i got introduced to charlie hunter trio through 'day is done', a track they did with norah jones back in '01/'02 (when she was still unknown i think). that was like a slow jazz jam with like this great bass. found out later that that bass was played on a custom 8 string guitar which hunter uses to do both guitar and bass parts at the same time. found the copperopolis album a few years ago and i bought it on the strength of 'day is done' and that i wanted to hear more from this group.
took it home and listened to it and with the exception of one track that has this bad ostinato it was quite good. a lot of jazz-funk and some bluesy stylings and just good amount of bass, drums and some sax action. i think the drums could have been recorded a little better to have given them a thicker timbre but they penetrate well but not as good as hunter's bass/guitar. this track is the shortest on this and opens with this great 8bar drumbreak (which jungle producers might want to get on) and then goes into this rhytmic kind of blues groove and it's really tight. love it
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