Darcy James Argue
| Darcy James Argue | |
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Argue at the Moers Festival, 2009
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| Background information | |
| Born |
May 23, 1975 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, bandleader |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | New Amsterdam |
| Associated acts | Darcy James Argue's Secret Society |
| Website | secretsocietymusic |
Darcy James Argue is a jazz composer and bandleader known for his work with his 18-piece ensemble, Secret Society.
Argue was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He studied at McGill University in Montreal from 1993–1998, and in 2000 he moved to the U.S. to study composition at New England Conservatory of Music with jazz composer Bob Brookmeyer. Following his studies at New England Conservatory, Argue moved to Brooklyn in 2003.
In 2005, Argue founded Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, an eighteen-piece big band. In 2009, the group released their first studio album, Infernal Machines, on New Amsterdam Records, an independent, classical music label in New York City. The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album and a Juno Award nomination in Canada for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year. It was recognized multiple times in the Down Beat magazine Critics' Poll and included on over 100 best-of-the-year lists, such as those compiled by The New York Times, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Paste, and the Ottawa Citizen.
The Society's second album, Brooklyn Babylon (2013), was based on a multimedia performance co-created by visual artist Danijel Zezelj and premiered at the BAM Next Wave Festival in November 2011. The album received Grammy and Juno Award nominations. It won the top positions for Arranger and Big Band in the 2013 Down Beat Critics' Poll. It was named Best Album of 2013 by The New Republic and included in the Top 10 Albums for the 2013 NPR Music Jazz Critics' Poll.
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