Armand Hug

American jazz pianist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican jazz pianist
PlacesUnited States of America
wasMusician Pianist Jazz musician
Work fieldMusic
Gender
Male
Genres:Jazz
Instruments:Piano
Birth6 December 1910, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death19 March 1977New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA (aged 66 years)
Star signSagittarius
The details

Biography

Armand Hug (December 6, 1910, New Orleans - March 19, 1977, New Orleans) was an American jazz pianist.

He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and spent most of his life there. When he was 13, he was playing professionally. In 1926 he joined a band led by Harry Shields, then was a member of the New Orleans Owls in 1928. He recorded for the first time in 1936, with Sharkey Bonano, though for his career he was known as a solo pianist. He played dixieland jazz in local clubs and hosted a local television show.

Discography

  • Armand Hug (Circle, 1951)
  • Armand Hug (Southland, 1954)
  • Armand Hug plays Armand Piron (Paramount, 1955)
  • Armand Hug & New Orleans Dixielanders (Southland, 1958)
  • New Orleans Piano (Golden Crest, 1958)
  • Dixieland from New Orleans (Southland, 1959)
  • Dixieland from the Southland (Southland, 1959)
  • Armand Hug of New Orleans (Swaggie, 1971)
  • Volume Two (Swaggie, 1974)
  • Bix Hug (Jazzology, 1976)
  • Piano Solos (Swaggie, 2002)
  • Armand Hug Plays A. J. Piron & Other Delectable Ditties (GHB, 2012)
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