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Bassist John Hunter has enjoyed a busy freelance and teaching career for thirty-five years. He has performed in concerts and television appearances from Maine to San Francisco while accompanying such jazz greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Slide Hampton, Sheila Jordan, Lennie Breau, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Eddie Daniels, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, James Williams, Steve Smith, Jane Ira Bloom, Art Farmer, Louis Bellson, Milt Jackson, Joe Williams, Paquito d'Rivera, Marian McPartland, and Mike Metheny. He has also appeared with such diverse groups as the Broadway touring company of "Chorus Line" and the Los Angeles Opera a la Carte. He is a frequent performer with the Granite State Symphony, Portland Symphony Pops, Clearlakes Chorale, and the Hanover Chamber Orchestra.
His teaching credits include faculty positions since 1979 at the University of New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, the University of Maine at Augusta, the N.H. Summer Youth Music School, and numerous clinics and workshops at colleges and public schools throughout the Northeast. John has toured and recorded albums with Andy Happel, the Barbara London Quartet, David Demsey, the Brandywine Singers, and he is often heard in concert with the Shaw Brothers, with whom he was recently featured on a National PBS television special.
Prof. Hunter may be reached by email at: jhunterbass@comcast.net
". . . fast emerging as one of the most respected bass soloists in the country."
Rockingham Gazette
" . . . You couldn't ask for better!" Milt (The Judge) Hinton |