| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/blue Note | | UPC: 00724385242021 | | Release Date: 3/25/1997 | | Buy.com Sku: 60296006 | | Item#: MQJPXJ | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24954 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Lively Up Yourself ~ Charlie Hunter Quartet |  | | 2. No Woman, No Cry ~ Charlie Hunter Quartet | | | 3. Them Belly Full ~ Charlie Hunter Quartet | | | 4. Rebel Music ~ Charlie Hunter Quartet | | | 5. So Jah Seh ~ Charlie Hunter Quartet | | | 6. Natty Dread ~ Charlie Hunter Quartet | | | 7. Bend Down Low ~ Charlie Hunter Quartet | | | 8. Talkin' Blues ~ Charlie Hunter Quartet | | | 9. Revolution ~ Charlie Hunter Quartet | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | On NATTY DREAD, the Charlie Hunter Quartet covers the Bob Marley & The Wailers album of the same title in its entirety. | | Charlie Hunter Quartet: Charlie Hunter (8-string guitar); Calder Spanier (alto saxophone); Kenny Brooks (tenor saxophone); Scott Amendola (drums). | | Recorded at Mobius Music, San Francisco, California. Includes liner notes by Dan Ouellette. | | The is part of the Blue Note Cover series. | | Personnel: Charlie Hunter (8-string guitar); Calder Spanier (saxophone, alto saxophone); Kenny Brooks (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Scott Amendola (drums). | | Audio Mixer: Judy Clapp. | | Liner Note Authors: Dan Quellette; Dan Ouellette. | | Recording information: Mobius Music, San Francisco, CA (1997). | | Photographers: Andy Goldsworthy; Giant Steps; Jimmy Katz. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Andy Goldsworthy. | | For a lesser artist than 8-string guitar virtuoso Charlie Hunter (who simultaneously plays lead and bass lines on his instrument) to attempt to cover an entire Bob Marley album song-for-song--in a jazz context, no less--would at best be embarrassing, at worst suicide. But in Hunter's hands NATTY DREAD becomes both a reverent homage to Marley and a highly accessible musical revelation in its own right. | | Hunter and his adventurous quartet organically reshape each track in a way that maintains the original's spirit while completely redefining it. So "Lively Up Yourself" becomes a shuffling soul-jazz shout-along, while Hunter's unaccompanied guitar virtually weeps beneath his sublime ornamentation on "No Woman, No Cry." "Them Belly Full" appears as a hungry bossa nova, and "Rebel Music" soaks in a riotous Hammond B3 organ sound courtesy of Hunter's electronically manipulated guitar. With NATTY DREAD's nod to the venerable past, Charlie Hunter clearly points listeners toward a brighter jazz future. |
Producer: Lee Townsend |
Engineer: Christian Jones |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/25/1997 | | Original Release Date : 1997 | | Catalog ID : 52420 | | Label : Blue Note Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 42m : 44s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724385242021 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (4/4/97, p.85)
- "...replaces the taut reggae of the Wailers with small-band hipster swing..." - Rating: BQ (5/97, p.122)
- 3 Stars (out of 5)
- "...Marley fans will love or loathe Hunter's daring, but this is inventive enough to sidestep moans." Down Beat (6/97, pp.50-51)
- 3 stars (out of 5)
- "...Hunter's quartet applies a variety of rhythms to Marley's compositions....[he] generally views the material through the prism of contemporary soul- or acid-jazz..." JazzTimes (4/97, p.65)
- "...Hunter is one of the most consistent of the younger soul-jazzers, and he delivers again here..." The Beat (V.16 #3 1997, p.73)
- "...the Charlie Hunter Quartet...succeeds with such soul-stirring impact that Robert Nesta Marley himself would likely give an imperious 'Jah Rastafari' shout-out if he heard this beautifully bluesy scrimshaw of NATTY DREAD..." |
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