Quick Facts

• NAME: John Hammond
• OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Music Producer
• BIRTH DATE: December 15, 1910
• DEATH DATE: July 10, 1987
• PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
• PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
• Full Name: John Henry Hammond, Jr.

Best Known For

Record producer John Hammond crusaded for racial integration in the music business, and is regarded as the most important nonmusician in the history of jazz.