Colin Steele

Colin Steele (* 17th February 1968 ) is a Scottish jazz - trumpet .

Steele has been playing the trumpet since 1980. He has performed with the jazz combo John Rae Collective since he was nineteen . In 1987 he worked with the pop group Hue and Cry ; He then stayed in France for two years and studied jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London from 1991 to 1993 . During this time he worked with Clark Tracey , Iain Ballamy and Ronny Jordan . After spending two years in Rome, he returned to Scotland in 1996. In the late 1990s he worked in the band of drummer Tom Bancroft . He also toured with The Bad Plus , Joe Lovano , Jon Christensen , Arild Andersen , Geri Allen and Steve Slagle . In 2000 a first album was released under his own name ( Twilight Dreams ) on the Caber label , on which saxophonist Julian Argüelles , pianist Dave Milligan , bassist Brian Shiels and drummer John Rae participated. The Journey Home was created in 2002 , with the title Lament for Miles, dedicated to Miles Davis . In October 2004, Steele recorded the album Through The Waves for the ACT label . Steele integrates influences from Latin American music, funk and Scottish folk music into his music, which he mixes with elements of post-bop.

Discographic notes

• Twilight Dreams - Colin Steele - Caber (caber024, 2000)
• The Journey Home - Colin Steele - Caber (caber029, 2003)
• Through the Waves - Colin Steele Quintet - ACT (ACT 9436-2, 2005)
• Stramash - Colin Steele - Gadgemo (GAD001, 2008)

Web links

• Web presence
• Colin Steele at Allmusic (English)
• Colin Steele at Discogs (English)

literature

• John Chilton : Who's who of British Jazz. London: Continuum 2004; ISBN 0-8264-7234-6 (2nd ed.)
• Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. London: Penguin 2006; ISBN 0-141-02327-9 (8th edition)