Patrick "Spike" Cairn Hughes (1908-1987) was a British jazz musician, composer and music journalist. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Music journalism is criticism and reportage about Music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as ' Classical music ' He was the son of Irish composer, writer and song collector Herbert Hughes. Herbert Hughes (1882 &ndash 1937 was an Irish-English composer music critic and collector of folk songs Spike was a wonderfully multi-dimensional musician, playing the double bass, composing operatic scores, arranging jazz recordings and writing books on topics ranging from gardening to Toscanini's music. The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Gardening is the practice of growing Plants for their attractive flowers or foliage and Vegetables or Fruits for consumption WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Arturo Toscanini (ɑrˈturɔ ˌtɔskɑˈnini (March 25 1867 &ndash January
Hughes' small recording group was one of the earliest artists signed to Decca Records in England, spanning the period from 1929 to 1933, culminating in his visit to New York City where he arranged 3 historic recording sessions involving members of Benny Carter's and Luis Russell's bands with Coleman Hawkins and Henry "Red" Allen from Fletcher Henderson's band. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Bennett Lester Carter (born August 8, 1907 in Harlem New York; died July 12, 2003 in Los Angeles California) was Luis Russell ( 6 August, 1902 - 11 December, 1963) was a Jazz Pianist and bandleader. Coleman Randolph Hawkins ( November 21 1904 - May 19 1969) Nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean" was a prominent Henry "Red" Allen ( January 7, 1906 or 1908 (see talk &ndash April 17, 1967) was a Jazz Trumpeter whose style Fletcher Hamilton Henderson Jr ( December 18, 1897 &ndash December 28, 1952) was an American pianist bandleader Arranger These 14 legendary sides were mostly Hughes' own compositions. Though not released in the U. S. at the time, they have become known as classic black jazz masterworks.
Publications
- Hughes, Spike (1965). Glyndebourne, A History of the Festival Opera. London: Methuen.
- Hughes, Spike (1968). Famous Verdi Operas. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 0-7091-0205-4.
- Hughes, Spike (1972). Famous Mozart Operas, 2nd edition. New York: Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-22858-4.
- Hughes, Spike (1972). Famous Puccini Operas, 2nd edition. New York: Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-22857-6.
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