The discography of Czech-American musician Jan Hammer consists of 25 albums with Hammer as the lead artist, as well as several singles and a large number of collaborations with jazz and rock musicians, such as John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Mick Jagger, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Tommy Bolin, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather, and Elvin Jones among many others. He has composed and produced at least 14 original motion picture soundtracks, the music for 90 episodes of Miami Vice and 20 episodes of the popular British television series Chancer.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US NA [1] | US [2] | GER | UK [3] | |||
| The Jan Hammer Trio Malma Maliny |
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| Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer Like Children |
| — | 150 | — | — | |
| Jan Hammer The First Seven Days |
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| Jan Hammer Group Oh Yeah? |
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| Jan Hammer Group Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live |
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| Jan Hammer Group Melodies |
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| Hammer Black Sheep |
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| Hammer Hammer |
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| David Earle Johnson with Jan Hammer Hip Address |
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| Neal Schon and Jan Hammer Untold Passion |
| — | 115[4] | — | — | |
| Neal Schon and Jan Hammer Here to Stay |
| — | 122[5] | — | — | |
| Jan Hammer Miami Vice |
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| Jan Hammer The Early Years |
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| Jan Hammer Escape from Television |
| — | — | 14 | 34 | |
| Jan Hammer Snapshots |
| — | — | 44 | — | |
| Jan Hammer Police Quest 3 Soundtrack (PC game) |
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| Jan Hammer BEYOND The Mind's Eye |
| 14 | — | — | — | |
| Jan Hammer Drive |
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| Jan Hammer Snapshots 1.2 |
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| Jan Hammer Miami Vice: The Complete Collection |
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| Jan Hammer The First Seven Days |
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| Jan Hammer The Best of Miami Vice |
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| Jan Hammer Black Sheep/Hammer (2-CD Set) |
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| Jan Hammer Project (Featuring TQ) "Crockett's Theme" |
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| Jan Hammer "Cocaine Cowboys" Soundtrack |
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| Jan Hammer Group "Live in New York" |
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| Jan Hammer "Miami Vice: The Complete Collection" |
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| Jan Hammer "Seasons, Pt. 1" |
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| Jan Hammer ”Sketches in Jazz” |
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| Jan Hammer "Seasons, Pt. 2" |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | Soundtrack | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] | US A/C [7] | CHE [8] | GER | AUS [9] | NLD [10] | BE [11] | NZ [12] | UK | |||||
| 1976 | "Oh, Yeah?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Oh, Yeah? | ||
| 1977 | "Too Much to Lose" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Melodies | ||
| "Don't You Know" (Jan Hammer Group) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | "Oh, Pretty Woman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hammer | ||
| 1985 | "Miami Vice Theme" | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 5 | Escape from Television | Miami Vice | |
| 1987 | "Crockett's Theme" | — | 42 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | Miami Vice II | ||
| "Tubbs and Valerie" | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | 84 | Miami Vice: The Complete Collection | |||
| "Forever Tonight" | — | — | — | 62 | — | 74 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | "The Runner" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | Snapshots | ||
| 1989 | "Eurocops" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1990 | "Chancer" (TV theme) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1991 | "Crockett's Theme 1991" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | |||
| 1993 | "Seeds of Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Beyond the Mind's Eye | ||
| "Midnight" (CD single) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
With the Mahavishnu Orchestra (Columbia):
With Jeff Beck (Epic):
With Al Di Meola (Columbia):
With Frank Foster
With Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin (Columbia):
With Billy Cobham (Atlantic):
With Stanley Clarke (Nemperor):
With Harvey Mason (Arista):
With Lenny White (Nemperor):
With John Abercrombie (ECM):
With The Freelance Hellraiser (Sony/BMG):
With Tommy Bolin (Atlantic):
With Elvin Jones
With Jeremy Steig
With Glen Moore (Elektra):
With Steve Grossman (PM Records):
With Joni Mitchell (Asylum):
With Tony Williams (Columbia):
With Mick Jagger (Columbia):
With James Young (Passport):
With Clarence Clemons (Columbia):
With Steve Lukather (Columbia):
With Charlie Mariano (MPS):
With Yoshiaki Masuo (Electric Bird/King):
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