Steve Argüelles
Steven Argüelles Crook[1] (born 16 November 1963) is an English jazz drummer, producer and is the proprietor of the Plush record label.[2] He has also worked in film and theatre. He is the elder brother of saxophonist Julian Argüelles. Stephen currently lives in Paris, France.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stephen Argüelles Clarke |
| Born | 16 November 1963 |
| Origin | Crowborough, Sussex, England |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer, Producer, Record Label boss |
| Instrument(s) | drums |
| Labels | Plush |
| Website | Plush |
Life and career
Argüelles was born in Crowborough, East Sussex and raised in Birmingham.[1] From the age of 16, when he became the house drummer at Ronnie Scott's, through his seminal work as a founder of the 1980s 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.[3]
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 pop singer Katerine on two albums; Les Créatures (1999) and Huitième Ciel (2002), and a lot of concerts in Europe.
Selected discography
- 1990 – Steve Argüelles
- 1994 – Busy Listening
- 1994 – Blue Moon in a Function Room
- 1997 – Recyclers – Circuit
- 1998 – Circuit
- 1998 – Indigo, Ig Henneman Tentet with Tristan Honsinger, Ab Baars, Theo Jörgensmann, a.o.
- 2004 – We da man!, Ambitronix (with Benoit Delbecq)
- 2005 – I.N.I.T.I.A.L..S. with John Wolf Brennan, Christy Doran and Urs Leimgruber
References
- "Steve Argüelles". Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- "the Plush record label, Paris & London". Plush-internet.org. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London, UK: Penguin Books. p. 17. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.