Spike Hughes
Sign in to saveComposer, Author, Music Critic (1908–1987)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1908
- Died
- 1987
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Famous Puccini operas
- Famous Mozart operas
- The art of coarse cookery; illustrated by Derek Alder
- The art of coarse bridge
- The Art of Coarse Entertaining
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,844
- Total plays
- 8,068
Tags
jazzBig Band1930sswingUK
Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes (19 October 1908 – 2 February 1987) was a British jazz musician, composer and music journalist. He was the son of Irish composer, writer and song collector Herbert Hughes and great grandson of the sculptor Samuel Peploe Wood. Hughes was a 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Spike+Hughes">Re
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hughes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Brighton
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
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- date of birth
- 1908-10-19
- date of death
- 1987-02-02
- different from
- Patrick Hughes
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