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Music CD - Charlie Hunter Trio: Mistico
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Music CD: Mistico
Artist: Charlie Hunter Trio
List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $6.30
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Manufacturer: Fantasy
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Tracks:
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1. Lady!
2. 'Speakers Built In'
3. Estranged
4. Balls
5. Wizard Sleeve
6. Drop a Dime
7. Spoken Word
8. Special Shirt
9. Mistico
10. Chimp Gut
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0888072302655
Label: Fantasy
Manufacturer: Fantasy
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Fantasy
Release Date: 2007-07-31
Studio: Fantasy
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: vanguardia
Comment: Charlie es un guitarrista que la musica que presenta en este disco puede ser calificada como de atemporal por su personalidad y riesgo.
No se parece a nadie y muestra pese a su juventud un evolucion manifiesta.
Customer Rating:
Summary: not very good...
Comment: I bought this album awhile back and have listened to it once or twice. While not really horrible, it is simply full of boring music. Boring and tired rock/jazz grooves, nothing new.
I like Charlie Hunter as a player. He's an amazing 8 string player (though I don't think that good of a guitarist or bassist), but this sound is tired and is being done way better by other bands.
MSMW, Kneebody, Dave Douglas and Keystone. Check out these bands for some killer (FRESH) jazz/experimental rock.
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Summary: Charlie plays 'classic rock'
Comment: This CD isn't literally classic rock, but Charlie Hunter's grooves, song forms, and bluesy playing is close to it for a jazz CD. For this one, he has a keyboardist and drummer. He also downsizes his guitar -- no longer an 8-string guitar, it's a 7-string. It also sounds like he isn't playing as much self-accompanied bass. It sounds like the keyboard plays a lot of bass lines. I consider that an improvement, because unfortunately having the bassist and guitarist share the same brain (in past Hunter CD's) and hands hasn't worked out to more mind-blowing improvisations than a more traditional setup. "Lady!" and "Speakers Built In" are both jaunty songs, and a nice way to start. "Estranged" is bluesier and slower. "Balls" is very classic rock sounding. The guitar riff and Kenny Aranoff-style drums almost scream "John Cougar!". The song is mainly a drum solo. "Wizard Sleeve" is funkier than average. "Drop A Dime" is somewhat sludgy. "Spoken Word" is a faster song, with a very worried feel to it. "Special Shirt" is another jaunty one, with a nice blues piano solo. "Mistico" is slow and bluesy, and "Chimp Gut" is another jaunty strut. This is a pretty good CD, though I feel its simplicity works against it, it's really a 3.75 star CD.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Mistico Mess
Comment: Cacaphony and melodic mush. This album was very disappointing. As a lover of fusion, jazz, rock, worldbeat....music in general, this album requires a lot of patience to feel where the musicians were going. It's a clashing discordant ball of disappointed listening. And I WANTED to like it!
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Summary: well worth the wait
Comment: For months now, I've been listening to live shows of this band with two deeply held aspirations. First, I've been wishing that the group would play in my town and second, I've hoped for an album. (We never did get a trio album from the charmed Hunter, Chopek and Lovejoy trio.) While this group hasn't played in my town, here's the long awaited album. One out of two ain't bad. Why do I love this group? As with "Mistico," my favorite Hunter work has been in environments without brass. In this trio, Hunter is accompanied by drummer Simon Lott and one of the most exciting keyboardists these days, Erik Deutsch. This is a rock friendly excursion. Hunter is in top form as much of his lead work reflects a fresh phrasing style. He employs his typical arsenal of effects and sonic trickery to maximize the psychedelia and funk factor. The anthemic 'Speakers Built In' is one of the best songs that I've heard since I can remember. It is catchy and rockin' -it offers complete listening satisfaction. Other highlights include 'Wizard Sleeve' and 'Chimp Gut.' While the rockin' tunes may be the most compelling, songs like 'Mistico' 'Drop a Dime' and 'Estranged' offer a relaxed breather. So was it worth the wait? Absolutely. That written, I believe that "Mistico" could have been better. Compared to the live sets, some of this material sounds a little over produced and many tunes were abbreviated. I also would have preferred for Erik Deutsch to get some more time in the spotlight. All in all, "Mistico" stands as a deeply satisfying experience.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Bay Area-born guitarist Charlie Hunter burst on to the scene in the '90s with his eight-string guitar, which enabled him to simultaneously play solos, melodic lines, and basslines. After collaborating artists like Norah Jones, Kurt Elling, and Mos Def, Hunter returns to his familiar triad format with drummer Simon Lott and keyboardist Erik Deutsch. Armed with a filed-down, seven-string axe, Hunter's edgy, twangy tones owe more to grunge than to Grant Green. This 10-track CD spotlights the leader's jazz-fluent soloing, counterpointed by some spirited rock-friendly fusion, as especially on the Crescent City syncopated "Wizard Sleeve," the super-swinging, multi-tempo "Spoken Word," and the cavernous melodic mood on "Ballad." Hunter doesn't break musical barriers per se; he redraws them, and in doing so, writes his own sonic signature on the open stylistic canvas that covers this still-young century. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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