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The concert, intended to present music of African-American origin to a mixed audience, was the brainchild of John Hammond, a scion of the Vanderbilt dynasty who had fallen in love with jazz during his youth.

Jazz gets a history 2011

Producer John Hammond had lent them his mint copies.

This Jazz Master Is No Musician Marc Myers 2011

Bruce Springsteen's story is for the most part rather well known at this point: teenage boy picks up guitar and can't stop playing it; joins a band; leads a band; plays all night and all day for years; eventually gets signed by famed talent scout John Hammond to Columbia Records; tours nonstop and builds a loyal following; makes covers of Time and Newsweek simultaneously in 1975; has a hit; becomes a global icon.

Holly Cara Price: Great Rock & Roll Reads for the Fall Holly Cara Price 2011

Way back at Columbia, John Hammond the legendary producer who helped launch the careers of greats from Billie Holiday and Count Basie to Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen pulled me into his office.

The Eternal Teenager in Love Steve Dougherty 2012

When producer and talent scout John Hammond realized that he couldn't sign the late Robert Johnson for a blockbuster concert in New York, he found another "primitive blues singer," Big Bill Broonzy.

The Ghost in Rock 'n' Roll David Kirby 2011

The concert, intended to present music of African-American origin to a mixed audience, was the brainchild of John Hammond, a scion of the Vanderbilt dynasty who had fallen in love with jazz during his youth.

Jazz gets a history 2011

Bored in retirement, in 1978 she began to perform at The Cookery in New York, was signed by John Hammond to Columbia Records he had passed her up many years before, and she went on to record three albums—The Glory of Alberta Hunter,Amtrak Blues, andLook For the Silver Lining—that re-launched her career.

Alberta Hunter: Don't Trust Anyone Under 80 Con Chapman 2011

John Hammond, who would later discover Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen among others, heard a short-wave radio broadcast of the band from New York and went to Kansas City to check them out.

A Little Evil Will Do You Good: Kansas City Jazz Con Chapman 2011

The concert, intended to present music of African-American origin to a mixed audience, was the brainchild of John Hammond, a scion of the Vanderbilt dynasty who had fallen in love with jazz during his youth.

Jazz gets a history 2011