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Jon Hamar

Jon Hamar - bassist & composer

About Me

I was born and raised in Kennewick, Washington.....that's the lower right hand corner for those non-washingtonians. I went to Eastern Washington University and earned a degree in string bass performance and then went on to the Eastman school of music receiving a master's degree there. I am a Musician (bassist) now living in Seattle, Washington......o.k. technically Kirkland, Washington. I have lived here for the last 5 years and in that amount of time made many new friends. Recently I have been performing with Ernestine Anderson, Jay Thomas, the Greg Williamson Quartet and the Axiom Quartet. I also play quite a few classical gigs jazz casuals and really enjoy playing with singer/song writers in the area. When not performing, practicing or writing music I try to enjoy all the outdoor activities that the Northwest has to offer. I am a long time mountain biker and have recently purchased a road bike. I was instantly addicted! I have been trying to hike a bit as well and this winter will try my hand (foot rather) at snow shoeing.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/15/2006
Band Website: jonhamar.com
Influences: Bill Frisell, Marc Johnson, Teitur, Keith Jarett, Radio Head, Feist, Joey Baron, Christian McBride, Jeff "tain" Watts, Hans York, Pat Metheny, Sting, James Brown, Led Zepplin, Joni Mitchell, etc.
Sounds Like:

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Recent Happenings

Hi all, Just finished a busy couple of weeks.  I playing three weekends in July at the Icicle Creek Chamber Festival.  The first week I played Schubert's Trout Quintet with Ian Swansen, Kare...
Posted by Jon Hamar on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:25:00 PST

Most recently

I have had a busy couple of weeks.  I played two different movie sound tracks including a John Malkovich movie called "The Great Buck Howard".  I Recorded two tunes on Rich Cole's upcoming c...
Posted by Jon Hamar on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:42:00 PST