Johnny Hunter

In the Spring of 2022 ‘Something Happened’. American born but long resident of Amsterdam and in-demand reeds player Michael Moore visited the UK to perform six live dates in collaboration with one the most exciting Northern rhythm partnerships available, John Pope on Double Bass and Johnny Hunter on Drums.

With each musician bringing compositions to the table, the band had minimal rehearsal and in perhaps the purest jazz fashion spent the week working out their compositions on the bandstand in front of live audiences. The seventh date of that tour resulted in this recording session especially commissioned by the label for the regular NEWJAiM Recordings haunt Blank Studios in Newcastle upon Tyne.

This an absolutely superb set of recordings, melodic, free, pure and swinging, joy is in abundance throughout the record. We’re absolutely delighted to present this music as the sixteenth release for New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings.

Tracklist

1.	Providence	6:40

2.	A Simple Change	5:42
3.	Undulation	5:41
4.	First Half Of May	3:30

5.	Anything Can Happen	6:13
6.	Some Moore / Middle Of The Road	12:55
7.	Piffle	4:35
8.	May-Ting	5:13

9.	Bug Music	9:10

Credits

released October 20, 2023

SOMETHING HAPPENED

Michael Moore / John Pope / Johnny Hunter

1. Providence 6:41
2. A Simple Change 5:43
3. Undulation 5:43
4. First Half Of May 3:32
5. Anything Can Happen 6:15
6. Some Moore / Middle Of The Road 12:57
7. Piffle 4:37
8. May-Ting 9:37
9. Bug Music 9:11

Michael Moore (Alto Saxophone and Clarinet)
John Pope (Double Bass)
Johnny Hunter (Drums and Percussion)

Tracks 1, 5, 8 & 9 composed by Michael Moore
Tracks 3 & 7 composed by John Pope
Tracks 2, 4 & 6 composed by Johnny Hunter

Recorded at Blank Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, 6th June 2022
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by John Martindale

Recordings © New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings

Photographs by Victoria Wai
Cover Design by Andrew Delanoy and Wesley Stephenson

New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings / NEWJAiM16

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