Julian Argüelles

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Julian Argüelles (2008)

Julian Argüelles (born January 28, 1966 in Lichfield ) is a British tenor saxophonist and composer . He is the younger brother of the drummer Steve Argüelles .

Live and act

Julian Argüelles first played the guitar, but then switched to the clarinet. At the age of thirteen he played in jazz bands in his hometown. He started his musical career in big bands like the European Community Big Band . In 1994 he came to London and briefly studied at Trinity College of Music ; then he became a member of the formation Loose Tubes , where he stayed for four years and recorded two albums. In 1991 his first album was released under his own name Phaedrus , with John Taylor . The second album Home Truths was recorded in a quartet with Steve Swallow .

Julian Argüelles has also worked with musicians such as Archie Shepp , Tim Berne , Hermeto Pascoal , Steve Swallow, John Abercrombie , Dave Holland , Peter Erskine , Chris McGregor , Evan Parker , Michael Gibbs , John Scofield , Carla Bley , Dudu Pukwana , Arturo Sandoval , Colin Steele , Stefan Heckel and Giorgio Gaslini worked and recorded records. He was also a member of various big band formations such as the Kenny Wheeler Big Band, Django Bates 'Delightful Precipice and Colin Towns ' Mask Orchestra. In July 1995, Julian Argüelles performed a concert with the Lisbon Symphony Orchestra, composed especially for him by Mario Laginha.

Argüelles was commissioned by the BBC to write music for octets. It was performed at the Bath International Music Festival in 1996. A CD was created with the formation, called Skull View (1997). In 1999 the second octet CD Escapade was released . After Morton and Cook this album is "one of the best British jazz albums of recent times"; the track The Pow Wow is reminiscent of the music that John Surman and John McLaughlin would have played on the album Extrapolation . Julian Argüelles has also written compositions for the Apollo Saxophone Quartet , the Berkshire Youth Jazz Orchestra, Walsall Youth Jazz Orchestra, The Fenland Youth Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Bigband and the Royal Academy of Music . In 1999 he received the Jazz Composers Alliance Composition Prize in the USA . In 2004 As Above So Below was released - a longer work for jazz ensemble and classical musicians, performed by the Trinity College of Music String Ensemble . From November 2006 to July 2011 he was a member of the hr big band , with which he was also able to carry out his own project Africa in Exile with music by the South African exiles Chris McGregor, Dudu Pukwana and Johnny Dyani in his arrangements.

In addition to his work as a musician and composer, he has taught at the Royal Academy of Music , the Guildhall School of Music and Drama , the Glamorgan Jazz School and other workshops.

Selection discography

Julian Argüelles (right) with Maria Pia De Vito (2007)

As a leader

  • Phaedrus (Ah Around 1991) with John Taylor, Mick Hutton , Martin France
  • Home Thruths (Babel 1995) with Mike Walker , Steve Swallow, Martin France
  • Scapes (Babel 1995) with Steve Argüelles
  • Skull View (Babel 1996) with Mark Besey , Django Bates, Iain Dixon , Mario Laginha , Mike Walker, Steve Watts , Martin France
  • Escapade (Provocateur 1999)
  • As Above So Below 2004
  • Let It Be Told (Basho Records 2015) with the hr big band, Django Bates, Steve Argüelles
  • Truth Be Told (Basho Music, 2015)
  • Phronesis (2017), with the hr big band

As a sideman

  • Carla Bley: Big band Theory (1993, Watt), The Big Band Goes to Church (Watt, 1996)
  • Michael Gibbs: Big Music (ACT, 1988-90)
  • NDR Big Band: The Theater of Kurt Weill (ACT)
  • Tommy Smith : Misty Morning And No Time (Linn, 1994)
  • Martin Speake : Trust (33 Records, 1996)
  • Colin Towns: Still Life (Provocateur, 1998), Dreainng Man With Blue Suede Shoes (Provocateur, 1997-98)
  • Kenny Wheeler: Music For Large and Small Ensembles (ECM, 1990)

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annotation

  1. ↑ Morton & Cook, 2001, p. 47
personal data
SURNAME Argüelles, Julian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arguelles, Julian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz composer and saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Lichfield