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Jan Hammer is a Actor and Sound Tchèque born on 17 april 1948 at Prague (Republique tcheque)

Jan Hammer

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Birth name Jan Hammer
Nationality Republique tcheque
Birth 17 april 1948 (76 years) at Prague (Republique tcheque)

Jan Hammer est un compositeur et musicien tchèque né le 17 avril 1948 à Prague (Tchécoslovaquie, aujourd'hui République tchèque).

Au fait des innovations instrumentales de l'époque (Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, Oberheim, Hohner D6 Clavinet et autres synthétiseurs des années 1970), il aborde principalement le jazz fusion.

Biography

Jan Hammer est claviériste et pianiste au sein du groupe de jazz fusion Mahavishnu Orchestra dans la première période du groupe, entre 1971 et 1974.

Il intervient en 1973 au clavier auprès de Billy Cobham, dans l'album Spectrum, ainsi que dans le groupe de Jeff Beck (Wired en 1976).

À la charnière des années 1970/1980, il contribue aux premiers albums solo d'Al Di Meola : Elegant Gypsy en 1977, Tour De Force – Live en 1982...

Au début des années 80, il compose la musique du générique de la série télévisée Deux flics à Miami, symbolisant les musiques new wave et new age, en vogue, à cette époque.

Il a également participé à une scène avec Eddie Van Halen, Tony Levin, Bill Bruford au Les Paul Tribute Show le 18 août 1988 (dont le morceau Hot for Teacher).

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Filmography of Jan Hammer (16 films)

