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Product Description Now together for over 5 years, having toured the world, the Charlie Hunter Trio follows up 2003's Friends Seen and Unseen with Copperopolis, same 3 guys, but different in one big way. And the addition of John Ellis' playing both the wurlizer and melodica opened up a lot of space for Charlie to simply shred. Recorded in New Orleans during 2004's JazzFest, this is the album fans have been calling on for years. Rope A Dope. 2006. Amazon.com As impressive as Charlie Hunter's mastery of his eight-string guitar is, it may not be as strong a mark of distinction as his success in devising an original jazz-funk sound in a genre long ruled by guitarist John Scofield. Since arriving on the scene from San Francisco in the mid-'90s, Hunter has gotten stuck in a rut or two, but as efforts like Copperopolis demonstrate, he has the rare ability to renew his sound. Recorded in New Orleans, a setting reflected by an unlikely second line take on Thelonious Monk's "Think of One," the album may be his most appealingly varied. Hunter and his regular cohorts, tenor saxist John Ellis and drummer Derrek Phillips, thrive on the usual shimmering grooves and sonic embellishments, but with Ellis adding melodica and Wutrlitzer to his bop-fueled attack, they attain a lighter, more coloristic quality. And when Hunter forgoes the textural touches to lay into a blues riff, lean and mean, they rock harder than ever. It's thinking man's fusion music for listeners who want more instant gratification than they can get from the jam-band scene. --Lloyd Sachs
