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21 quotes by Charlie Hunter

Charlie Hunter Hunter performing on February 25, 2006 at SPACE in Portland, Maine. Background information Birth name Charlie Hunter Born (1967-05-23) May 23, 1967 (age 47) Origin Berkeley, California, U.S. Genres Jazz, post-bop, jazz fusion, acid jazz, jazz-funk Occupation(s) Guitarist Instruments Guitar Labels Blue Note Records Associated acts The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy The Coalition of the Willing Garage A Trois Notable...
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But that kind of falls in line; when you think about it, James Brown was a funk minimalist. All of those parts create a sum that's larger than... →

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Anyone playing with you is going to change where your direction is.

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That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's playing... →

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I mean, in the course of an evening, people will take a solo here and there, but generally it's all about the rhythm of that music. Dealing with... →

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It's just a way of trying to get to a third thing that's not particular to any quote-unquote genre. It's been great for me; it's... →

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So it's really hard for a horn player to comp. But I'm totally into trying to switch those paradigms around and find a little magic space... →

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I do dig the White Stripes. I like the record they have out now.

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The market didn't define the music; the music defined the market.

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And then as we played more and more as a trio, it became more and more of a situation where we realized we really knew how to use the fourth member... →

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Bobby is really the one who did all the editing on that stuff. And he did all the mixing. I particularly like the record we did with Logic because... →

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But I just think we've got such a continuity with what we're doing that most people come in and fill in the blanks. And sometimes we leave a... →

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But I've come to the point in my evolution on the instrument where I realize that I can't play the same stuff that just a guitar player or... →

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Everything we did, we did live - and then Bobby took it home and chopped it up and edited it. Which is pretty much what they did with every jazz... →

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