Brooklyn-based soul / jazz / hip-hop band returns to BLU Jazz+ for a groovin’ Saturday night throwdown! Featuring Dan White, Jon Lampley, Chris Ott, Theron Brown, Josh Hill, John Hubbell, Jeff Bass.

The Brooklyn-based band, Huntertones, is a unique voice in the world of genre-defying music. What started in 2010 as a six-piece instrumental group in Columbus, Ohio (DW6) has become an innovative ensemble propelled by the original music and adventurous arranging of Chris Ott, Dan White, and Jon Lampley. Their heavy horn-driven compositions meld jazz, funk, soul, hip hop, gospel, R&B, and rock to produce a signature sound that resonates with all types of audiences. The band’s mission is simple: create live music on real instruments that will often make you think and always make you move.

Notable Huntertones performances include appearances at festivals and venues in the U.S. and Canada including the Columbus Jazz and Rib Fest, the Rochester Jazz Festival, shows at Toronto’s Rex Jazz and Blues Bar, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Additionally, the group has opened for the Grammy Award winning music collective Snarky Puppy. The band continues to hold an active touring schedule of shows throughout the Midwest and East coast with plans of a West coast tour for early 2015.

Individually, Huntertones members have compiled a diverse resume of collaborations with top artists in the pop, jazz, soul, and musical theater worlds. This includes work with Ricky Martin, Allen Stone, O.A.R., Phillip Phillips, Red Baraat, Eric Krasno, Fred Wesley, Rashawn Ross, Hadden Sayers, Lew Soloff, the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey; Tony winners Norbert Leo Butz and Lena Hall; jazz greats Sean Jones, Jeff Coffin, Tony Monaco, Byron Stripling, Bobby Floyd, Felix Pastorius, Christian Howes; and ensembles such as the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the national tour of Guys and Dolls, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, and many others.

The Huntertones’ latest recording/performance/educational project, Your Song, was commissioned by the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus and involved a road trip across the country to collect stories from musicians in the jazz, soul, and blues genres. The result was a full length album and a multimedia concert presentation with 10 original compositions inspired by musicians such as Victor Wooten, Bobby Watson, and Roger Lewis of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. This project also involved a series of educational workshops throughout the state of Ohio teaching the creative process, storytelling, and the relationship between music, history and culture.

Join us in welcoming Huntertones back to BLU Jazz+ for what Columbus Alive calls “a band bent on crossing musical boundaries” with “new arrangements that reimagine the source material so radically that they scan as originals.”

Featuring Dan White (saxophones), Jon Lampley (trumpet/sousaphone), Chris Ott (trombone/beatbox), Theron Brown (piano/keyboard), Josh Hill (guitar), John Hubbell (drums), Jeff Bass (bass).