Darcy James Argue
Darcy James Argue (born May 23, 1975 in Vancouver ) is a Canadian jazz pianist , composer , arranger and big band leader.
Life
Darcy James Argue began his musical career in the Montréal jazz scene and came to the United States in 2000 to study composition at the New England Conservatory ; there he had lessons with Bob Brookmeyer , furthermore with Maria Schneider and John Hollenbeck . In 2003 Argue moved to New York, in 2005 he founded the 18-piece big band Darcy James Argue's Secret Society . Argue borrowed the band name from the Alan Moore comic The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The soloists of the big band include Ingrid Jensen , Erica von Kleist and Ryan Keberle . In 2009 the big band's debut album, Infernal Machines , was released on the New York independent label, New Amsterdam Records; the title refers to a saying by John Philip Sousa on the radio.
In 2006 Argue directed the Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra as part of the Jazz.cologne Festival; In early 2008 the Canadian branch of his band, Secret Society North , for performances in Montréal and Toronto. He is also a founding member of the New York Composers' Association Pulse , which has organized projects with soloists such as John Abercrombie , John McNeil and Pete McCann . His composition The Golden Age was premiered and recorded by the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (Los Angeles). In 2010 he received a composition commission from the Brooklyn Philharmonic Composer Mentorship Program ( Dean St. ). He also wrote the string quartet Body Double and arranged for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Lizz Wright , for Shelby Lynne and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. In 2011 he performed the multimedia project Brooklyn Babylon . In 2016 he released the album Society Real Enemies (New Amsterdam). Argue lives in Brooklyn .
Appreciation
In 2009 he was awarded the Down Beat Critics' Prize for Best Newcomer both as a composer and as a band leader. A number of critics compare Argue to a number of composer bandleaders such as Gil Evans , Maria Schneider , John Hollenbeck , Charles Mingus , Duke Ellington , Carla Bley and Bob Brookmeyer . In 2011 Infernal Machines was nominated for a Grammy for the best album by a large jazz ensemble .
Web links
- Web presence
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society at All About Jazz
- Jazz Standards That Aren't in Newsweek
- Martin Johnson, Not Your Grandpa's Big Bands in Wall Street Journal
- Devin Leonard, The History of Jazz, by Darcy James Argue (2009) in The Observer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Devin Leonard, The History of Jazz, by Darcy James Argue in The Observer ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Martin Johnson, Not Your Grandpa's Big Bands in Wall Street Journal
- ↑ a b c Darcy James Argue's Secret Society at All About Jazz ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information on the album Infernal Machines at Village Voice 2005
- ↑ Ben Ratcliff: Animation Joins Jazz At the Next Wave Festival (2011) in The New York Times
- ^ Seth Colter Walls, Jazz Standards That Aren't in Newsweek
- ↑ Down Beat
- ^ Information (2009) in Newsweek
- ↑ Review of Michael G. Nastos' album Infernal Machines at Allmusic (English). Retrieved March 12, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Argue, Darcy James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian jazz pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vancouver |