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Santa Claus came this year with a Charlie Hunter DVD, Solos Jazz Sessions.
Being a huge fan of that guy and his playing, I just wanted to recommend that DVD, showing a very good and skilled musician playing solo and being not boring :

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RDPbMBLMs[/youtube]

I do really think that Stick players should learn a lot from him.

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The man is a genius. someday someone like him will play the stick.

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Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:15 pm
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That man makes me wanna get into the practice room...!

He's soooo musically developed and yes, he does seem to share are a common thread/inspiration with Stickists. I definitely find myself coming back to his ideas more and more.

The whole bass line to comping thing...... I hope to one day play with some of that fluency then add more of the contrapuntal ideas from the Stick. Ah well, one thing at a time.


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Charlie Hunter has actually been more influential to my Stick playing than any Stick player.
The exception would be Tony Levin's playing with Crimson which led me to get a Stick in the first place in 1984.

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I did back to back sets with Charlie this past September at our LBJF. Charlie does more than juggle multiple parts. His groove is always funky. It's all about the groove. I love his playing. His latest solo CD of old standards is absolutely killer. Charlie will be returning to LBJF Sept. 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW6GN988 ... re=related
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Here's another Charlie vid from LBJF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... b7wcc&NR=1


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Brett Bottomley wrote:
The man is a genius. someday someone like him will play the stick.

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I don't think. The beauty of his music is that, I think, he clearly understood the limitations of his instrument : he can't play all the time, thus it let the music a lot of room and space. We (the stickists, and I in particular) tend to fill the room with notes and notes, all the time. I may be wrong but it's the way I feel most of us.

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All I'm saying is that his harmonic lines more advanced than any stickist I have heard.

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He did a masterclass which some parts have been recorded (you can find under Charlie Hunter clinic). One is about interdependancy, and another one is about the Blues (and is just a lesson about musicality with capital M) ;)

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Seeing Charlie live is just an amazing experience. Such a cool cat :) Just such an inspiring guy.

thanks for posting this vid !

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