Emily Vanderbilt (Sloane) Hammond.
American recording director, English Columbia & Parlophone Limited company, 1933-1936;
producer, Little Old Boy, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1933;
producer, Jayhawker, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1935;
producer, From Spirituals to Swing, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1938-1939;
organizer, Benny Goodman Band, 1933-1935;
organizer, Count Basie's Orchestra, 1936;
associate recording director, Columbia Records, 1939-1943, 46;
co-editor, co-public, Music and Rhythm, 1942-1943;
casting director, Billy Rose production Carmen Jones, 1943;
recording director, Majestic Records, 1946-1947;
vice president, Mercury Record Corporation, 1946-1952;
lecturer, New York University, 1953-1956;
pop record director, Vanguard Record Society, 1954-1987. Vice-president, director Newport Jazz Festival Institute of Jazz Studies, Horizon Press, New York City, Crisis Publication Company. New York City; columnist Down Beat, 1933-1939.
Critic, columnist Brooklyn Eagle, 1934-1936. Record critic New York Compass, 1950-1952. Columnist New York Herald Tribune, 1953-1955, Saturday Review, 1958-1959;director talent-acquisition Columbia Records, New York City.
2d vice president Professional Children's School, New York City. Board directors Northside Center Child Development, New York City, 1950-1987.
Married Jemison McBride, March 13, 1941 (divorced 1948). Children: John Paul, Jason. Married Esmé O'Brien Sarnoff, September 8, 1949 (deceased 1986).