Charlie Hunter Stories

Taking A Punch | The Charlie Hunter Interview

By: Carmel O'Farrell - @carmelocornCharlie Hunter.  The man has been a music world game-changer and for 20 years he has crafted a meaningful career, chock-full of collaborations and improvisation. His journey began in Berkeley, California and has brought him all around the world as he has fined-tuned his vision as an artist and...

Notes From The Jazz Underground Defined

This week's Notes from the Jazz Underground is based on the playlist from the July 29th broadcast.It started off as host Paul Abella's yearly "back to basics" show, but soon morphed into this whole other idea: the jazz that made him who he is and makes Notes what it...

Notes From The Jazz Underground Teaches Us About Sir Duke

This edition ofNotes From The Jazz Underground was culled from the April 29thbroadcast.The broadcast version fellon Duke Ellington's birthday. But just like everything else NFTJU, host Paul Abella doesn't play it straight. Offeringequal parts Ellington oddities, oddball covers and a straight-up jazz history lesson this week. He offers a bunch of notes from this...

Review / Stream / Download | Garage A Trois @ Double Door 9/6/15

Words & Photos: Carmel O'Farrell (@carmelocorn)The word "supergroup" gets thrown around far too often these days.  But let's break down Garage A Trois. Each member of the band is a virtuoso in their own right. They are not a "one-off", usually finding the time for several gigs per year despite the principal's busy...