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While recording and performing in the Boston area with his Berklee contemporaries ]Randy Roos
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and Tiger Okoshi
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, Hunt also performed with Peter Calo's bands Bellvista, and Thin Ice. During 1985, he toured with fusion drummer Billy Cobham
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He was indu ...
.
From late 1985 to 1987, he served as musical director for the Jazz Explosion. Here, he led a trio which backed up one or more important artists on tours. The trio consisted of Hunt, bassist Jimmy Earl
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, and Victor Jones on drums. The artists included: Gato Barbieri
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, Angela Bofill
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, Tom Browne, Stanley Clarke
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, the late George Duke
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, Kenny G
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, Freddy Hubbard
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, Ramsey Lewis
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, Noel Pointer
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Career
Pointer made his solo debut at the age of 13, performing Vivaldi with the Symphony of the N ...
, Stanley Turrentine
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, and the late Phyllis Hyman
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. The Jazz Explosion performed in the Kennedy Center
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in Washington, the Circle Star Theater The Circle Star Theatre was a performing arts venue in San Carlos, San Mateo County, California. Its name is based on it being a theater in the round, featuring a rotating circular stage with none of its 3,743 seats further than 50 feet (15 m) fr ...
in San Francisco, the Beacon Theatre in New York, the Universal Theater in Los Angeles, and Hammersmith Odeon
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in London.
In 1987, Hunt left the Jazz Explosion to go, with Earl and drummer Gerry Brown, on a tour of Europe led by fusion bassist Stanley Clarke
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and guitarist Allan Holdsworth
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Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respe ...
. In 1988, he recorded on Clarke's album ''If This Bass Could Only Talk
''If This Bass Could Only Talk'' is a 1988 album by American bass player Stanley Clarke.
Track listing
Personnel
* Stanley Clarke – double bass, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
* Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone (on ...
'', and in 1993, on ''East River Drive
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'', where he is credited with helping to compose the song "I'm Home Africa".
From 1987 to 2003, Hunt performed, toured, and recorded as a member of Allan Holdsworth
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Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respe ...
's band. Several of his compositions appear on Holdsworth's albums. On ''Secrets
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Secrecy is often controvers ...
'' (1989), Hunt is credited with composing "Maid Marion", and "Joshua". On ''Wardenclyffe Tower
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'' (1992), he did "Dodgy Boat". On ''Hard Hat Area
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'', he helped to write "Prelude" and "Postlude". On the album '' Then!'', which was recorded live in Japan, he helped with "Zone I", "Zone II", and "Zone III". Tracks from these albums are included in the compilation '' The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock''.
In 1997, percussionist
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Gregg Bendian
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Early life
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recorded on Hunt's album ''From Your Heart and Soul'', which also featured a performance by Holdsworth. This began a relationship in which Hunt recorded on four of Bendian's albums. Two of these, ''Trio Pianissimo'' and ''Change'', are studio albums with Bendian's Trio Pianissimo, and two are part of Bendian's Mahavishnu Project, which is his tribute to John McLaughlin John or Jon McLaughlin may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* John McLaughlin (musician) (born 1942), English jazz fusion guitarist, member of Mahavishnu Orchestra
* Jon McLaughlin (musician) (born 1982), American singer-songwriter
* John McLaug ...
.
In Chelmsford, Massachusetts
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, Hunt runs a record company, Spice Rack Records, which is closely associated with The Kitchen Recording Studio. These companies created both Hunt's first album, mentioned above, and in 2007, his second, ''Live at the PCA''. In other releases, Hunt serves not only as producer, arranger, or engineer, but also as a performer. The label has recorded works by guitarist David Hines (2 albums), his wife, pianist Pamela Hines (5 albums), and bassist Christian Fabian (2 albums). Eight more single releases are by: Auditory Implant, Robert Badoglio, Peter Fedele, Isha, Lucas Pickford, Lewis Robinson, Ed Spargo, and Nicole Storm.
Hunt has recorded extensively as a guest artist
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. An example is Peter Janson's album ''Beautiful Day'', on which Hunt is credited with helping to compose the songs "December Morning Sun", "Dragonfly", and "Beautiful Day".
When he is not busy in The Kitchen, Hunt performs locally and on tour. Occasionally, he also performs in festivals and at conventions.
Selected discography
Studio albums
* ''From Your Heart and Your Soul'' (Spice Rack Records) (1997)
* ''Live at the PCA'' (Spice Rack Records) (2007)
* ''Sphere of Influence'' (Spice Rack Records) (2015)
* ''Connections'' (Spice Rack Records) (2021)
With Allan Holdsworth
* ''Secrets
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Secrecy is often controvers ...
'' (Relativity) (1989)
* ''Wardenclyffe Tower
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'' (Restless Records
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) (1992)
* ''Hard Hat Area
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'' (Relativity) (1994)
* '' Then!'' (Alternity) (2004)
* '' The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock'' (Alternity) (2005)
With Stanley Clarke
* ''If This Bass Could Only Talk
''If This Bass Could Only Talk'' is a 1988 album by American bass player Stanley Clarke.
Track listing
Personnel
* Stanley Clarke – double bass, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
* Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone (on ...
'' (Portrait
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) (1988)
* ''East River Drive
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'' (Epic
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* Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation
* Epic film, a genre of film with heroic elements
Epic or EPIC may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and medi ...
) (1993)
* ''Trios: East River Drive/Schooldays/Live at the Greek'' (Sony
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) (2004)
With Gregg Bendian
* ''Trio Pianissimo'' (Aggregate Music) (1999)
* The Mahavishnu Project: ''Live Bootleg'' (Aggregate Music) (2002)
* The Mahavishnu Project: ''Phase 2'' (Aggregate Music) (2005)
* ''Change'' (Aggregate Music) (2005)
As a performer on releases by Spice Rack Records
* ''Blown Fuse'', Lukas Pickford (2001)
* ''Nebula'', David Hines, (2005)
* ''Inner Duality'', David Hines, (2009)
* ''Re-Evaluation Time'', Roberto Badoglio, (2010)
* ''Too Much TV'', Ed Spargo, (2010)
As a guest artist
* ''Guitar on the Edge'', Mark Varney, (Legato) (1992)
* ''Liquid Smoke'', Randy Roos, (Narada
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) (1992)
* ''Kinetic Energy'', Raz, (Narada
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) (1998)
* ''Stay the Same'', Joey McIntire, (Sony
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) (1999)
* ''Beautiful Day'', Peter Janson, (Eastern Woods Music), (2006)
* ''U – Turn'', Sebastiaan Cornelissen, (Abstract Logix) (2009)
References
External links
Official website
Spice Rack Records website
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