Jeff Hughes

PO Box 572, Woods Hole, MA 02543  jhughes@wellesley.edu

Jeff sitting at home in wicker chair on porch, Falmouth MA wearing, hawaiian shirt and straw hat, holding cornet

Jeff Hughes plays cornet, trumpet, and flugelhorn

 

 

Jeff Hughes (dubbed “Mr. Melody” by Ray Smith) has made a name for himself as a Bix-styled cornet player and disciple of Bunny Berigan in the Boston area with the Wolverine Jazz Band, Dave Whitney Orchestra, Dan Gabel and the Abletones, and numerous other groups. By day, he is a mild-mannered marine biologist, but by night he is the leader of many bands:

Bands

  1. Jeff’s Jazz Jesters
  2. Jeff Hughes’ Jazz Jesters Novelty Orchestra
  3. Jeff Hughes’ Swing Times Five
  4. Lost in the Sauce
  5. Mainstay
  6. Brahmin Bellhops
  7. 7th Heaven Seven
  8. Monomoy Seven
  9. Hot Toddies
  10. Jeff’s Jumpin’ Jive
  11. Jeff Hughes JazzNews

Jeff in gray suite and white fedora blowing trumpet

Jeff Hughes with flugelhorn

Links

  1. http://www.wolverinejazzband.com/bio.html
  2. http://nejazz.com/oldsite/Swing5Apr2012.htm
  3. http://www.nejazz.com/oldsite/Williams2012.htm
  4. http://www.nejazz.com/oldsite/Swing5Oct12.htm
  5. http://www.nejazz.com/oldsite/Jesters26Feb13.htm
  6. http://www.nejazz.com/oldsite/Jesters28May13.htm
  7. http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Hot-Steamed-Jazz-Festival/341875888778?ref=ts
  8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Hughes_(musician)

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