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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 John or Jon McLaughlin may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John McLaughlin (musician) (born 1942), English jazz fusion guitarist, member of Mahavishnu Orchestra * Jon McLaughlin (musician) (born 1982), American singer-songwriter * John McLaug ...
, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola,
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, Carlos Santana,
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,
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,
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, Steve Lukather, and
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among many others. He has composed and produced at least 14 original motion picture soundtracks, the music for 90 episodes of ''
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'' and 20 episodes of the popular British television series '' Chancer''.


As leader


Singles


As sideman

With the
Mahavishnu Orchestra The Mahavishnu Orchestra were a jazz fusion band formed in New York City in 1971, led by English guitarist John McLaughlin. The group underwent several line-up changes throughout its history across its two periods of activity, from 1971 to 1976 ...
(Columbia): * ''
The Inner Mounting Flame ''The Inner Mounting Flame'' is the debut studio album by American jazz-rock fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, recorded in August 1971 and released later that year by Columbia Records. After their formation, the group performed several debut gigs ...
'' (1971) * ''
Birds of Fire ''Birds of Fire'' is the second studio album by jazz fusion band the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It was released on January 3, 1973, by Columbia Records and is the last studio album released by the original band line-up before it dissolved. As with th ...
'' (1973) * '' Between Nothingness and Eternity'' (1973) * ''The Best of The Mahavishnu Orchestra'' (1980) * ''
The Lost Trident Sessions ''The Lost Trident Sessions'' is a studio album by jazz fusion group the Mahavishnu Orchestra, released on 21 September 1999 through Sony Music Entertainment. It was originally recorded in June 1973 at Trident Studios but was not released until ...
'' (recorded 1973, released 1999) * '' Unreleased Tracks from Between Nothingness & Eternity'' (recorded 1973, released 2011 in box set) With Jeff Beck (Epic): * ''
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'' (1976) * ''
Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group Live ''Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live'' is a live album by Jeff Beck, released in 1977 on Epic Records. Recording No precise dates and locations are given for the live recordings. The tour began in June 1976 and ended in February 1977, wi ...
'' (1977) * '' There & Back'' (1980) * ''
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'' (1985) * ''
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'' (1991) * ''The Best of Beck'' (1995) * '' Who Else!'' (1999) With Al Di Meola (Columbia): * ''
Elegant Gypsy ''Elegant Gypsy'' is the second album by American jazz fusion guitarist Al Di Meola. It was released in 1977 by Columbia Records. Background ''Elegant Gypsy'' was a follow-up album to Di Meola's debut release, '' Land of the Midnight Sun''. The ...
'' (1977) * '' Splendido Hotel'' (1980) * ''
Electric Rendezvous ''Electric Rendezvous'' is the fifth studio album by jazz guitarist Al Di Meola that was released in 1982. It features flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía (who recorded '' Friday Night in San Francisco'' with Di Meola and John McLaughlin) on “ ...
'' (1982) * '' Tour De Force – Live'' (1982) * ''
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'' (1984) * ''The Electric Anthology'' (1995) * ''This Is Jazz Volume 31'' (1997) * ''Anthology'' (2000) With Frank Foster *'' The Loud Minority'' (Mainstream, 1972) With Carlos Santana and
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(Columbia): * '' Love Devotion Surrender'' (1973) – Hammond organ, drums, percussion With
Billy Cobham William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He was inducted into the ''Mode ...
(Atlantic): * ''
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'' (1973) – keyboards With
Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first ja ...
(Nemperor): * ''
Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first ja ...
'' (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 * ''
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'' (1984) – keyboards With The Freelance Hellraiser (Sony/BMG): * ''Waiting for Clearance'' (2006) – keyboards With
Tommy Bolin Thomas Richard Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976) was an American guitarist and songwriter who played with Zephyr (from 1969 to 1971), The James Gang (from 1973 to 1974), and Deep Purple (from 1975 to 1976), in addition to maintaining ...
(Atlantic): * '' Teaser'' (1975) – keyboards, drums * ''From the Archives Vol. 1'' (1996) – keyboards With
Elvin Jones Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...
* '' 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
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*''
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'' (Capitol, 1971) *''
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'' (Groove Merchant, 1972) With
Glen Moore Glen Moore (born October 28, 1941) is an American jazz bassist, who occasionally performs on piano, flute and violin. Moore was born in Portland, Oregon, United States. His performing career began at age 14 with the Young Oregonians in Portlan ...
(Elektra): * ''Introducing Glen Moore'' (1978) – drums (with Glen Moore - double bass & piano, David Darling - cello,
Zbigniew Seifert Zbigniew Seifert (7 June 1946 – 15 February 1979) was a Polish jazz violinist. Seifert was born in Kraków, Poland. He played alto saxophone early in his career and was influenced by John Coltrane. He devoted himself to jazz violin when he b ...
- violin) With Steve Grossman (PM Records): * '' Some Shapes to Come'' (1974) – Electric piano and moog synthesizer * ''Terra Firma'' (1977) - Electric piano and moog synthesizer With Joni Mitchell (Asylum): * ''
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'' (1979) – Mini Moog With Tony Williams (Columbia): *
The Joy of Flying ''The Joy of Flying'' is a jazz fusion album by Tony Williams. It was recorded at the end of The Tony Williams Lifetime years, and is considered his first solo album since 1966. It includes three duets, two with Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboardist ...
(1979) – keyboards With
Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...
(Columbia): * ''
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'' (1985) – keyboards With James Young (Passport): *'' City Slicker'' (1985) – keyboards, drums With
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(Columbia): * ''An Evening With Mr. C'' (1989) – keyboards, drums With Steve Lukather (Columbia): * '' Lukather'' (1989) – keyboards With
Charlie Mariano Carmine Ugo Mariano (November 12, 1923 – June 16, 2009) was an American jazz saxophonist who focused on the alto and soprano saxophone. He occasionally performed and recorded on flute and nadaswaram as well. Biography Mariano was born in ...
(MPS): * ''Helen 12 Trees'' (1976) – keyboards (with Charlie Mariano - saxes & nagaswaram,
Zbigniew Seifert Zbigniew Seifert (7 June 1946 – 15 February 1979) was a Polish jazz violinist. Seifert was born in Kraków, Poland. He played alto saxophone early in his career and was influenced by John Coltrane. He devoted himself to jazz violin when he b ...
- violin, John Marshall - drums,
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- bass) With Yoshiaki Masuo (Electric Bird/King): * ''Finger Dancing / Yoshiaki Masuo with Jan Hammer'' (Recorded 1980) – Oberheim, Mini Moog, YAMAHA CP70


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* {{Jan Hammer, state=autocollapse Hammer, Jan Hammer, Jan