Jazz Articles about Charlie Hunter

Charlie Hunter – Chinna Smith – Ernest Ranglin: Innovation!

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 14, 2006

Charlie Hunter e la sua chitarra a otto corde incontrano due mostri sacri delle sei corde in area jazz-reggae, due giamaicani dalle storie diversissime ma in qualche modo complementari. Basti dire che Ernest Ranglin (nato nel 1932) fu uno dei pioneri dello ska e trovò la fama a Londra nei primi anni sessanta, affermandosi come chitarrista jazz di grande valore, caratterizzato da quei profumi caribici che negli anni successivi vedranno sbocciare fiori sempre più colorati e intriganti. Earl Chinna Smith ...

Charlie Hunter Trio: Copperopolis

by Chris M. Slawecki
July 10, 2006

Charlie Hunter's first trio record since 2003's Friends Seen and Unseen balances his talents as a composer (he wrote or co-wrote every track except for the set-ending take of Monk's “Think of One ), as a bandleader, as a band member interplaying with drummer Derrek Phillips and John Ellis (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, Wurlitzer organ and melodica), and as lead guitar hot shot.

Hunter rips the lid off with the first cut, “Cueball Bobbin', which crackles with the ...

Charlie Hunter Trio: Copperopolis

by AAJ Staff
April 24, 2006

First-time encounters with Charlie Hunter in a live setting usually leave listeners numb with the realization of how much music Hunter can make with one instrument. It's a sobering experience to see him play melody, chordal accompaniment and bass lines all at once on his custom eight-string guitar--which is obviously a most unnatural feat, even though he's been honing it for quite some time. The way he loses control of his facial muscles in the process, often succumbing to a ...

The Charlie Hunter Trio Live at Higher Ground

by Doug Collette
March 10, 2006

The Charlie Hunter Trio Higher Ground South Burlington Vermont Februaary 26, 2006

Guitar hero worship takes many forms and that which comfortably filled the partially seated, semi-cabaret setting of Higher Ground this Sunday evening was as astute as it was attentive. It was reverential too, but no so much so it affected the down to earth musicians on the stage: The Charlie Hunter Trio don't look down on their audience. They do treat ...

Charlie Hunter/Bobby Previte: Longitude

by Abe Pollack
February 28, 2006

Longitude is the second installment from Groundtruther after Latitude (Thirsty Ear, 2004), which featured the core duo of eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter and percussionist/electronica specialist Bobby Previte with guest saxophonist Greg Osby. Replacing Osby this time around, DJ Logic provides a surreal soundscape on the wheels of steel to weave in and out of Hunter and Previte's synergy. While Osby contributed some soulful fluttering and organic contrast to the electric duo, DJ Logic's smattering offers an appreciation of consonance and ...

The Charlie Hunter Trio: Copperopolis

by Doug Collette
February 8, 2006

Of the sessions with his trio that produced Copperopolis, guitar wunderkind Charlie Hunter says, “I was just feeling rocky I guess. Indeed, the first few seconds are the sound of the three players marshalling their collective strength, leader/guitarist at the fore, riffing and rocking to beat the band. In the midst of the shredding, however, the quirky character of the group and its leader remains evident, eventually superseding that unusually violent attack as the nine tracks continue to unfold.

Yet ...

Charlie Hunter Trio: Copperopolis

by Paul Olson
February 5, 2006

Eight-string guitar whiz Charlie Hunter has done some especially interesting work recently--his Groundtruther experiments with percussionist Bobby Previte explored the limits of outside studio improvisation while his playing in the collective band Garage à Trois dug deep into New Orleans third-line groove and stacked rhythms. As good as those projects were, it's nice to see Hunter return to his main gig, the Charlie Hunter Trio, whose last CD, Friends Seen and Unseen (Ropeadope, 2004), seemed to set a standard for ...