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Doug Hammond was born December 26, 1942 in Tampa, Florida. His first major release was Reflections in the Sea of Nurnen on Tribe Records in 1975.

He has worked with musicians including Earl Hooker, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Sammy Price, Donald Byrd, Wolfgang Dauner, Ornette Coleman, Steve Coleman, Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Marion Williams, Paquito D’Rivera, Arnett Cobb, James Blood Ulmer and Arthur Blythe.

In 2010 Hammond wrote and conducted Acknowledgement Suite with Dwight Adams, Jean Toussaint, Roman Filiú, Howard Curtis, Wendell Harrison, Dick Griffin, Stéphane Payen, Kirk Lightsey and Arron James.

As an educator Doug was a professor at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, Austria. His work has been filmed in a documentary Sparkle of Inspiration by the Austrian director Dieter Strauch.

Drummer, composer, poet, producer, and professor Doug Hammond, who plays in the free funk/avant-garde jazz genres, lives and continues to work in Linz.

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