J Hunter

I think it’s about that time. LET’S COUNT ‘EM DOWN!NUMBER TEN…THE OSTARA PROJECT – The Ostara Project (Cellar Music Group)First there was…

Review by J Hunter Photographs by Rudy LuThe stage set at the Zankel Music Center for tenor master Joshua Redman and jazz provocateurs The Bad Plus…

Review by J Hunter Photographs by Rudy LuIt’s a legitimate event when the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra plays your city. In many ways, it recalls…

Review and photographs by J HunterThe Professors are a quartet of SUNY New Paltz music educators – which doesn’t sound that fantabulous until you hear…

Interview and photographs by J HunterI’ve emceed a few concerts in my time, and it’s a pretty cush gig – tell a joke or two, give a shout-out to…

Interview & story by J Hunter Photographs by Richard LovrichThings change. It’s a fact of life, even for something as established as the Jazz…

Story by J Hunter Drawing by Charles H. HaymesNUMBER FIVE: At this time of year, you usually only see second-generation tenor man Joshua Redman and…

Review by J Hunter Photographs by Rudy LuDuring the introduction to his arrangement of Mark Turner’s “Myron’s World”, Adam Siegel shared about how…

Review and photographs by J HunterBefore playing “Household Words,” the wistful closing track on Nelson Esposito Quintana’s new disc None of the Above,…

Review by J HunterIt was one of those cases where “You had to be there” – and I wasn’t: No less than three people I eminently respect still speak in…

Review by J Hunter Photographs by Rudy LuTo my mind, a really great jazz festival should give you a lot more than terminal heartburn and a farmer’s…

Review by J Hunter Photographs by Rudy LuI am now thoroughly convinced that it’s not the cold, the snow, the ice or even the wind chill that kills you…