JAN HAMMER AND FRIENDS – THE ALBUM (3CD) Compact Disc – 3 CD Box Set

Jan Hammer is a Czech-born American musician, composer and record producer. He started out playing keyboards with The Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 1970s, and writing scores for television and film including “Miami Vice Theme” and “Crockett’s Theme”. The first CD on this compilation is the album “The First Seven Days” recorded by Jan Hammer in 1975.  The following year he released the album “Oh, Yeah?” with The Jan Hammer Group (also available from Floating World Records) together with the second CD on this compilation, Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group Live, a chronicle of their 100-show tour together which certified gold.  The third CD is a collaboration between Jan Hammer and Jerry Goodman an American violinist known for playing electric violin with The Mahavishnu Orchestra, alongside Jan Hammer on keyboards.