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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