He studied with Bobby Watson at the Conservatory of Music-UMKC and Javon Jackson at SUNY-Purchase. In 2006 he led a trio that was awarded a residency for the Banff Workshop for Jazz and Creative Music. In 2009 he was awarded a residency with the Charlotte Street Urban Culture Project with which he founded the Black House Collective. For more about Hunter, go to: blackhouse.typepad.com