Jazz Articles about Darcy James Argue

The Most Exciting Jazz Albums since 1969: 2009-2011

by Robert Middleton
November 20, 2023

The six jazz thrillers for this week are widely diverse--from a big band outlier, a soaring two-sax front line and an expression of the ideas from an esoteric teacher. What they all have in common are their thrilling cohesiveness, gripping rhythms and compelling melodies. 72 Thrilling Jazz Albums, Part 8: 2009-20011 43 Infernal Machines Darcy James Argue New Amsterdam 2009 Thrilling jazz albums are rarely an accident; they emerge from dedicated ...

Darcy James Argue, Miho Hazama, Steve Lehman, Pascal Le Boeuf & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 21, 2023

Large ensembles, big bands, orchestras... A playlist replete of successful experiments in the art of more is more... Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Chuck Owen, WDR Big Band ..."And Your Point Is" Renderings (MAMA) 0:16 Host talks 9:00 Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra “Sp68" Family (We Jazz) 10:03 Host talks 16:20 Miho Hazama “Exoplanet Suite: III. Planet Nine" m_unit: Beyond Orbits (Edition) 19:26 Steve Lehman, Orchestre ...

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Dynamic Maximum Tension

by Angelo Leonardi
September 25, 2023

Precursore nel 2009 (con l'innovativo Infernal Machines) del nuovo rinascimento orchestrale nel jazz, Darcy James Argue approda all'etichetta Nonesuch e pubblica il nuovo album in studio: un doppio CD realizzato con i consueti partner della Secret Society più l'aggiunta della cantante Cecile McLorin Salvant e della violinista Sara Caswell. A differenza degli ultimi due dischi, Dynamic Maximum Tension non è un'opera multimediale ma conserva la spinta visionaria animata dalla costante riflessione socio-politica. Spinta che si traduce in ...

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Missing Parts

by Mike Jacobs
September 19, 2023

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Dynamic Maximum Tension

by Katchie Cartwright
September 3, 2023

Darcy James Argue's superb double-album Nonesuch debut offers compositions written throughout his career. He turns to twentieth-century thinkers for “ideas that can help us in the present, that we can reexamine and reconfigure for our own purposes." These include futurist designer Buckminster Fuller, cryptanalyst-computer scientist Alan Turing, composer-arranger Bob Brookmeyer, actress-screenwriter Mae West, trumpeter-mentor Laurie Frink, and musician-beyond-category Duke Ellington, among others. Like West, Argue seems to control his own path. He may not yet be the tycoon she was, ...

Chicago Jazz Festival 2018

by Patrick Burnette
September 12, 2018

Chicago Jazz Festival Chicago, IL August 29-September 2, 2018 A Beginner's Guide to the Chicago Jazz Festival The Chicago Jazz Festival is a free event scheduled each Labor Day weekend and offering over fifty concerts in various outdoor venues. The 40th edition--running from August 29 to September 3, 2018--is now in the books. If you attended this year--or in recent years past--you already have a pretty good idea whether or not the Chicago Jazz ...

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Real Enemies

by Angelo Leonardi
October 3, 2016

Real Enemies, la performance multimediale che Darcy James Argue ha presentato in varie occasioni nell'ultimo anno, ci consente di apprezzare con la dovuta concentrazione la multiforme ricchezza dei suoi percorsi. A sette anni dal debutto con Infernal Machine (seguito nel 2012 da Brooklyn Babylon) l'arrangiatore canadese conferma d'essere il massimo orchestratore emerso nel decennio, un artista visionario e inventivo come pochi. Il nuovo progetto tratta le teorie cospirative sviluppatesi negli Stati Uniti, presentando un percorso che integra musica, ...