Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola Duo
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Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola Duo
Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola Duo at The Siren in Morro Bay
Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola Duo
The year is 1993, July 3
rd
to be exact, 10am to be even more
exact...
Charlie Hunter called up Scott Amendola
(at Kenny
Brooks’ recommendation after hearing him at a local jam
session in San Francisco), to fill in for his drummer who had
double
-
booked himself that night. They had a great
conversation, and great night of music. That continues now,
nearly 30 years
later, as they bring
playfulness, joy, and mastery
of their instruments for a unique, fun, and engaging musical
evening.
Charlie Hunter consistently ups his game as an innovative writer
and bandleader.
He has worked with Norah Jones, Mos Def,
John Mayer
, D’Angelo and countless others. He is widely
considered the authority on the seven and eight
string
guitar,
and continues to stun audiences with his ability to
simultaneously bust
out tasty bass parts, melodic leads and
swinging rhythms.
Critics have tou
ted his genius technique, but
it’s his profound artistic sensibility that propels his original
music.
An ambitious
composer, savvy bandleader and capaciously
creative foil for some of
the world’s most inventive musicians,
Scott Amendola applies his rhyth
mic virtuosity to a vast array of
settings.
His closest musical associates include
guitarists Nels
Cline, Jeff Parker, Charlie Hunter, Hammond B
-
3 organist Wil
Blades, violinists Regina Carter and Jenny Scheinman, and
clarinetist Ben Goldberg, players who
have each forged a
singular path within and
beyond the realm of jazz
Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola Duo
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