Brian Hughes (musician)

Hughes grew up in Alberta, Canada and studied at Grant MacEwan College (now MacEwan University) in Edmonton and the Banff School of Fine Arts with jazz guitarists Ed Bickert and Gene Bertoncini. In 1981 he moved temporarily to Los Angeles where he studied at the Guitar Institute with Pat Martino, Joe Diorio, and Robben Ford.

In 1987 Hughes moved to Toronto where he began working with harpist Loreena McKennitt. In 1991 he recorded Between Dusk...and Dreaming, his first album as a leader, for Justin Time Records, followed by Under One Sky the next year. He started his label, Sylvan House Music, which was distributed by Warner Music Canada and licensed to Higher Octave Music/EMI in the U.S. and abroad. He recorded three more albums (Straight to You, One 2 One, and Shakin' Not Stirred) under this arrangement before releasing Along the Way with A440 Music Group in 2003. He returned to his Sylvan House Music imprint for the release of Live (2007), No Reservations (concert DVD, 2009), and Fast Train to a Quiet Place in 2011. He moved to Los Angeles in 2000. Many of his works can be heard on The Weather Channel's Local on the 8's, Sirius XM's Watercolors channel, and on the Music Choice Smooth Jazz channel.

Hughes received the Society of Canadian Authors and Composers (SOCAN) Jazz and Instrumental Composer of the Year award from 1997–2001 and in 2006 and 2008. He was nominated for a Juno Award as Producer of the Year in 1991 for Loreena McKennitt's album The Visit.

• 1991 Between Dusk...and Dreaming (Justin Time)
• 1992 Under One Sky (Justin Time)
• 1996 Straight to You (Higher Octave, reissue on Sylvan House)
• 1998 One 2 One (Higher Octave, reissue on Sylvan House)
• 1999 Shakin' Not Stirred (Higher Octave, reissue on Sylvan House)
• 2003 Along the Way (A440 Music Group, reissue on Sylvan House)
• 2007 Live (Sylvan House)
• 2009 No Reservations – concert DVD (Sylvan House)
• 2011 Fast Train to a Quiet Place (Sylvan House)[2]

• Official site