Tardo Hammer

Richard Alan "Tardo" Hammer (born February 26, 1958, New York City) is an American jazz pianist.

Hammer's mother is an amateur pianist. He worked with Richie Vitale in the 1980s and also played with Warne Marsh, Charlie Rouse, Junior Cook, Bill Hardman, Johnny Griffin, Lionel Hampton, Lou Donaldson, and Art Farmer and Clifford Jordan. A member of Bopera House starting in 1986, he shared leader du… More