Hammond Report September 27 2020 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond

by: Jon Hammond

Hammond Report September 27 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino

Jon Hammond

- Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about the late great trumpeter Lou Colombo, I played on Lou's band for 2.5 years in

Harwich Port

Cape Cod MA in the Wychmere Harbor Club entertaining members and guests such as Tip O'Neill Speaker of The House and Mr. & Mrs. Lee Berk, founder of

Berklee College of Music

. Tragically Lou was killed in a car crash while driving home from a gig in Fort Myers FL just days after I visited him there. Enjoy this broadcast! I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report,

As a young man, Colombo was signed to a contract by the Brooklyn Dodgers and played in their minor league system until a broken ankle ended his baseball career. He then turned his attention full-time to music.

Colombo leaves his wife Noel and six children.

Trumpeter Lou Colombo dies in Florida crash: Well-known on Cape for swinging jazz style

Lou Colombo, known for his swinging jazz trumpet technique and as a consummate showman, died Saturday night, March 3 in a car crash in Fort Myers, Fla. while returning home from a performance.