Johnny Hunter
Manchester drummer, composer and bandleader, named an "artist to watch in 2017" by Jazzwise.
Performing his own music across the UK for over a decade, with his own group, the Johnny Hunter Quartet, he has appeared at esteemed venues Ronnie Scott's, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Manchester Jazz Festival, and Kings Place. He also regularly tours Europe as part of the UK-Swiss collaboration, MoonMot. As a sideman, he has toured and recorded with, among others, Nat Birchall, Olie Brice, Dee Byrne, Adam Fairhall, Kim Macari, Corey Mwamba, Cath Roberts, Nishla Smith.
His focus is on composing for improvisers; to make the most of their skills in interpreting the music whilst retaining a strong compositional identity. He developed techniques with his piano trio, Fragments, with their debut album being described as an “imaginatively detailed and uncompromising diary of a virtuosic improv group” (John Fordham, Jazzwise).