I recently made a trip to Tegucigalpa, Honduras and I had the great pleasure to play some music with my Suegro (father-in-law) Sr. Benito Alonzo and his great friend and wonderful Bajero Sr. Alejandro Galindo. They know a "monton" de songs in the Latin American traditional vein, and they gave me the great opportunity to play a set with them in the afternoon out at Benito's farm which is about a two-hour drive into the mountains from Tegucigalpa. I was given this opportunity back in 2002 when I visited, but I have since learned how to play this music pretty...

This isn't particularly music-related, but it was a very important part of my life for many years. I knew Tae Kwon Do master Young Soo Do for more than 20 years. I first met him in 1985, and I studied under his marvelous regime on and off until 2001. I continued to stay in touch and followed his career until he was murdered and he died within one month of my own father's death -- if there is some kind of weird synchronicity there, I wouldn't doubt it, as Young Soo Do was one of my many fathers.               I don't claim to...

Jesse Jones Jr. - Get On Up  Get On Up from Jesse Jones Jr.: Father of Scat Hop available at http://www.cdbaby.com/scathop This version has the best sound encoding yet so far of all the uploaded vids for this song. Get On Up (Hitchcock / Jones) on Funkatology Records LLC ©2010 Jesse Jones Jr.: vocals, saxophones, scat and Scat Hop Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock: keyboards, basses, drums Ike Woods: rhythm guitar Dennis Sierra: lead guitar Joe Collado: conga Produced, mixed and engineered by Hugh J. Hitchcock Recorded at Funkatology Records in Miami Florida

You Are the One by Jerry Carr Album: This Must Be Heaven Label: Cherie Records (a division of Atlantic Records) Year released: 1981 Producer: William Talbert Executive Producer: Norton Stern p> This one has THE BOMB horn section on it -- produced by Billy Talbert, horns arranged by Hugh J. Hitchcock ©1981 Cherie Records, Detroit This Must Be Heaven - Jerry Carr (©1981 Cherie Records, Detroit) Personnel: Keyboards: Billy Talbert Drums: Leslie Carter Bass: Larry Austin / Jerry Carr Guitars: Bruce Nazarian David Myles Percussion: Carl (Butch) Small Larry Fratangelo Kenny Michalik Harp: Rochelle Martinez Moilleseaux Backgd Vocals: Tyrone Steel Joyce Bowden Jerry Carr Sax/Flute: Pete Khan Trombone/Flute: Sherm Mitchell Sax/Flute: David Reinstein Sax/Alto: John Littlejohn Trumpets: Al Bailey Bill Lucas Brandon Cooper Horn Arrangements: Hugh J. Hitchcock (Captain Jarvis) Recorded...

   I played on the "record tour" for this record, the wonderful Jimmy Delphs with our band which was called the "Tymepiece" band. This record was produced by Duane Freeman, who I can thank for connecting my song Captain Jarvis with Noel Pointer's producer, Paul Reiser. Nice job Duane...

if you have a sound card attached to your computer, and you can run multimedia flashplayer, then you should be hearing the interview I did with Jesse Jones Jr. on the Tracy Fields show on Monday evening, May 17th 2010, in which we discussed Jesse Jones' new record "Father of Scat Hop" which I produced. This was a fun interview! I hope you enjoy listening to it, it runs about one hour. To view the E-Phonic MP3 Player you will need to have Javascript turned on and have Flash Player 9 or better installed. /wlrn_interview_100517.xml  

recorded live at the Van Dyke Cafe in South Beach   personally I was just a bit fried in this show, having worked some double gigs and a show every day this week. I think it was still a great show anyway. Especially Ike who always throws down.   Tags: ...

Live with Ike and Val at Tobacco Road this video was recorded July 25, 2009. You can't really see me but I am on keyboards in this video, which was also released as a CD ("Ike and Val Live at Tobacco Road" -- Valkus Inc., One Ocean Records) Tags: ...

this one comes from Graham Barclay of Soundwave FM in New Zealand: Hi Hugh, Many Sincere Thanks for the CD" Funkmeister " that you sent us recently. BRILLIANT - EXCELLENT We have enjoyed it immensly, and have added tracks from it to our playlists. Your presentation of music, inside the style and personality reflected in the tracks is very refreshing. Keep it up. Many thanks again, and please stay in touch. Kind regards Graham J Barclay thanks so much Graham, I aim to please and I'm glad I've hit the mark! I'll definitely stay in touch and I'll send you a copy...

International composer and producer Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock has just released his new pop album, "Funkmeister". The CD is hailed as the flagship release of Hitchcock's new record company, Funkatology Records LLC. "Funkmeister" combines funk, dance, Motown, world beat, neo-soul and Caribbean beats with a colorfully produced mix of some of the world's most advanced talents. Miami, FL October 25 2009 -- International composer and producer Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock has just released his new pop album, Funkmeister. The CD is hailed as the flagship release of Hitchcock's new record company, Funkatology Records LLC. Funkmeister combines funk, dance, Motown, world beat, neo-soul...