Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Hammer, who began as a jazz keyboardist, tried to become a rock and roll star and finally found success with his innovative soundtracks to RV's Miami Vice. His work has come to define the sounds of TV music for the 1980s.|JAN HAMMER : SYNTHESIZER VICE / produced by Diliberto and Kimberly Haas. SERIES: Totally wired IV| no. 4 Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Hammer, who began as a jazz keyboardist, tried to become a rock and star and finally found success with his innovative soundtracks to TV's Miami Vice. His work has come to define the sounds of TV music for the 1980s. Funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. BROADCAST: Fall, 1989.
