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The discography of Czech-American musician Jan Hammer consists of 25 albums with Hammer as the lead artist, as well as several singles and a large number of collaborations with jazz and rock musicians, such as John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Mick Jagger, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Tommy Bolin, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather, and Elvin Jones among many others. He has composed and produced at least 14 original motion picture soundtracks, the music for 90 episodes of Miami Vice and 20 episodes of the popular British television series Chancer.
Contents
1 As leader
1.1 Charting singles
2 As sideman
3 References
As leader
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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The Jan Hammer Trio Malma Maliny |
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Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer Like Children |
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Jan Hammer The First Seven Days |
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Jan Hammer Group Oh Yeah? |
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Jan Hammer Group Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live |
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Jan Hammer Group Melodies |
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Hammer Black Sheep |
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Hammer Hammer |
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David Earle Johnson with Jan Hammer Hip Address |
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Neal Schon and Jan Hammer Untold Passion |
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Neal Schon and Jan Hammer Here to Stay |
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Jan Hammer Miami Vice |
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Jan Hammer The Early Years |
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Jan Hammer Escape from Television |
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Jan Hammer Snapshots |
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Jan Hammer Police Quest 3 Soundtrack (PC game) |
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Jan Hammer BEYOND The Mind's Eye |
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Jan Hammer Drive |
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Jan Hammer Snapshots 1.2 |
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Jan Hammer Miami Vice: The Complete Collection |
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Jan Hammer The First Seven Days |
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Jan Hammer The Best of Miami Vice |
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Jan Hammer Black Sheep/Hammer (2-CD Set) |
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Jan Hammer Project (Featuring TQ) "Crockett's Theme" |
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Jan Hammer "Cocaine Cowboys" Soundtrack |
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Jan Hammer Group "Live in New York" |
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Jan Hammer "Miami Vice: The Complete Collection" |
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Jan Hammer "Seasons, Pt. 1" |
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Charting singles
Year | Song | Peak chart positions[2][3][4] | Album | Soundtrack | ||||||||
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US | US AC | SW | GE | AU | NL | BE | NZ | UK | ||||
1985 | "Miami Vice Theme" | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 5 | Escape From Television | Miami Vice |
1987 | "Crockett's Theme" | — | 42 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | Miami Vice II | |
"Tubbs And Valerie" | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | 84 | Miami Vice: The Complete Collection | ||
"Forever Tonight" | — | — | — | 62 | — | 74 | — | — | — | — | ||
1988 | "The Runner" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | — | |
1991 | "Crockett's Theme 1991" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 |
As sideman
With the Mahavishnu Orchestra (Columbia):
Album |
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John McLaughlin with The Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) |
The Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of Fire (1972) |
The Mahavishnu Orchestra Between Nothingness and Eternity (1973) |
The Mahavishnu Orchestra The Best of The Mahavishnu Orchestra (1980) |
The Mahavishnu Orchestra The Lost Trident Sessions (recorded 1973, released 1999) |
The Mahavishnu Orchestra Unreleased Tracks from Between Nothingness & Eternity (recorded 1973, released 2011 in box set) |
With Jeff Beck (Epic):
Album |
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Jeff Beck Wired (1976) |
Jeff Beck Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group Live (1977) |
Jeff Beck There & Back (1980) |
Jeff Beck Flash (1985) |
Jeff Beck Beckology (1991) |
Jeff Beck The Best of Beck (1995) |
Jeff Beck Who Else! (1999) |
With Al Di Meola (Columbia):
Album |
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Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy (1977) |
Al Di Meola Splendido Hotel (1980) |
Al Di Meola Electric Rendezvous (1982) |
Al Di Meola Tour De Force – Live (1982) |
Al Di Meola Scenario (1984) |
Al Di Meola The Electric Anthology (1995) |
Al Di Meola This Is Jazz Volume 31 (1997) |
Al Di Meola Anthology (2000) |
With Frank Foster
The Loud Minority (Mainstream, 1972)
With Carlos Santana (Columbia):
Love Devotion Surrender (1973) – Hammond organ, drums, percussion
With Billy Cobham (Atlantic):
Spectrum (1973) – keyboards
With Stanley Clarke (Nemperor):
Stanley Clarke (1974) – keyboards
With Harvey Mason (Arista):
- Earth Mover (1975) – keyboards (Mini Moog)
With Lenny White (Nemperor):
- Big City (1977) – keyboards
With John Abercrombie (ECM):
Timeless (recorded 1974, released 1975) – organ, synth, piano
Night (1984) – keyboards
With The Freelance Hellraiser (Sony/BMG):
Waiting for Clearance (2006) – keyboards
With Tommy Bolin (Atlantic):
Teaser (1975) – keyboards, drums
From the Archives Vol. 1 (1996) – keyboards
With Elvin Jones
Merry-Go-Round (Blue Note, 1971) – piano
Mr. Jones (Blue Note, 1972) – piano
The Prime Element (Blue Note, 1973) – keyboards
Elvin Jones is "On the Mountain" (PM, 1975) – keyboards
With Jeremy Steig
Energy (Capitol, 1971)
Fusion (Groove Merchant, 1972)
With Glen Moore (Elektra):
- Introducing Glen Moore (1978) – drums (with Glen Moore - double bass & piano, David Darling - cello, Zbigniew Seifert - violin)
With Joni Mitchell (Asylum):
Mingus (1979) – Mini Moog
With Tony Williams (Columbia):
The Joy of Flying (1979) – keyboards
With Mick Jagger (Columbia):
She's the Boss (1985) – keyboards
With James Young (Passport):
City Slicker (1985) – keyboards, drums
With Clarence Clemons (Columbia):
An Evening With Mr. C (1989) – keyboards, drums
With Steve Lukather (Columbia):
Lukather (1989) – keyboards
With Charlie Mariano (MPS):
- Helen 12 Trees (1976) – keyboards (with Charlie Mariano - saxes & nagaswaram, Zbigniew Seifert - violin, John Marshall - drums, Jack Bruce - bass)
With Yoshiaki Masuo (Electric Bird/King):
Finger Dancing / Yoshiaki Masuo with Jan Hammer (Recorded 1980) – Oberheim, Mini Moog, YAMAHA CP70
References
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^ "Jan Hammer - Chart history". Billboard.com.
^ "Jan Hammer". Dutchcharts.nl.
^ "JAN HAMMER - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.