John Henry Hammond, born in 1910, was a groundbreaking producer and promoter of Jazz.

had a personal connection with Bob Dylan: it was he who [in 1962] had convinced the great Columbia A and R man John Hammond, famous for his work with jazz and blues musicians, to produce Dylan’s ...

John Hammond, Director of Talent Acquisition ... His first three Columbia albums—“Bob Dylan,” “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” and “The Times They Are A-Changin’ ”—have by ...

Bob Dylan is the subject of the new biopic A Complete ... His work on the record caught the attention of Columbia producer John Hammond, who signed Dylan to the label in October.

Even given Bob Dylan's self-professed discomfort about exactly who constituted his audience by the time the Eighties rolled around, it still defies logic ...