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| 1. | Mean Streak
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| 2. | Belief
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| 3. | Do That Then
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| 4. | You Don't Know What Love Is
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| 5. | Recess
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| 6. | Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
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| 7. | The Last Time
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| 8. | Dark Corner
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| 9. | The Spin Seekers
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| 10. | Calypso for Grandpa
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Jazz
Charlie Hunter, Guitar
Leon Parker, Percussion, Cymbals, Drums
The true mark of an artist is his willingness to creatively surge into new territory. Throughout his career, Charlie Hunter has avoided the pitfalls of predictability by bringing new ideas to the table and seeking out new cohorts to collaborate with. The eight-string guitarist-bandleader recorded his first Blue Note album, Bing Bing Bing! with a tenor saxophone-drum trio, then added an alto saxophone to the mix for his next two recordings, Ready...Set...Shango! and the Bob Marley cover project Natty Dread. He threw a curve ball last year with The Return of the Candyman when he retired the horn section and enlisted vibes player Stefon Harris and percussionist John Santos to join him and longtime drummer Scott Amendola in a new quartet called Pound For Pound. For his latest outing, Hunter once again pulls off a remarkable change of pace by linking up with extraordinary drummer Leon Parker for Duo, a superb collection of ten tunes that run the jazzy gamut from bluesy shuffles and deep-grooved funk to hushed balladry and straightahead romanticism.
If it doesn't sound like a trio, that's because Charlie Hunter plays an eight-string guitar (five treble strings, three bass) and has apparently sold his soul to Satan in return for the ability to sound like two players at once. (There are other guitarists who play bass lines with their thumbs and chords and melodies with their fingers, but none of them sound like this.) His virtuosity makes this duo album sound like a nice, conventional guitar trio. Percussionist Leon Parker is a bit more active than most jazz drummers, and that works out in his favor, especially on the Latin-tinged "Mean Streak" and on Parker's own "Belief." There are also fine interpretations of the old jazz chestnut, "You Don't Know What Love Is," and of Brian Wilson's "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)." Hunter's funky "The Spin Seekers" harks back to his work with T.J. Kirk. This is a wonderful, warm, rewarding album. |
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