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Johnny Hunter

Named by Jazzwise as an "artist to watch", Johnny Hunter is a Manchester-based drummer, composer and bandleader. He performs his own music across the UK most notably with the Johnny Hunter Quartet, having been recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio 3, and appearing at such esteemed venues as Ronnie Scott’s, the Manchester Jazz Festival, Birmingham Jazzlines at Symphony Hall, and Liverpool International Jazz Festival, among many others. He also regularly tours across Europe as part of the UK-Swiss collaboration, MoonMot.
His compositional focus is in developing techniques for composing for improvisers; to make the most of their skills in interpreting the music whilst retaining a strong compositional identity. To develop these ideas, he formed the piano trio, Fragments, with their 2019 album described as an “imaginatively detailed and uncompromising diary of a virtuosic improv group” (John Fordham, Jazzwise).
Noah Haidu, Luca Crispino, Flying Sutra with Ayumi Ishito, Samantha E Adrian

by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, music from pianists Noah Haidu and Erik Deutsch; guitarist Luca Crispino; The Heath Brother (1976); Flying Sutra with saxophonist Ayumi Ishito; drummer Johnny Hunter; the Reid Hoyson Project; and Brazilian vocalist and actress Samantha Schmutz and bassist/multi-instrumentalist Adrian Younge. Playlist Albert Ammons & Meade ...
Barry Guy, Jaleel Shaw, Linda May Han Oh & Zoh Amba

by Maurice Hogue
English avant-garde bassist Barry Guy is considered one of the finest in any musical genre and his compositional work is equally regarded. One of his signature pieces is Harmos," and you will hear that as performed by the London Jazz Composers Orchestra recorded live in Krakow Poland. Saxophonist Jaleel Shaw's new Painter Of The Invisible provides ...
Practical Dreamers

By Ron Caines
Label: Discus Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Practical Dreamers Parts 1 to 7.
Something Happened

Label: New Jazz And Improvised Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Providence; A Simple Change; Undulation; First Half Of May; Anything Can Happen; Some Moore / Middle Of The Road; Piffle; May-Ting; Bug Music.
Michael Moore / John Pope / Johnny Hunter: Something Happened

by John Sharpe
Over the years, quite a connection has built up between musicians from Amsterdam and the North East of England. Further affirmation arrives in the form of Something Happened by a co-operative trio comprising American expat reed man Michael Moore and the increasingly-regular rhythm team of bassist John Pope and drummer Johnny Hunter. Recorded in a studio ...
Ron Caines / Martin Archer Axis: Practical Dreamers

by John Sharpe
Practical Dreamers is the fifth collaboration between Discus label boss multi-instrumentalist Martin Archer and veteran saxophonist Ron Caines, and like the others, situates the latter's largely introspective reeds within varied electro-acoustic soundscapes. Caines was a founding member of progressive British rock band East Of Eden back in 1967, but after leaving to pursue jazzier endeavors, he ...
Johnny Hunter / Mark Hanslip / Olie Brice: Divisions

by John Sharpe
Divisions might seem a strange choice of title for such a cohesive set. It is the name of a four-part suite written by drummer Johnny Hunter for this all British trio completed by bassist Olie Brice and tenor saxophonist Mark Hanslip. As well as his own dates, such as Pale Blue Dot (Northern Contemporary, 2020) for ...
A Consequence In Three Parts

Label: Efpi Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Emergence; Consequence I; Consequence II; Consequence III; Epilogue