James Hammel






						Here's the latest on what's happening with James' Music... o View/Listen to Clips from James' CD and live performances o Reviews on James' debut CD release, Do It All Over Again o Billboard recognizes James for a Top 500 song

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"On stage, James Hammel is at once completely natural and artfully focused, a rare combination. He gets to the core of each song with easy grace and understated eloquence." --Roy Sander, Critic and Columnist (formerly of Back Stage and Citysearch).

Live Video Clips of James' debut cabaret performance of One Step Forward at the Metropolitan Room.

I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Crazy Little Thing Called Love/When I take My Sugar To Tea

Here's That Rainy Day

(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66

From James' CD Do It All Over Again

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Standards/Jazz	Composer	Listen
The Way You Look Tonight	Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields
I Get A Kick Out of You	Cole Porter
Down In Brazil	Michael Franks
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Bobby Troup
Lover/The Song Is You	Rodgers & Hart/ J. Kern & O. Hammerstein

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Reviews on James' debut CD release...

"James Hammel really connects on his new release 'Do It All Over Again'! Nice choice of jazz standards, pop standards, and his originals...all featuring his masterful, yet effortless sounding, guitar work. It's smooth but with plenty of meat on it's bones. We love it at KUMD!!" —John Ziegler, KUMD, Duluth, MN

“This is a terrific CD. The title track is a real winner. The four jazz selections are terrific."—Marilyn Arnold, “Afternoon Jazz”, 91.3 KVLU-FM, Beaumont, TX

“An excellent voice which seems to combine 'gentle' and 'dynamic' with ease. Rather good on the guitar, as well!” —TonyWickham, Jazz World, Radio Maldwyn, UK

"… [James Hammel] has undoubtedly got his new career off to a flying start. A good mix of some old standards and his own compositions serve to make [his first CD, 'Do It All Over Again'] an eminently listenable piece of work. Allied to some superb arrangements played by top quality musicians I cannot see how this can go wrong. This will certainly go down well with K.C.R. listeners." — John Reid, K.C.R. 102.8 F.M. Keith, Scotland

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Billboard Recognizes James for An Original Song

Billboard awarded James a "Top 500 Songwriters Award for 2005" for his original "Anything, Any Day, Anytime" on his debut CD, Do It All Over Again. Look for James to release new original songs as part of a new CD soon.

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