Joe Hunt

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Joseph Gayle "Joe" Hunt (* 31 July 1938 in Richmond , Indiana ) is an American jazz - drummer , author and music teacher .

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Hunt studied at Indiana University Bloomington , where he was a member of David Baker's band from 1956-59 . In the early 1960s, through Baker's mediation, he worked in various formations with George Russell , on whose albums Stratusphunk (1960), At the Five Spot (1960) and Ezz-thetics (1961) he participated. In 1960/61 he was a member of the John Handy Quartet; with Chuck Israels he belonged to the Don Friedman trio and took part in its 1961 Riverside debut album A Day in the City . In 1964/65 he played in the Stan Getz Quartet with Gary Burton and Gene Cherico ( Getz Au Go Go , with Astrud Gilberto ). In 1967 he was part of the trio of pianist Bill Evans (with Eddie Gomez ; The Secret Sessions ).

In the 1970s and 1980s, when he lived in the Boston area, Hunt was a member of the National Jazz Ensemble , led his own formations in which he a. a. played with John Scofield , Mike Stern and Santi Debriano , and worked with Red Rodney and Hal McKusick . In the 1990s he was a member of the Smithsonian Jazz Masters Orchestra , in which he worked with Gunther Schuller ; he also performed with Kenny Burrell , Joe Lovano , Joanne Brackeen, and Tal Farlow during that decade . He has also played with Chet Baker , Eric Dolphy , Dizzy Gillespie , Dexter Gordon , Charles Mingus , Bob Brookmeyer and Herb Pomeroy ( This Is Always , 1996) throughout his career .

Hunt published the book 52nd Street Beat in 1994 , in which he portrayed the jazz drummers from 1945 to 1965. From 1971 he taught at Berklee College of Music ; one of his students was u. a. Klaus Suonsaari and Jim Black . Hunt worked at the New England Conservatory of Music until 2003, where he directed a jazz ensemble.

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  1. ↑ Portrait at Jazz.com ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jazz.com
  2. ^ Matthew Miller: Portrait (2007) at All About Jazz
  3. ^ Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : The Rough Guide to Jazz. P. 76.
personal data
SURNAME Hunt, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hunt, Joseph Gayle (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , Indiana