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Cross Border Jazz<br />
Brian Hughes Quintet<br />
Jazz fans will appreciate this special night which<br />
welcomes Alberta native and guitar virtuoso<br />
Brian Hughes back to the <strong>Yardbird</strong> <strong>Suite</strong>!<br />
Brian has forged an international reputation<br />
as a jazz guitarist and world-class performer,<br />
including tours and recordings with Loreena<br />
McKennitt, and an extensive career as a jazz<br />
front man.<br />
Here’s an excerpt from his website which<br />
outlines his talents as a contemporary jazz<br />
guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer:<br />
His first two albums, “Between Dusk” and<br />
“Dreaming and Under One Sky,” firmly established<br />
him as one of the foremost guitarists and<br />
composers in the genre, perfectly blending his<br />
fluid and emotive guitar style into an exciting,<br />
melodic mix of Latin, Jazz and World Music<br />
compositions. After being picked as a winner in<br />
JAZZIZ Magazine’s “Guitars On Fire” competition<br />
his subsequent recordings “Straight To You,” “One<br />
2 One,” “Shakin’ not Stirred” and “Along the Way”<br />
have received critical acclaim and major radio<br />
air play from coast to coast. With his sizzling fret<br />
work and infectious compositions the media are<br />
accurate in saying: “Both a great artist and an<br />
accessible one. His passion is so obvious, intense<br />
and contagious, that his audience shares it.” Brian<br />
has received the SOCAN/BMI “Jazz & Instrumental<br />
Composer of the Year” Award six times from 1997<br />
to 2006 and the title track from “Shakin’ Not<br />
Stirred” was featured on an episode of HBO’s “Sex<br />
and the City”.<br />
Also well known for his 20 year parallel career<br />
performing and recording with world renowned<br />
vocalist Loreena McKennitt, Brian’s skills as<br />
a musician (guitars, oud, bouzouki) and his<br />
production talents are evident on her platinum<br />
recording “An Ancient Muse,” the concert DVD<br />
“Nights From The Alhambra,” filmed in Granada,<br />
Spain and her past seven multi-platinum<br />
recordings. and received a Juno (Canadian<br />
Grammy) nomination as “Producer of the Year”<br />
for his work on the platinum selling Loreena<br />
McKennitt album “The Visit.”<br />
Brian has also produced several international<br />
Platinum-selling albums for Greek recording<br />
artists Evanthia Reboutsika, Yannis Kotsiras<br />
and Panayotis Kalantzopoulos, including<br />
the soundtrack for “A Touch of Spice” the top<br />
grossing film in Greek cinema history. He has also<br />
accompanied Celtic music legends, The Chieftains,<br />
on several tours.<br />
when...<br />
Brian Hughes Quintet<br />
From California/Edmonton/Calgary<br />
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 9-10 , 2010<br />
TICKETS - MEMBERS $24, GUESTS $28<br />
DOORS 8 PM - SHOW 9 PM<br />
Brian Hughes - guitar<br />
Andrew Glover - piano, keyboards<br />
Mike Lent - bass<br />
Luis Tovar - percussion<br />
Tal Bergman - drums<br />
Artist website:<br />
www.brianhughes.com<br />
10 March/April 2010
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