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Hugh Brodie

Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and Illinois Jacquet were just a few of the musicians that were in Hugh's dreams as a boy. Little did he know that he would be playing with Jacquet in the 1980's. Yet, even before he could afford his 3 dollar lessons, Hugh Brodie would fantasize about becoming one of the great jazz musicians. Hugh's first exposure to the blues came when he was very young in the fields of North Carolina. He worked on his cousin's farm and listed to the workers as they sang the blues in the blazing sun tending to the watermelon and sugar cane. Later, in his early teens, Hugh was amazed by the way the members of the Sanctified Church in Newark N.J. used music in their worship

State and Mainstream: The Jazz Ambassadors and the U.S. State Department

by Karl Ackermann
April 27, 2018

The Cold War that began in 1947 and ran for forty-four years, had jazz music as its primary deterrent to global tensions, and it did more to foster good will between the U.S. and global citizens than any previous program launched by the U.S. Department of State. Jazz music, even in its Golden Age, was seldom ...

Unforgettable Sax

By Hugh Brodie

Label: Justin Time
Released: 1994

And The Real Thing

By Hugh Brodie

Label: Justin Time
Released: 0