Jan Hammer BBC Rock School Series 2 1987

Jan Hammer rocks out with his Fairlight and Yamaha KX5 remote keyboard on BBC Rock School series 2 from 1987

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• school
• miami
• vice

[realeoin]

was that mark lamarr at the start ? what a gaylord

[Synthasy2000]

@realeoin

Nooooo, that's Alastair Gavin, the keyboard player for Rock School 2. I'll let him know what you said :-P

BTW it was 1987 when this was done. Everybody looked like that in Thatcher's 80s Britain

[brajtnerinjo]

What is that synth he is using?

[Synthasy2000]

"I did all kinds of things, including playing the synth through a distorted guitar amplifier, but now all that can be done in software using things like Line 6's Amp Farm in Pro Tools so I don't use a guitar amplifier any more. Whatever I use, I'm going for the same end result — an exciting rock & roll-like sound.

[Synthasy2000]

It really started in the Mahavishnu Orchestra when I was looking for something to cut through that incredibly busy sound that we were creating. I had to have a sound that would project, so I used guitar amps and that's when the sound got really exciting."

[Synthasy2000]

The device he is actually using to drive the synth module is a Yamaha KX-5 remote keyboard.

[Spugester26]

Jan Hammer is a groundbreaking artist and a pioneer for rest of us!

[queggy1]

Jan Hammer is definitely one the elite keyboard players of all time.

[JAHZILLABEATS]

So FRESH.. sounds like the guitar synth played on the theme music to Miami Vice.

[ronnied1]

Hi I have a question! Does this keyboard works with macbook laptop as well?

[TWMusicBerlin]

@TheSongsparrow he used the dx7 and the fairlight alot! almost every song on the mv soundtrack is made with a dx7 and the linn drumachine.

[jorbv8]

this song is on an album he did with jeff beck & its awesome. i think jan hammer plays drums on this track of the album plus a couple more & simon phillips drums the rest. 3 virtuosos on 1 album......too good!

[NarcissistsDie]

"It sounds like a guitar but something tells you a guitar couldn't do that."

Yes, that's because it sounds like a fucking lame strapped on synthesizer Jan.

Oh, how 24 years can make a difference. Or not. :-p

[applejacksss]

Yawn Hammer more like it. Don't get me wrong, In the 70's with di meola, abercrombie, Mahavishnu and even some of his solo work is still absolutely amazing.

[TheSongsparrow]

What's he really using? We really want to know, not just a generalation! What's the real entire chain?

[Polysixchick]

wouldn't it be cool to jam out with him to the Miami Vice Theme!

[chillichomper]

Starcycle yeah!

[GoodNewsFromStars]

@thierry1976

Ya - 100000US $ in mid 80's - this price could probably be multiplied by 2 or more today (i'm not economist) - in Europe we were dealing with end of economic crisis.

Anyway, Jan Hammer on this video absolutely don't play on keyboard what you hear (:>) - this guy was a showman but maybe not a true keyboardist (inspecting its fingers technicality).

cheers.