Steve Argüelles

Steve Argüelles
Background information
Birth nameStephen Argüelles Clarke
Born (1963-11-16) 16 November 1963 (age 61)
OriginCrowborough, Sussex, England
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Drummer, Producer, Record Label boss
Instrumentdrums
LabelsPlush
WebsitePlush
Steve Argüelles @ Aarhus Jazz Festival, Denmark 2017

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.

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.[citation needed]

Selected discography

References

  1. ^ a b "Steve Argüelles". Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  2. ^ "the Plush record label, Paris & London". Plush-internet.org. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London, UK: Penguin Books. p. 17. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.


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