or buy individual songs below as digital downloads:
Track List:
Purchase: MP3 - $1
Soul Fruit
Pica
Andalusian Night
Straight to You
Sleeping Angel
Casa Magica
Pamela
Sesimbra Sun
Bridges and Rain
And to Beauty
"Straight To You"
is Brians' third recording and his first in association
with Warner Music (Canada) and Higher Octave Music/Virgin (USA/Worldwide).
"Straight To You" was picked by JAZZIZ magazine in the
March '97 critics choice issue as one of the Top 10 contemporary
jazz recordings of 1996. JAZZIZ proclaimed the album a
"genre-busting classic"and made note of the guitarists'
"Fresh & exotic fire, blending influences like Wes Montgomery
into a seductive stew of Latin, Brazilian and Middle Eastern
elements."
Hughes was honored with the SOCAN (Society
of Canadian Authors and Composers) Award as Jazz & Instrumental
Composer of 1997 based on the worldwide airplay of "Straight
To You" which received strong support in the USA charting
in the Top 15 on the Gavin and Radio & Records airplay charts.
JAZZ TIMES (review
February 1997).
"Straight To You" showcases
Hughes' astonishing speed and fluid, smooth play in world beat
rhythmic settings, from the flowing brasilbeat "Sesimbra
Sun" to the bustling tropical shaker, "Pica",
with a guitar - piano duet taking on a steel drum-like resonance.
Not content to stop there, Hughes twists and weaves stylistic
threads to suit his need---"Soul Fruit's" funky yet
elegant blues sounds like Pat Metheny and Robben Ford sat down
for a jam session, and "Andalusian Night" snakes a
middle eastern melody through a heady flamenco guitar strum for
a mysterious, sensuous effect. These original combinations, highlighting
Hughes' considerable talents, make "Straight To You"
a must have.
Selections
Soul Fruit -
Pica - Andalusian Night - Straight To You - Sleeping Angel -
Casa Magica - Pamela - Sesimbra Sun - Bridges and Rain - And
To Beauty
The Musicians
Brian Hughes (guitars)
Mark Kelso (drums)
Les Portelli (piano)
Peter Bleakney (bass)
Rick Lazar (percussion)
Gord Sheard (hammond organ & synthesizers).
