The James Hunter Six
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY JUNE 21
Doors: 7PM
Show: 8PM
Advance Floor: $20
Day of Show Floor: $25
Advance Balcony: $25
Day of Show Balcony: $30
The James Hunter Six - Minute By Minute
With his last two albums, 2006’s Grammy-nominated People Gonna Talk and 2008’s
The Hard Way, James Hunter delivered a classic yet perpetually modern brand of
rhythm and blues that captivated listeners across generations and earned him two
Billboard Blues #1's, tours with Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Etta James, and Willie
Nelson, performances on Leno, Letterman, and Conan, and critical raves everywhere
from the NY Times to USA Today.
Minute By Minute, due out February 26, 2013 on GO Records/Fantasy, marks a pivotal
movement in this unique artist’s career—not only because it arguably contains his best
writing, singing, and playing to date, but because it signals James’ return to the studio
following the loss of his wife Jacqueline, who died of cancer in October 2011.
It’s also the first album credited to The James Hunter Six. James made this change in
recognition of the collective talent and unstinting loyalty shown by his longtime
cohorts Lee Badau (baritone saxophone), Damian Hand (tenor saxophone), Kyle
Koehler (organ), Jonathan Lee (drums), and Jason Wilson (double bass). The Six have
hung together through multiple albums and more than two decades of international
touring, from small clubs to the Hollywood Bowl – developing a cohesion and intuitive
knack for creating precisely the right arrangement and feel for James' original songs.
And Minute By Minute is the first James Hunter album to be recorded in the US, and
the first to be produced by Gabriel Roth, aka Bosco Mann Productions. Roth is cofounder
of Daptone Records, America’s premier soul revival imprint. He earned a Grammy for his expert engineering on Amy Winehouse’s best–selling album Back to Black, and has also produced and/or engineered recordings by Lee Fields, Charles Bradley, Sharon Jones & the Dap–Kings, the Budos Band, and Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens, among others.
“It really does have a leaner and punchier sound than our previous albums,” Hunter
says of Roth’s deft, unobtrusive touch on Minute by Minute, punctuating his remarks
with characteristic raspy laughter. “I take the credit it for that, because I followed
Gabe’s suggestions. I thought that was very intelligent of me!
“Without pouring any fancy ketchup on it, Gabe got this sound that we always thought
we should have had.”
BAC is a standing-room-only venue. There is limited, first-come/first-served seating on the balcony, with the purchase of a balcony ticket.
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