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Charlie Hunter: Charlie Hunter
by Mark Corroto
Confessions of a self-proclaimed jazz snob. I admit it. After listening to jazz for these many years, I’ve absorbed New Orleans/swing/ bop/ post-bop/hard bop, and free-jazz. I, like many of you, have little patience for the thin veil of pop music. Give me Anthony Braxton’s equations or give me death. After listening to Charlie Hunter’s latest ...
Charlie Hunter: Charlie Hunter
by Jim Santella
Grabbing at the traditional roots of jazz, Charlie Hunter explores the possibilities. His instrument provides a bass line, chordal harmony and plucky melodies. Hunter’s 7th release contains ample variety; six of the nine tracks are fresh originals. Both horns provide outstanding additions to the band; particularly on the charging “Nothin’ But Trouble." Highly recommended, Charlie Hunter’s ...
Charlie Hunter/Leon Parker: Duo
by Mark Corroto
Memo to Bruce Lundvall, head honcho at Blue Note Records: whether by design or perhaps mistake, you have stumbled upon or rediscovered the ways of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. The simple duo recording by guitarist Charlie Hunter and percussionist Leon Parker is a throwback to the old days of BN records. Whoever decided on recording ...
Charlie Hunter & Leon Parker: Duo
by Jim Santella
Guitarist Charlie Hunter and percussionist Leon Parker have more going for them than two hands apiece. Hunter can produce several lines simultaneously and evoke organ, bass and guitar, while Parker runs the gamut of textures from his set. Hunter’s composition “The Last Time," for example, finds Parker with one hand on the drums and another with ...
Charlie Hunter/Leon Parker: Duo
by Ed Kopp
I could probably spend hours just listening to Leon Parker strum his fingers on a table top. There's a hypnotic quality to this man's rhythm-making, and his performance on Duo is by turns engaging and astounding.That I'm equally taken by Charlie Hunter's performance is more of a surprise. Sure, I liked some of Hunter's ...
What Is Jazz? Festival 1996
Label: Knitting Factory Works
Released: 1998
Track listing: Ashby Man; The Pimps Next Door/Pipistrello; Ladino Passaglia; Double Diamond; Un Chien Andalou; Caravan; Instinct; Changes I; A Drunken Monkey; Is This Love;
Natty Dread
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1997
Track listing: 1. Lively Up Yourself, 2. No Woman, No Cry, 3. Them Belly Full, 4. Rebel Music, 5. So Jah Seh, 6. Natty Dread, 7. Bend Down Low, 8. Talkin' Blues, 9. Revolution.
