Julian Argüelles

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

Life and work

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

Julian Argüelles has also 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 and Giorgio Gaslini worked and recorded disks. He was also a member of various big band formations like the Kenny Wheeler Big Band, Django Bates ' Delightful Precipice and Colin Towns ' Mask Orchestra. In July 1995, Julian Argüelles took a concert with the Lisbon Symphony Orchestra, which had been specially composed for him by Mario Laginha.

From the BBC Argüelles was commissioned to write music for octet occupation. It was performed at the Bath International Music Festival 1996. With the formation of a CD, called Skull View ( 1997) was born. 1999, the second octet - CD appeared Escapade. After Morton and Cook heard this album as "the best British jazz albums of recent times "; the play The Pow Wow remember the music which played extrapolation John Surman and John McLaughlin on the album. In addition, Julian Argüelles wrote compositions for the Apollo Saxophone Quartet, the Berkshire Youth Jazz Orchestra, Walsall Youth Jazz Orchestra, The Fenland Youth Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Big Band and the Royal Academy of Music. In 1999 he received in the U.S. the Jazz Composers Alliance Composition Prize. Was published in 2004 As Above So Below - 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 hr-Bigband with which he was able to carry out your own project Africa in exile with music of South African exiles Chris McGregor, Dudu Pukwana and Johnny Dyani in his arrangements.

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

Auswahldiskographie

As a leader

As a sideman

• Carla Bley: Big band Theory ( 1993 watts), The Big Band Goes to Church ( Watt, 1996)
• Michael Gibbs: Big Music (ACT, 1988-90)
• 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)