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Andy Hunter
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“Hunter coaxes multiple instruments out of his trombone—the purity of a
trumpet… the intrinsic longing of a French horn… and even the blatt of a
tuba. But that’s all gravy next to Hunter’s overall solo construction, which
should win prizes for architecture.” —All About Jazz, 2009
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
Life Songs
Label: Alternate Side Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Fresh Start; Back in the Groove; Cora’s Tune; My Unanswered Prayer; All the Pretty Little
Horses; Middle Ground; Sin Filtro; This Nearly Was Mine; Sugar Rush.
Marshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band: Life Songs
by Jack Bowers
Maryland-born trombonist Marshall Gilkes, who spends much of his time working in and around various jazz bases in North America, returns to his second" home, Cologne, Germany, for Life Songs, his eighth album as leader and third with his former employer, Cologne's world-class WDR Big Band. Gilkes spent the years 2010-13 in the WDR trombone section, ...
Renderings
By Chuck Owen
Label: MAMA Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Knife’s Edge; …And Your Point Is?; Of Mystery and Beauty; This Love of Mine; Fall Calls; Arabian Nights; A Ridge Away; Canoe.
Tunnel Visionaries
Label: Broken & A Logic Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Before Big Ben, Melting, Cold Front, Tunnel Visionariesl Beside Myself; Bombastion; The Pines;
Badideledeedop.
Chuck Owen and the WDR Big Band: Renderings
by Jack Bowers
Anyone who uses YouTube to search for contemporary jazz must surely be familiar with Germany's blue-ribbon WDR Big Band, as it is abundantly represented at the site. Bearing that in mind, it may come as no surprise to those seekers (and others) that the WDR's latest recording, on which it is paired with the esteemed Florida-based ...
Viento Terral: Tunnel Visionaries
by Dan Bilawsky
Through the release of Eh' Neeky! (Self Produced, 2016), a modern-leaning, multinational Latin jazz collective made its debut. And with this sophomore release from the Cologne-based quintet comes a more formalized identity, a collection of finely-sculpted compositions, and tuneful and percussive improvisations. The strengths of trombonist Andy Hunter and pianist Thomas Böttcher (who evenly split compositional ...
Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber, WDR Big Band: Center Stage
by Jack Bowers
Mixed emotions must underline this review. Center Stage, featuring bassist Eddie Gomez, drummer Steve Gadd and baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber with Germany's superb WDR Big Band conducted by Michael Abene, was recorded in Cologne in January and February 2022. Sadly, Ronnie Cuber passed away in October, shortly after the album was released. If ...
Hendrik Meurkens and the WDR Big Band: Samba Jazz Odyssey
by Jack Bowers
One could probably count the number of big-band albums featuring a harmonica player on the fingers of one hand and leave some unused. Only one other springs to mind here, and it was released so many years ago that the names have long since been forgotten. And so it is indeed a genuine pleasure to hear ...
Soundscapes
By Bob Mintzer
Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2021
Track listing: A Reprieve; The Conversation; Stay Up; Montuno; Whack; Canyon Winds; Herky Jerky; New
Look; One Music; VM.