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Jan Hammer

1948 - Today

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Jan Hammer (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈɦamɛr]) (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. 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. He has continued to work as both a musical performer and producer. Hammer has collaborated with some of the era's most influential jazz and rock musicians such as John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, Billy Cobham, Al Di Meola, Mick Jagger, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Tommy Bolin, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather, John Abercrombie and Elvin Jones. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Hammer is the 456th most popular musician, the 244th most popular biography from Czechia and the 6th most popular Czech Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jan Hammer ranks 456 out of 3,175. Before him are Dionisio Aguado y García, Mitsuko Uchida, Marco Hietala, Ralf Hütter, Bud Powell, and Janick Gers. After him are Serj Tankian, Tansen, Aarre Merikanto, Rezső Seress, Vince Clarke, and Salvatore Accardo.

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Among people born in 1948, Jan Hammer ranks 155. Before him are Cassandra Harris, Dušan Bajević, Mitsuko Uchida, Miklós Németh, Theo Jansen, and Michael Kamen. After him are Jayalalithaa, Frans de Waal, Bill Ward, Raymond Leo Burke, Marcia Barrett, and Roger Williamson.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Hammer ranks 244 out of 1,200. Before him are Rudolf Serkin (1903), Emil Orlík (1870), Clement Mary Hofbauer (1751), Karel Brückner (1939), Anne of Bavaria (1329), and Josef Lada (1887). After him are Jan Saudek (1935), Johannes Widmann (1460), Spytihněv I, Duke of Bohemia (875), Helena Vondráčková (1947), Alice Herz-Sommer (1903), and Jaroslav Drobný (1921).

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Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Jan Hammer ranks 7. Before him are Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), Alfred Brendel (1931), Alice Herz-Sommer (1903), Jan Kubelík (1880), David Popper (1843), and Wojciech Żywny (1756). After him are Rudolf Serkin (1903), Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812), Josef Suk (1929), Ivan Mládek (1942), and Franz Konwitschny (1901).

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