Clive “Azul” Hunt

b. May 1952, Linstead, St. Catherine, Jamaica, Western Indies. Hunt originally skilled like a tailor and learnt to try out the trumpet while at college. At age 17 he became a member of the Jamaican Armed service Music group, where he honed his trumpeting abilities. He was recruited by Byron Lee within the Dragonaires and became a member of them on the tour of THE UNITED STATES. On his come back, Hunt became involved with playing on several classes in Jamaica, including Tradition’s Combolo, that was made by Sonia Pottinger on the reactivated Treasure Isle Studios in Connection Street. Within the last mentioned fifty percent of the 70s Hunt emigrated to NY, USA, where he teamed up with Chalice and co-wrote the strike for Joe Gibbs, ‘Great TO BECOME There’, although there is eventually some dispute concerning the origins from the melody. Hunt’s association with Gibbs also led to the structure ‘Dairy And Honey’ for Dennis Dark brown; Hunt performed trumpet over the periods for Dark brown’s Spellbound and co-produced his 1981 A&M Information debut, Bad Play. Hunt after that began dealing with Wackies, where he performed on periods and performed being a soloist, documenting ‘Rockfort Rock and roll’ as Clive ‘Azul’ Hunt. He continued to be a US resident until 1987 but came back to Jamaica, where his profession as a manufacturer and arranger flourished. He created several singles with Beres Hammond, like the perennial ‘Placing Up Level of resistance’. Hunt’s popularity grew and he done the internationally effective ‘I CAN EASILY SEE Clearly Today’ for Jimmy Cliff, the Steely And Clevie remake of ‘You Don’t Appreciate Me (No, No, No)’ for Dawn Penn, and was utilized by veteran rockers the Rolling Rocks. In 1994 Hunt co-produced Judy Mowatt’s Lifestyle on her very own Judy M label, afterwards released by Pow Wow as Rock and roll Me. A lot of Hunt’s creation work was structured at Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong studio room where he caused the Abyssinians remaking their traditional hits, and in addition with Tyrone Taylor, the I-Threes, Yvad, Richie Spice and Garnett Silk. In the brand new millennium a lot of Hunt’s function was revisited through Trojan Information’ revival program.