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| Charlie Hunter Trio New Album 'Mistico'  Charlie Hunter's new album and first release on Fantasy Records (Concord Music Group), 'Mistico' is a stunning combination of jazz, rock, fusion and signature Charlie Hunter guitar work, which defies easy categorization.'Mistico' is Hunter's first release for 2 years and is being hailed as his most ambitious release yet, while retaining his signature sound. Charlie Hunter grew up in Berkeley, California, where he graduated from Berkeley High School and took lessons from guitarist Joe Satriani.Hunter is best known for playing a custom, eight-string guitar made by luthier Ralph Novak of Novax Guitars. He plays the lead guitar on the top five strings (tuned ADGBe) and bass guitar (tuned EAD) on the bottom three strings simultaneously. With the addition of a Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere (a Leslie rotary speaker simulator), his unique style produces a sound similar to that of a Hammond organ -- an instrument he set out to imitate. Since the debut of his self-titled Charlie Hunter Trio in 1993, Charlie Hunter has recorded 17 albums. During that time, Hunter has worked with and recorded with many artists, including Miles Perkins, Scott Amendola, Will Bernard, Skerik, Jay Lane, Les Claypool, Dave Ellis, John Ellis, Mimi Fox, Peter Apfelbaum, Stefon Harris, Kurt Elling, Bobby Previte, Greg Osby, Chris Lovejoy, Leon Parker, Josh Roseman, John Santos, John Schott, D'angelo, Calder Spanier, Mos Def, Norah Jones, Adam Cruz, Phil deGruy, John Mayer and Willard Dyson, to name just a few. He worked on the soundtrack for a French Film entitled Outre Mer with Garage A Trois, a jazz fusion band. The CD was released in 2005. Confirmation of the existence of the movie is pending and there is speculation that the soundtrack history of the album is an invention by the band members. His earliest known work on record without unusual guitars was on a track Me and Chuck from the Les Claypool album, Highball with the Devil, released in 1996. Also in 2006 he played Fender guitars and basses for The Coalition of the Willing project with Bobby Previte. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |