Brian Hughes
Los Angeles resident Brian Hughes has
carved out an impressive career in the contemporary jazz arena. His first two
albums, Between Dusk and Dreaming and Under One Sky, firmly established him as
one of the foremost guitarists and composers in the genre, perfectly blending
his fluid and emotive guitar style into an exciting, melodic mix of Latin, Jazz
and World Music compositions. After being picked as a winner in JAZZIZ
Magazine's "Guitars On Fire" competition his subsequent recordings
Straight To You, One 2 One, Shakin' Not Stirred, Along the Way, Live and the
concert DVD No Reservations have received critical acclaim and major radio air
play from coast to coast. With his sizzling fret work and infectious
compositions the media are accurate in saying: "Both a great artist and an
accessible one. His passion is so obvious, intense and contagious, that his
audience shares it." Brian has received the SOCAN / BMI "Jazz &
Instrumental Composer of the Year" award seven times from 1997 to 2011 and
the title track from "Shaken' Not Stirred"was featured on an episode
of HBO's "Sex and the City".
Hughes' new release is titled Fast Train To A Quiet Place and features an all-star lineup: Matt Rodhe: Keyboards, (Prince, Christina Aguilera), Tal Bergman: Drums, (Joe Bonamassa, Rod Stewart), Ron Powell: Percussion, (Kenny G, Madonna), and Rufus Philpot: Bass, (AI DiMeola, Jeff Golub).
Brian has performed Jazz Festivals and
Concerts around the world including: The Providencia Jazz Festival (Santiago,
Chile), The Montreal International Jazz Festival, The Edinburgh International
Jazz Festival, The Vancouver International Jazz Festival and The Catalina
Island Jazz Festival.
Hughes is well known for his 25 year
parallel career recording and touring with world renowned vocalist Loreena
McKennitt (The Mummer's Dance). Brian's skills as a musician (guitars, oud,
bouzouki) and his production talents are evident on her recent platinum
recording "The Wind That Shakes the Barley", the concert DVD "Nights
From The Alhambra", filmed in Granada, Spain and her past eight
multi-platinum recordings. Brian has toured the world several times with
Loreena, appeared on the "Late Show" with David Letterman and
received a Juno Canadian (Grammy) nomination as" Producer of the
Year" for his work on her platinum selling album "The Visit".
Brian has also accompanied Celtic music
legends, The Chieftains, on several tours and has Produced several international Platinum selling albums for
Greek recording artists Alkistis Protopsalti, Evanthia Reboutsika, Yannis
Kotsiras and Panayotis Kalantzopoulos, including the soundtrack for A Touch of
Spice the top grossing film in Greek cinema history.
The 16th Annual Summer Concert Series is made possible by our generous
sponsors: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, Monte
Cedro, The Rotary Club of Altadena, Baietti-Seyffert Podley Realtors, Athens
Services, AltadenaBlog, Georgia Rutherford in Memory of Don Rutherford, Toyota
of Pasadena, Pro Image transfer, M & M Printing & My Irish Pride &
All American Audio Visual.
Food service sales provided by El Patron Mexican Food Restaurant, beer & wine sales provided by The Rotary Club of Altadena.
Food service sales provided by El Patron Mexican Food Restaurant, beer & wine sales provided by The Rotary Club of Altadena.
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