Charlie Hunter - Bing Bing Bing
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Artist: Charlie Hunter Title: Bing Bing Bing Label: Blue Note Records UPC: 724383180929 Price: $11.98 |
Charlie Hunter - Bing Bing Bing Track Listing
1 - Greasy Granny
2 - Wornell's Yorkies
3 - Fistful Of Haggis
4 - Come As You Are
5 - Scrabbling For Purchase
6 - Bullethead
7 - Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing
8 - Squiddlesticks
9 - Lazy Susan (With A Client Now)
10 - Elbo Room
About Charlie Hunter - Bing Bing Bing
Bluenose jazz loyalists doubtless hate him, but the Bay Area's Charlie Hunter is one of the music's saviors for the '90s. With his customized eight-stringed guitar in hand, Hunter essays the greasy glories of early '60s jazz funk, serving as guitarist, bassist, and de facto organist in these groove-driven gems abetted by Dave Ellis' ripe tenor saxophone and Jay Lane's concise, funky drumming. Acid jazz has understandably adopted Hunter as a leading light, but this music has more chops, heart, and reach--earning him the right to stand alongside better-known jazz and funk masters as a confident, compelling original. Infectious grooves prevail, and even Kurt Cobain gets funked up on a breezy and inventive deconstruction of "Come As You Are." --Sam Sutherland
Charlie Hunter - Bing Bing Bing Reviews
Average Rating: 5.0
Rating: 5
Charlie and the boys really make it happen on this one. The grooves get better and better with more listens.. His version of epistrophy is great as well. A must for any Charlie fan.
Rating: 5
dope disc. this was my first experience with mr. hunter, and it made me buy up all his discs. smells like teen spirit is hit or miss... i dig it, but a lot of folks think it's lame. musician friends like it, non usually don't.
Rating: 5
Charlie Hunter is a talented guitarist who specializes in the field of eight string electric guitar playing. He usually records in the trio format as you see here.
What I like most about Charlie Hunter is funk influenced songs. And as I started to play this disk, I thought it would be a funky album.
As I got near the end, Charlie was swinging most of the tunes. I hadn't really heard Charlie Hunter swing before, so it was a surprise.
This is modern fresh jazz. I'm a big Charlie Hunter fan, and this album is great. It's modeled after a classic blue note album cover, and the material is great.
Recommended to modern jazz lovers.
Rating: 5
hunter's second release, and his first for blue note, has him mellowing out a little and focusing more on mainstream jazz. with the same lineup as his initial release, hunter, dave ellis and jay lane mix it up on instrumental selections ranging from funk, jazz, post bop and even a hybrid of jazz and rock. hunter's playing is as top notch as always, both as the soloist and when he is backing up ellis in an organ-like fashion. similarly, ellis' solos are creative and excellent. he blows the instrument hard, but never honks it and always stays in step with rest of the music. jay lane keeps the music steady and shines on certain tracks, especially "bullethead". the group seem comfortable with one another and it shines through the music.
Rating: 5
Year after year, this CD finds a place in the household rotation. Sad to say, but that's not the case for the other C. Hunter CDs we own. This one grooves and moves, and yet it settles all around with a supreme subtlety. It's Charlie Hunter's one bottom line statement that he belongs. It's not quite at that level of must have/essential CD, but it offers hope that one day Charlie will deliver on his exceptional promise. And it's an incredibly solid outing, worthy of praise and many reissues down the road.
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