Artist:Charlie Hunter Trio
Song:Come As You Are
Album:Bing, Bing, Bing!
Guitarist Charlie Hunter plays custom made seven and eight string guitars so he can play a bassline simultaneously with his lead guitar. That generates a lot of interest from guitar geeks. Hunter is probably best known for his 90s albums for Blue Note. He still records for his own label. He was born May 23, 1967 in Rhode Island. But he and his sister grew up in a commune in Mendocino County, CA. Their mother repaired guitars. They eventually settled in Monterey. Hunter's influences were Joe Pass and especially Tuck Andress of Tuck & Patti who was adept at blending basslines into his technique. He took lessons from Joe Satriani. After living in Paris for a few years, Hunter returned to San Francisco He was in Michael Franti's group The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. After releasing a 1993 album independently, Hunter signed with Blue Note. Bing, Bing, Bing! was his 1995 Blue Note debut. The band is Dave Ellis on tenor sax an Jay Lane on drums. Hunter plays a brand new custom made eight string guitar. Hunter recorded seven albums for Blue Note. Among his other bands is T.J. Kirk which covers Thelonious Monk and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the jazz fusion band Garage a Trois with Stanton Moore and Groundtruther with drummer Bobby Previte. They just released a new album called Avant Blues. He has also recorded several albums with drummer Scott Amendola. Jazz guitar fans should check him out. Here's the Charlie Hunter Trio with Dave Ellis and Jay Lane performing Come As You Are on BET's Jazz Central 1995.
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