JAZZ: Charlie Hunter Trio @ World Café Live

Guitar and bass genius Charlie Hunter plays three shows at World Café Live this weekend.

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JAZZ: Charlie Hunter Trio @ World Café Live

POSTED: Friday, May 6, 2011, 1:00 PM

(Tak Tokiwa)

Are you ready for something entirely unrealistic? This video (below) of the Charlie Hunter Trio depicts three musicians. But wait. You can clearly hear four instruments, right?: the drums, sax, guitar and bass.

What gives?

Well, Charlie Hunter plays guitar and bass at the same time. And the fact that he built an 8-string guitar in order to accommodate bass and guitar strings on the same instrument is not the most bizarre part. The really troubling issue is that he can simultaneously process bass rhythms, chords and lead scales — a task for which Pearl Jam requires three individual musicians. This YouTube vid is from way back in 1995, rumor has it he has consolidated down to a 7-string meta-instrument for his contemporary mind-blowing jazz show.

It's not fair. It's just not.

You have three chances to see him this weekend:

Tonight, 9 p.m.$19, World Café Live, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, 302-994-1400, queen.worldcafelive.com.

Sat., May 7, 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, philly.worldcafelive.com.

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