Jan recently shared his original demo of his composition Even Odds, which was written using Korg keyboards. The completed track was featured on Jeff Beck’s album Who Else, released in 1999.
Jan first became involved with Korg in 1990 and began using the Korg Wavestation and T3 in his innovative film scores. By 1992 he had added the 01/W and collectively these instruments were featured on his ground breaking, quadruple-platinum video album, Beyond The Mind’s Eye. Jan has continued to use Korg products throughout the years, and now makes extensive use of the Z1 and MOSS-equipped Trinity and Triton. Jan states, “I love the analog warmth and fatness of the MOSS-based gear. It gives me a level of expressive control and flexibility that I always wished I could get out of my older synths. It’s the best of both worlds!”
Biography
Jan Hammer has always had a reputation as an innovator. A classically trained pianist, Hammer founded his own jazz trio at age 14 and, as a young man, came to the United States to attend The Berklee School of Music in Boston. Frustrated early in his career with the limitations of a “fixed pitch instrument”, Hammer was an early proponent of synthesizers, a pioneer in using the synthesizer as a solo lead voice, and a seminal fusion player. He was a founding member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, a prolific solo artist and a frequent collaborator with the likes of Jeff Beck, Al DiMeola, Neal Schon, and many others. Hammer was also a pioneer in scoring for television with his award winning music for Miami Vice, whose theme went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. In doing so it became the first and only original version of an instrumental theme for television to accomplish this feat.
...de man achter de muziek van o.a. Miami Vice, Eurocops etc...
...zo 'zien' wij het graag! 
