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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 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 ...
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 ...
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.
Charlie Hunter Quartet: Natty Dread

by Douglas Payne
From the surprisingly successful Blue Note Cover Series comes this exceptional disc by multi-talented eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter. The 29-year old Hunter has made a thankfully unpredictable choice covering" Bob Marley's influential and popular 1974 reggae classic Natty Dread. Hunter, heard here in a quartet with an alto, tenor sax and drums, resists the urge toward ...