Anna Lisa Hughes at Dazzle Jazz | March 28

World-renown bassist and songstress Anna Lisa Hughes is performing at Dazzle Jazz March 28 at 10:30 pm.

Armed with a smoky alto voice and cherry red electric bass, Hughes is hopelessly magnetic. And her original songs showcase an ease of stylistic expression, from R&B to Latin rhythm, pop to blues.

Hughes first began to compose songs on an acoustic bass while living in Chile and Nicaragua. The total immersion in Latin music and culture fed into the rhythms of her compositions and inspired romantic Spanish lyrics.

Upon her return to the states, Hughes songwriting was strongly influenced by artists within her album collection such as Sade, who bears a strong influence on Hughes’s soft and sultry vocals.

Hughes music career began at age 25 in China, just as she finished Mandarin studies in Beijing. She headlined at many of Shanghai’s most popular venues – including The Cotton Club – and charmed crowds with her fluent Mandarin and commanding stage presence.

In October 2010, Hughes was invited to play with her trio at the JZ Shanghai Music Festival, one of the largest music festivals in China. Shortly thereafter, she began working on her first album, “Something I’ve Been Missing”, and moved back to America to complete it.

Currently, Hughes resides in Denver and can be seen performing with various local artists such as Eddie Turner, Justin Donovan and Deanna Saulsbury.

Get tickets to Hughes’s March 28 show at Dazzle Jazz here.