Kevin McHugh (musician)
| Kevin McHugh | |
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 Kevin McHugh performing at the House of Blues and Jazz, Shanghai | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Experimental, jazz, electronic |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards, accordion, voice, laptop |
| Website | www.therealmchugh.com |
Kevin McHugh is an American pianist, composer and improviser. He has performed in a variety of groups and with notable musicians and teachers ranging from jazz drummer Billy Hart, saxophonist Gary Bartz, trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, trombonist Robin Eubanks, Salah Ragab (Egyptian drummer for Sun Ra), trumpeter Peter Evans, Jovino Santos-Neto (flutist and pianist with Hermeto Pascoal), to Fugazi bassist Joe Lally, Japanese improvisers Tetuzi Akiyama and Hiroshi Hasegawa (Astro), punk bassist Mike Watt (The Minutemen, The Stooges) and Brazilian singer Zé de Riba. While involved in various projects playing blues, electronic music, noise rock, theater and dance accompaniment as well as musical improv comedy, Kevin has also performed and recorded as a member of Capillary Action,[1] the San Francisco Mime Troupe,[2] The California Honeydrops and BATS Improv.
Kevin McHugh has lived in or around cities including Seattle, Berlin, Tokyo, Oakland, Brooklyn, Shanghai, São Paulo, Cairo and Mumbai, performing as a leader or sideman in many prominent venues, and has toured nearly 30 countries and 100 cities in the United States. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Oberlin College and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.[3] In 2006 he won a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to research the sound and music of megacities.[4] In 2012, thanks to a grant from the Japan Foundation, he was chosen to compose music for a theatrical performance and short film to support the Tohoku, Japan earthquake survivors.[5]
Discography
- With Nego Fortunatto: Forthcoming (2013)
- With Steve Gardner: Hesitation Blues (2012)
- With Polylis: Hills (2012)
- With Loolowningen: Self Titled (2011)
- With Kojun Sato & Pat Glynn: Ballads (2010)
- With Polylis: Poly One (2010)
- With the North Atlantic Tonal Organization: NATO (2008)
- With Kojun Sato: Weavers (2008)
- With Capillary Action: So Embarrassing (2007)
- With the Kevin McHugh Trio: WM 2006 (2006)
- With the Kevin McHugh Trio: Der Hagen (2005)
- With the Andy Hunter Quartet: The Slow Road to Shanghai (2005)