Hunt

Neandertal Grooves is a studio album released in 2001 by the Espoo Big Band in collaboration with percussionist and composer Trilok Gurtu. The label EBB issued the recording in CD format. The project merges elements of big band jazz with world music influences, reflecting Gurtu’s fusion of Indian classical rhythms and contemporary jazz arrangements.

The album includes the track Hunt as its seventh piece (Track VII). The composition exemplifies the album’s cross-genre approach, blending orchestral brass and woodwind sections with Gurtu’s percussive techniques. Specific instrumentation, compositional structure, and recording details beyond the track listing remain undocumented in available sources.

Espoo Big Band, based in Finland, contributed the core ensemble for the recording. Gurtu provided percussion, compositional input, and rhythmic direction. The album’s production credits and additional session musicians, if any, are not explicitly confirmed in the provided context. Neandertal Grooves stands as a documented collaboration between Nordic jazz traditions and global percussive styles, though further analytical or reception history is not specified.