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Amazon.com Guitarist Charlie Hunter and percussionist Leon Parker have both made names for themselves by producing jazz that is both inventive and invigorating. And while both have done much to redefine the role of their respective instruments--Hunter by recasting his guitar as a bass, guitar, and Hammond B3 organ; Parker by removing himself from behind the kit, taking the opportunity to whack any available surface--the jazz on Duo is bracing in its simplicity and its stripped-down allegiance to the notion of swinging in and all around the groove. Parker and Hunter come off here as the young, groovy virtuosos they are more than the genre-stretching explorers many see them as. But because Duo is so good, so listenable, so finger-poppin' cool, it doesn't matter how the artists are viewed, but rather, that they are heard. And this disc demands to be heard, preferably at substantial volume. Recorded live without overdubs, Duo rushes from idea to idea with boundless energy and enthusiasm. Parker is all over his drums while Hunter's amazing vocabulary of guitar sounds is even more astounding in this pared-down setting. Recommended. --S. Duda Product description Our product to treat is a regular product. There is not the imitation. From Japan by the surface mail because is sent out, take it until arrival as 7-14 day. Thank you for you seeing it. Review Hybridization could be a middle name for Charlie Hunter, wizardly wielder of an eight-string setup that allows its owner to play guitar and bass parts simultaneously, and to occasionally ape the sound of a B-3 organ. He's also a masterful manipulator of projects melding jazz with other genres. Hunter slammed Monk with funk for the T. J. Kirk band, and on his own, has variously dipped into groove rock, Bob Marley's reggae, and touches of bebop. Duo has the guitarist collaborating with simpatico drummer Leon Parker, the fellow Brooklynite whose résumé includes work with Jacky Terrasson and a couple of discs as a leader. It's a sometimes surprising pairing that offers the familiar pleasures of hunter's playing in a stripped-down setting. The two, sensibly enough, mix it up from the start, seldom lingering on any style for more than one track. The Afro-Cuban rhythms and zippy melody line of the opening "Mean Streak," lit by brooding congas and a snare-drum solo, are immediately followed by the deep swing of "Belief," a tune from Parker's album of the same name. The loping "Do That Then" drops hints of "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" and "It Ain't Necessarily So," while Hunter turns up the echo for a haunting version of "You Don't Know What Love Is" that's all blue mood. Hunter and Parker, strongly supportive of one another without becoming intrusive, offer several other unexpected diversions, including an elegant, understated reading of the Beach Boys' ballad "Don't Talk." The gospel-tinged "Recess" is the session's only misstep, as a light-funk groove rather abruptly shifts into a slamming shuffle, and just as suddenly switches back. The change in feel comes off as arbitrary and inorganic. It's hard to argue with any of the rest. Your feet certainly won't.--- Philip Booth, JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc. -- From Jazziz
