Charlie Hunter Trio - Bing, Bing, Bing!


(BLUE NOTE RECORDS - 1995)
$15


CD SAMPLES:
COME AS YOU ARE
BULLETHEAD
SQUIDDLESTICKS


Charlie Hunter
- 8-string guitar
Dave Ellis - tenor saxophone
Jay Lane - drums

special guests:
tracks 2 & 3 Scott Roberts - percussion
tracks 3 & 7 David Phillips - pedal steel guitar
tracks 5 & 9 Ben Goldberg - clarinet & Jeff Cressman - trombone

Produced by Lee Townsend



Recorded at Mobius Music, San Francisco, CA Mixed at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, CA

 



It didn't take long before Blue Note picked up on the growing talent of the 8-string guitarist after the release of the first Charlie Hunter Trio record and signed him to their prestigious jazz label. The cover is modeled after a Horace Parlan album on Blue Note from 1960 called Speakin' My Piece. Why did Hunter title his record Bing, Bing, Bing? Charlie responds with a grin, "I don't have any idea. We just like the sound of the word, 'bing'."