Talk:Spike Hughes

refs for "classic jazz masterworks."
http://www.jazzprofessional.com/Francis/Francis_Spike%20Hughes.htm Jazz Professional Harry Francis Jazz Development in Britain

"Nevertheless, without going so far as to describe Hughes' contribution to British jazz as a milestone in its development, it was undoubtedly an important one, not to be under-estimated, hence my reason for referring to it over forty years later.

Despite the fact that its life span amounted to three sessions his American orchestra was a formidable ensemble, and served to draw our attention to the great players it contained, some of whom had previously been virtually unknown to us. "

Also, the importance of his New York recordings is indicated by the fact that they are still "in print" with "5 star" reviews

http://www.amazon.com/1933-Spike-Hughes/dp/B000005R5K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293660104&sr=1-1

Jpg1954 (talk) 22:05, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Finch Noyes
It is many years since I read The Art of Coarse Cricket, but after reading in this article that Finch Noyes was the birth name of Charmian Hughes, I was inanely delighted to recall that Hughes dropped this name in Coarse Cricket in a piece of dialogue describing a friend fortuitously recruiting an extra player for a short-handed Coarse Cricket team. "Are you still short for Sunday? Because if so I'll bring a chap called Finch Noyes along. He used to play for..." Captain Pedant (talk) 19:31, 13 January 2019 (UTC)