Steve Noble

Steve Noble at the concert at Club W71 , 2016

Steve Noble in Aarhus, Denmark 2018

Steve Noble (born March 16, 1960 in Streatley , Berkshire ) is a British drummer (also live electronics, turntables ) of modern jazz and improvised music .

Noble was a student of the Nigerian drummer Elkan Ogunde . In the early 1980s he was a member of the group Rip Rig & Panic . In 1985 he took part in the Thessaloniki Jazz Festival as a member of Derek Bailey's band, with whom he continued to work in the following years.

He was also active in other groups, including a. in Tristan Honsinger's group This, That and the Other , Hans Burgeners Ki Project , Tim Hills Pandaemonium Brass Band and Trio , in the Hans Koch / Jacques Demierre Project and in Lol Coxhills Standard Conversions . He works in trio formations with Davey William and Oren Marshall or Oren Marshal and Steve Buckley and And with Derek Bailey and Pat Thomas . He forms a quartet with Pat Thomas, John Edwards and John Telfer .

He has worked for many years with the guitarist and clarinetist Alex Ward and with the pianist Alex Maguire and The Bow Gamelan Ensemble under Paul Burwell .

Discography

• Live at Oscars with Alex Maguire , 1987
• Once with Lee Konitz , Richard Teitelbaum , Carlos Zingaro , Tristan Honsinger, Barre Phillips , Derek Bailey, 1987
• Ya boo, reel & rumble with Alex Ward , 1989/90
• Tumbala Casa! Trios vol. 1 with Billy Jenkins , Oren Marshall , 1990
• Bigshots with Tony Bevan , Paul Rogers , 1991
• Twisters with Tony Bevan, Alexander Frangenheim , 1995
• Flathead Reunion with Oren Marshall, Davey Williams , 1995
• Bud; oon with Oren Marshall, Steve Buckley , 1996
• Bent with Franz Hautzinger , Helge Hinteregger , Oren Marshall, 1996
• Zap II with Paul Dunmall , John Adams , Oren Marshall, Mark Sanders , 1997
• And with Derek Bailey, Pat Thomas, 1997
• Improvisation with Derek Bailey, Pat Thomas, 1997
• Axis of Cavity with Simon Rose , Simon H. Fell , 1999
• Proceedings with Chris Burn , Matt Davis , Roland Ramanan , Ian Smith , Gail Brand , Alan Tomlinson , Neil Metcalfe , Terry Day , Alex Ward , Harrison Smith , Tom Chant , Lol Coxhill , John Butcher , Evan Parker , Caroline Kraabel , Adrian Northover , Nigel Coombes , Joe Townsend , Phil Wachsmann , Nikos Veliotis , John Edwards, Simon H. Fell, Rhodri Davies , John Bisset , Steve Beresford , Ansuman Biswas , Mark Sanders, Kaffe Matthews , Dave Tucker , 1999
• Homework with Dave Tucker , Evan Parker , John Edwards, 2000
• False Cace Society with John Edwards, Alex Ward, 2000
• The Hearing Continues ... with Harry Beckett , Ian Smith, Robert Jarvis , Alan Tomlinson , Neil Metcalfe , Terry Day , Alex Ward , John Rangecroft , Jacques Foschia , Harrison Smith , Hans Koch, Tom Chant , John Butcher, Evan Parker, Caroline Kraabel, Adrian Northover , Gary Todd , Nigel Coombes, Phil Wachsmann, Charlotte Hug , Marcio Mattos , Dave Tucker , Mark Wastell , John Edwards, Simon H. Fell, David Leahy , Rhodri Davies, John Bisset, Steve Beresford, Veryan Weston , Tony Marsh , Louis Moholo , Mark Sanders , Knut Aufermann , Pat Thomas, Orphy Robinson , 2000
• Zap III with Paul Dunmall , Philip Gibbs , John Adams, Oren Marshall, 2000
• Out to Launch with Lol Coxhill, Knut Aufermann , Steve Beresford, Olly Blanchflower , Lu Edmonds , Michael Kosmides , Neil Metcalfe , Paul Rutherford , Ian Smith, Pat Thomas, Veryan Weston , 2001
• Barbarians with Derek Bailey, Pat Thomas, 2001 (?)
• Composition No. 62: Compilation IV with Alex Ward, Clive Bell , Mick Beck , Evan Parker, Damien Royannais , Roland Ramanan , Angharad Davies , Phil Wachsmann, BJ Cole , Rhodri Davies, Simon H. Fell, Philip Joseph , 2002–05
• The Ins and Outs with Alan Wilkinson , Marcio Mattos , 2003
• The Society of the Spectacle with Simon Rose, Simon H Fell, 2003
• Help Point with Alex Ward, Luke Barlow , Simon H. Fell, 2003
• Live at Cafe Oto Day Two (Catalytic Sound, 2012)
• Peter Brötzmann / Steve Noble: I Am Here Where Are You , 2013
• Stefan Keune , Dominic Lash, Steve Noble: Fractions ( NoBusiness Records , 2015)
• Johan Berthling , Martin Küchen & Steve Noble: Threnody, at the Gates ( Trost Records , 2017)
• Steve Noble / Yoni Silver : Home (Aural Terrains, 2017)

Web links

Commons : Steve Noble  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Biography and extensive discography
• Steve Noble at Allmusic (English)