Andy Hunter (trombonist)

Andy Hunter at a concert with the Andy Hunter- Johan Hörlén Quartet in the Stadtkirche Darmstadt on September 10, 2017

Andy Hunter (born July 30, 1979 in Grayling , Michigan ) is an American jazz trombonist , composer , arranger and music teacher .

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Andy Hunter grew up in Michigan , later lived in Cleveland and Shanghai , and since 2004 in Brooklyn . He received his Bachelor in Jazz and Chinese from Oberlin College (studied with Robin Eubanks ) and his Masters in Jazz from Rutgers University , where he studied with Conrad Herwig . In New York he has worked in several big bands since 2004 , including the Toshiko Akiyoshi / Lew Tabackin Big Band, Dave Holland Big Band, Tommy Igoes Birdland Big Band , Travis Sullivans Björkestra, the Mingus Big Band and Orrin Evans ' Captain Black Big Band . He also played with Richard Bona , Nnenna Freelon and TS Monk . In 2012 he released the album Think Like a Mountain under his own name , on which u. a. Dave Kikoski and Alex Sipiagin contributed. From autumn of the same year he belonged to the WDR Big Band Cologne . Hunter has taught at the jazz faculty at Tri-C College in Cleveland and Rutgers University in New Jersey.

personal data
SURNAME	Hunter, Andy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician, arranger and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Grayling (Michigan)