Full Spectrum Records welcomes noted guitarist and improviser Ross Hammond into the fold with the release of ‘A Bright Light.’
A prolific recording artist, Hammond has self-published a slew of home recorded material, in addition to his numerous works for Blue Hole, Prescott, and other “formal” outlets, mining a rich playing style that travels freely among what he terms “the Banyan tree” of jazz, blues, global traditions, and improvised music. ‘A Bright Light’ carries on in this traditional working style, capturing a supple improvisation on his National acoustic lap steel guitar, tuned to Open D, direct-to-tape.
Recorded at home in Sacramento, California on a cold January’s day, this material stands as a potent and deeply personal document of what could be termed improvisation-as-mindfulness. To wit, ‘A Bright Light’ is the product of the artist simply pressing play on a practice that he engages regularly, as a part of his day-to-day routine. Amidst the ongoing COVID pandemic / endemic, our fracturing biosphere, and the ongoing stress testing of Western Democracy, Hammond has found balance in using longer improvised sessions as a method of centering. In his own words, “it’s good to just sit for a while and make sounds.”
John Green, Hammond’s former guitar teacher, once said, “the fastest way out of town is down the neck of your guitar.” In this spirit, we hope these jams bring light, warmth, and a gentle escape to our friends and supporters in the colder months to come.
“As we know from the love of music and listening, there are many incredible compositions resonating for a lifetime of listening. "A Bright Light" holds this special place. Sounds to reconnect with the fine points of beauty surrounding us.”
-Lost in a Sea of Sound
“Following Hammond’s stream of reverberating string plucks and strums is like swimming alongside his neurons, watching every synapse fire something new into place.”
-Marc Masters, Bandcamp Daily
Tour Suitcase Sale
$4 USD
Ross Hammond “Our Time” LP (Ramble Records)
$24 USD
Our Time/A Bright Light LP and Cassette Bundle
$28 USD
Follow Your Heart – Limited Edition Vinyl LP
$20 USD
It's Been Here All Along – Limited Edition Double LP - It’s Been Here All Along
$30 USD
Riding Dragons In Winter – Limited Edition Vinyl
$20 USD
Ross Hammond's Humanity Suite – Humanity Suite LP
$20 USD
Gold Lion Arts T shirt 2022
$20 USD
Gold Lion Arts Long Sleeve T-Shirt
$25 USD
No Worries – Limited Edition CD
$10 USD
It's Been Here All Along – Limited Edition CD - It’s Been Here All Along
$15 USD
Reprieve – Reprieve Cassette
$6 USD
Ross Hammond Quartet CD Bundle
$15 USD
Adored –
Ross Hammond Quartet "Adored" CD
Ross Hammond Quartet
$10 USD
Cathedrals – Ross Hammond Quartet "Cathedrals" CD
$10 USD
Gold Lion Arts T-Shirt
$15 USD
Bless –
Limited Edition CD
Ross Hammond and Grant Calvin Weston
$12 USD
Rural Guitar (Handwritten Lesson Book)
$18 USD
Ross Hammond Resonates T-Shirt
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Our Place On The Wheel – Limited Edition CD
$12 USD
Hope –
Limited Edition CD
Ross Hammond and Jay Nair
$8 USD
Across Oceans –
Limited Edition CD
Ross Hammond and Poly Varghese
$8 USD
Riding Dragons In Winter – Limited Edition CD
$8 USD
Sacramentans –
Limited Edition CD
Ross Hammond and Neil Franklin
$8 USD
New Milwaukee –
Limited Edition CD
Ross Hammond and Jon Bafus
$8 USD
Ross Hammond and Vinny Golia –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Ross Hammond and Vinny Golia
$8 USD
Songs of Universal Peace –
Limited Edition CD
Ross Hammond and Jay Nair
$8 USD
Summer Field Recordings – Summer Field Recordings Master Tape
$6 USD
Blood Music - Limited Edition Cassette
$6 USD
Mean Crow –
Limited Edition Cassette (100 Copies)
Mean Crow
$6 USD
Upward –
Limited Edition CD
Ross Hammond and Sameer Gupta
$10 USD
Blues and Daily News –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Ross Hammond and Grant Calvin Weston
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Flight – Limited Edition CD
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Masonic Lawn –
Extremely Limited, Custom CD
Ross Hammond and Jon Bafus
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Follow Your Heart – Limited Edition Compact Disc
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Ross Hammond Sacramento
Sacramento guitarist, coffee drinker, dog owner, hoop coach, husband and Dad. Holla!
