Steve Argüelles
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Steve Argüelles is an English
jazz
drummer
, producer and is the boss of the record label Plush. He has also worked in film and theatre. He is the elder brother of saxophonist Julian Argüelles
. Steve currently resides in Paris
, France
.
From the age of 16, when he became the house drummer at Ronnie Scott's, through his seminal work as a founder of the 80s group Loose Tubes
, and his work with Django Bates
in the early Human Chain
, he has shown an innovation beyond the usual role of the drummer. He also was the drummer of soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy
during a series of duo concerts.
Argüelles has collaborated with folk singer
Corin Curschellas and John Wolf Brennan
of Switzerland
and with Nguyên Lê
. He also plays in a trio with Benoît Delbecq and Noël Akchoté : The Recyclers. With Benoit Delbecq and electric bassist Christophe Minck, he also played with the French male popsinger Katerine
on two LP : Les Créatures (1999) and Huitième Ciel (2002), and a lot of concerts trough Europe.
He always plays with Benoit Delbecq in a duo project in electronic music called Ambitronix.
Argüelles featured as a guest with Gilad Atzmon
on Tango Siempre's CD "Tangents" available on the Galileo-MC label.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
, producer and is the boss of the record label Plush. He has also worked in film and theatre. He is the elder brother of saxophonist Julian Argüelles
Julian Argüelles
Julian Argüelles is a saxophonist. He is currently a member of the HR Big Band in Frankfurt am Main, Germany....
. Steve currently resides in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
From the age of 16, when he became the house drummer at Ronnie Scott's, through his seminal work as a founder of the 80s group Loose Tubes
Loose Tubes
Loose Tubes was a British jazz big band/orchestra active during the mid-to-late 1980s. Critically and popularly acclaimed, the band was considered to bethe focal point of a 1980s renaissance in British jazz...
, and his work with Django Bates
Django Bates
Django Bates , is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. He currently lives in Copenhagen where he is a professor at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and leader of the StoRMChaser orchestra.-Career:Django Bates was born in Beckenham,...
in the early Human Chain
Human Chain
Human Chain is a British jazz quartet led by composer and keyboard virtuoso Django Bates. The band has been Bates’s main musical outlet since 1990 and has performed on most of his albums....
, he has shown an innovation beyond the usual role of the drummer. He also was the drummer of soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....
during a series of duo concerts.
Argüelles has collaborated with folk singer
Folk Singer
Folk Singer is a 1964 album by Muddy Waters. Waters plays acoustic guitar, backed by Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar...
Corin Curschellas and John Wolf Brennan
John Wolf Brennan
John Wolf Brennan is an Irish pianist, organist, melodica player, and composer based out of Switzerland.Brennan's family moved to Switzerland when he was seven years old. He took piano lessons from age eleven, but played bass guitar in a rock band in 1970 before returning to keyboards in 1974 to...
of Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and with Nguyên Lê
Nguyên Lê
Nguyên Lê is a French jazz musician and composer of Vietnamese ancestry. His main instrument is guitar, and he also plays electric bass guitar and guitar synthesizer....
. He also plays in a trio with Benoît Delbecq and Noël Akchoté : The Recyclers. With Benoit Delbecq and electric bassist Christophe Minck, he also played with the French male popsinger Katerine
Katerine
Katerine is a surname or given name, and may refer to:Given name* Katerine Avgoustakis, a winner of the 2005 Star Academy show in Belgium* Katerine Moreno , a Bolivian swimmerSurname* Philippe Katerine, a French singer...
on two LP : Les Créatures (1999) and Huitième Ciel (2002), and a lot of concerts trough Europe.
He always plays with Benoit Delbecq in a duo project in electronic music called Ambitronix.
Argüelles featured as a guest with Gilad Atzmon
Gilad Atzmon
Gilad Atzmon is an Israeli-born British jazz saxophonist, novelist, political activist and writer.Atzmon's album Exile was BBC jazz album of the year in 2003. Playing over 100 dates a year, he has been called "surely the hardest-gigging man in British jazz." His albums, of which he has recorded...
on Tango Siempre's CD "Tangents" available on the Galileo-MC label.
Selected discography
- 1990 - Steve Argüelles
- 1994 - Busy Listening
- 1994 - Blue Moon In A Function Room
- 1997 - Recyclers - Circuit
- 1998 - Circuit
- 1998 - Indigo, Ig HennemanIg HennemanIg Henneman is a Dutch composer and bandleader. She was born in Haarlem, Netherlands, and took music lessons as a child. She studied viola and violin in Amsterdam and Tilburg, and composition with Robert Heppener....
Tentet with Tristan HonsingerTristan HonsingerTristan Honsinger is a cello player active in free jazz and free improvisation. He is perhaps best known for his long-running collaboration with free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor and guitarist Derek Bailey....
, Ab Baars, Theo JörgensmannTheo JörgensmannTheodor Franz Jörgensmann is a jazz and free-improvising Basset clarinet player and composer. He has been a professional musician since 1975.-Activities:...
, Lori Freedman, Wilbert de Joode a. o. - 2004 - We da man!, Ambitronix (with Benoit Delbecq)
- 2005 - I.N.I.T.I.A.L..S. with John Wolf BrennanJohn Wolf BrennanJohn Wolf Brennan is an Irish pianist, organist, melodica player, and composer based out of Switzerland.Brennan's family moved to Switzerland when he was seven years old. He took piano lessons from age eleven, but played bass guitar in a rock band in 1970 before returning to keyboards in 1974 to...
, Christy DoranChristy DoranChristy Doran is a jazz guitarist born in Dublin, Ireland and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland.Doran founded OM with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgrumber, and Bobby Burri in the 1970s; this ensemble recorded for ECM Records. He and Studer also worked together on a Jimi Hendrix tribute project in the 1990s...
and Urs Leimgruber