Johnny Hunter Music

Johnny Hunter is a northern UK-based drummer who comes from a background of both the Avant-Garde and the more mainstream Jazz.  He has performed or recorded with such esteemed musicians as Benn Clatworthy, Mick Beck, Nat Birchall, Jamil Sheriff, Jamie Taylor, Pete Fairclough, Walt Shaw, Corey Mwamba, Graham Clark, Richard Wetherall and Frank Grime to name a few.  He is also heavily involved in the Reggae and Dub scene.

He currently plays with Marley Chingus, Liverpool-based quartet playing heavy modal Jazz inspired by Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders; Blind Monk Trio, "heavy root jazz"; Dub Jazz Soundsystem, a mash-up of heavy Dub and psychedelic modal Jazz; Skamel, a Ska/Jazz/Dub ensemble inspired by the French Reggae group Raspigaous; and his own "chordless" quartet set up to explore the freedom and limitations of having no chordal instrument.  He also runs the Jazz jam nights at Matt & Phred's Jazz Club.