Guitarist Charlie Hunter appeals to a lot of music fans on a lot of different levels. His amazing technique and improvisational skills have earned praise from straight-ahead jazz critics and fans. His ...

Charlie Hunter is well aware that you have to move on as a working musician. The guitar virtuoso, who has worked with John Mayer, Christian McBride, among many other venerable recording artists, knows ...

Still mining inspiration from his relocation to New York, 8-string guitar wizard Charlie Hunter returns to the trio format for his latest release Friends Seen and Unseen. With Hunter's unique style of ...

After three years and as many records, drummer Bobby Previte and guitarist Charlie Hunter bring their experimental trio project Groundtruther to a triumphant conclusion. Previte and Hunter have ...

Ever since he first arrived on the national scene in 1993, hybrid guitarist Charlie Hunter has constantly reassessed and reimagined his music. Starting with the eponymous Charlie Hunter Trio release ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Two-time GRAMMY-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling and 7-string guitar phenom Charlie Hunter teamed up for the release of their album SuperBlue in late 2021 with grand success. Now on tour and making a ...

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Charlie Hunter is a rare specimen in the guitar world. His main instrument is a bass/guitar hybrid, with which he sounds like two players, sometimes like three.

Imagine the daily struggle of a jazz guitarist who makes his living playing bizarre seven- and eight-string guitars. Welcome to a party of one. It?s one reason why Charlie Hunter decided on a musical ...

Charlie Hunter begins his reply to every single question I ask him with these four words, talking to me with the comfortable loquacity usually found only between old friends. Immediately apparent is ...