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Andy Hunter
Versatile jazz trombonist known for work with many famous big bands.
About Me
Andy Hunter has a strong and unique musical voice, whether expressed through his
instrument or his writing and arranging. Born in Northern Michigan and musically raised on
the music scenes of Cleveland, Shanghai and New York City, Hunter now resides primarily
in Cologne, Germany where he performs regularly with the WDR Big Band featuring many
of the top artists in jazz today.
Hunter has performed and toured around the world as a regular member of the Mingus Big
Band (Mingus Dynasty and Mingus Orchestra), the Richard Bona Group, the Toshiko
Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Jazz Orchestra, T.S. Monk’s 10-tet “Monk on Monk, and Cuban
groups such as Ochún and La Tipica Novel. He has also recorded and performed with
bands including Snarky Puppy, Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big Band, The Birdland Big Band,
The FatCat Big Band, La Cumbiamba and Hector Martignon’s Banda Grande, and toured
with the Dave Holland Big Band, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Robben Ford, and Ocho y
Mas, backing up salsa singers Rubén Blades, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tito Nieves, La India,
Eddie Santiago and Frankie Negrón.
As an educator, Hunter has served on the jazz faculty of Tri-C College in Cleveland and
Rutgers University in New Jersey, where his students have been winning prizes and
recognition at multiple major festivals. He continues to give clinics and master classes all
over the world.