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Cocaine Cowboys, 1h56
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about health care, Documentary films about cities
Roles Music
Rating76% 3.8467553.8467553.8467553.8467553.846755
Cocaine Cowboys chronicles the development of the illegal drug trade in Miami during the 1970s and 1980s with interviews of both law enforcement and organized crime leaders, in addition to news footage from the era. The film reveals that in the 1960s and early 1970s, marijuana was the primary import drug into the region. During the 1970s, marijuana imports were replaced by the much more lucrative cocaine imports; as more cocaine was smuggled into the United States, the price dropped, allowing it to turn "blue collar," and be available to a wider market. Drug importers reveal several of the different methods used to import the drug into Florida.
The Corporate Ladder, 1h52
Directed by Nick Vallelonga
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films, Téléfilm érotique
Actors Robert R. Shafer, Kathleen Kinmont, Talisa Soto, Anthony Denison, Jennifer O'Neill, Ben Cross
Roles Music
Rating48% 2.4203052.4203052.4203052.4203052.420305
Matt, un jeune publicitaire, marié et sur le point d'être père, est sur le point d'avoir un contrat avec une prestigieuse marque de jeans. Sa nouvelle assistante arrive à lui faire gagner le contrat et est aussi très intéressée par Matt avec qui elle arrive à avoir une aventure.
Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus, 1h32
Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Marc Singer, Tony Todd, Joey Zimmerman, Sandra Hess, Casper Van Dien, Patrick Kilpatrick
Roles Music
Rating39% 1.963481.963481.963481.963481.96348
In the third installment in the series, Dar, the Beastmaster (Marc Singer) teams up with Seth (Tony Todd) to rescue his brother King Tal (Casper Van Dien). They learn that the boy was captured by the evil Lord Agon (David Warner), who has been sacrificing young prisoners in order to magically retain his youth, and seeks to gain immortality by releasing the dark god Braxus from his prison (a magical, prison-like realm). Along the way, the heroes are assisted by a beautiful witch named Morgana (Lesley-Anne Down), her acrobatic sidekick Bey (Keith Coulouris), and a warrior woman named Shada (Sandra Hess).
Wet and Wild Summer
Directed by Maurice Murphy
Genres Comedy
Actors Christopher Atkins, Julian McMahon, Elliott Gould, Richard Carter, Mark Hembrow
Roles Music
Rating41% 2.0895252.0895252.0895252.0895252.089525
A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the development and finds himself sympathising with the locals.
Sunset Heat, 1h30
Directed by John Nicolella
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Michael Paré, Dennis Hopper, Daphne Ashbrook, Charlie Schlatter, Tracy Tweed, Tony Todd
Roles Music
Rating45% 2.2729152.2729152.2729152.2729152.272915
Photographer Eric Wright (played by Michael Paré) visits his friend Danny Rollins (Adam Ant) in California. Danny had stolen a million dollars from drug dealer Carl Madson (Dennis Hopper), a former partner of Eric. When Danny is murdered without having told anyone where the money is, Carl demands that Eric finds it for him even though he has no idea where it might be.
The Taking of Beverly Hills, 1h31
Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Ken Wahl, Matt Frewer, Harley Jane Kozak, Robert Davi, Lee Ving, Branscombe Richmond
Roles Music
Rating51% 2.558352.558352.558352.558352.55835
One night in Beverly Hills, California, a truck carrying hazardous materials crashes, releasing a deadly chemical. The citizens of Beverly Hills are sent to quarantine in a hotel in Century City, while the police and the EPA agents stay behind to keep an eye on the valuables and clean up the town.
K-9000
K-9000 (1991)
, 1h36
Directed by Kim Manners
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Chris Mulkey, Catherine Oxenberg, Dennis Haysbert, Jerry Houser, Judson Scott, Anne Haney
Roles Music
Rating48% 2.4201952.4201952.4201952.4201952.420195
Dr. Aja Turner (Catherine Oxenberg), a beautiful female scientist, implants a computer in a German Shepherd's brain to help it track and capture criminals. Crooks, led by Anton Zeiss (Judson Earney Scott), make off with the cybernetic canine. Dr. Turner teams up with Eddie Monroe (Chris Mulkey), a hard-nosed policeman who is implanted with a microchip allowing him to communicate with the dog.
Knight Rider 2000, 1h31
Directed by Alan J. Levi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Actors David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Eugene Clark, Carmen Argenziano, William Daniels, James Doohan
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating46% 2.3085252.3085252.3085252.3085252.308525
Thomas J. Watts (Mitch Pileggi) – a former cop turned psychotic killer, has been released from the prison and assassinates the mayor. Police officer Shawn McCormick (Susan Norman) confronts the masked Watts holding the next mayor hostage at gunpoint. She shoots Watts, who flees. Shawn finds the handgun used in the murder and hides it, not knowing what to do. The city's new mayor demands the gunman be found, but his fellow councilmen reprimand him for disarming the police and setting up the cryo-prison where the inmates "sleep away" their sentences and emerge the same people as before.
Dark Angel
Dark Angel (1990)
, 1h31
Directed by Craig R. Baxley
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Road movies, Chase films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley, Matthias Hues, David Ackroyd, Michael J. Pollard
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating60% 3.049043.049043.049043.049043.04904
Houston cop Jack Caine won't let police procedure prevent him pursuing his mission to wipe out the White Boys, a gang of white collar drug dealers who killed his partner while Caine was stopping a convenience store robbery.
Clinton and Nadine, 1h50
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Andy García, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, John C. McGinley, Alan North, Brad Sullivan
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating49% 2.455012.455012.455012.455012.45501
Clinton (Andy Garcia) enlists the aid of Nadine (Ellen Barkin), an expensive call girl, to find his brother's murderer. Clinton and Nadine get sucked into a plot to smuggle guns to the Contra forces in Nicaragua.
Secret Admirer, 1h30
Directed by David Greenwalt
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston, Fred Ward, Dee Wallace, Leigh Taylor-Young
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating65% 3.2534153.2534153.2534153.2534153.253415
Michael Ryan is a high school student who receives an anonymous love letter. Michael is obsessed with Deborah Ann Fimple, the class beauty, and his best friend, Roger, convinces him that the letter is from her. However, he is totally oblivious that his friend Toni Williams is in love with him. Michael writes Deborah Ann an anonymous love letter in return, and asks Toni to give it to her. Toni realizes the letter is poorly written and unromantic (since Michael had copied words from greeting cards), so she rewrites it. Elizabeth Fimple, Deborah Ann's mother, discovers the letter. Her jealous police officer husband, Lou Fimple, sees her reading it. He steals the letter, and believes that his wife is having an affair. He suspects his neighbor (and bridge partner) George Ryan. George also mistakenly reads the letter because Lou's wife is his night school teacher and it somehow ends up in his book. When George asks her about it he assumes she wants to have an affair with him despite the fact his wife and she are friends. Meanwhile, Lou shows the letter to George's wife, Connie, and proposes that they expose the adulterers. Receiving no response from Deborah Ann, Michael writes a second letter, which Toni again rewrites.
Gimme an 'F', 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Dance films, Sports films
Actors Stephen Shellen, Daphne Ashbrook, Jennifer Cooke, Lisa Wilcox
Rating39% 1.98431.98431.98431.98431.9843
The plot centers on a competition between high-school cheerleading squads - and one squad in particular, the Moline Ducks, is poor. The competition takes place at a camp run by middle-aged Bucky Berkshire aka Dr. Spirit (John Karlen), who this year decides to place a bet with his best instructor Tom Hamilton (Stephen Shellen) that he cannot make the woeful Ducks into a team that can beat the top-rated Falcons. If Berkshire loses, he pays up $10,000, and if Hamilton loses, he has to work another five years at the camp. Bucky Berkshire actually cannot stand Hamilton's antics, or his sexual but successful way of motivating the cheerleaders. However, a visiting group of wealthy Japanese businessmen will not finance Bucky's latest business plan without Hamilton on board to teach the cheerleaders. Thus, there is an ulterior motive behind Bucky's wager. As the teams get ready for their rounds of competition, several dance sequences, various teen pranks, and the usual sexual situations common in teen comedies weave their way through the storyline.
A Night in Heaven, 1h23
Directed by John G. Avildsen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann Warren, Robert Logan, Carrie Snodgress, Deney Terrio, Deborah Rush
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating42% 2.1120052.1120052.1120052.1120052.112005
Outspoken and overconfident Rick Monroe is a jock and a popular guy in college in Titusville, Florida. At the end of his final report for his class, Rick cracks a joke and his prim and proper speech professor, Faye Hanlon, is not amused. After chiding him for his joke, she decides to fail him and make him take the course over again.