Julian Arguelles – Inside Out
Friday, November 28, 2008
The youngest member of the influential Loose Tubes big band back in the 1980s, saxophonist Julian Arguelles went on to record a series of critically-acclaimed albums before, unaccountably, falling out of the limelight. But that’s set to change with a new multitracked solo album, Inner Voices, about to come out and plenty of hard touring in 2009. Interview: Selwyn Harris
Julian Arguelles is what you could call a typical jazz internationalist. Working and creating new musical connections both at home and abroad is a way of life for him. Although based in Scotland, Arguelles is not someone who has the time to build up a local reputation; he can arrive on a jazz scene and then just as easily disappear for a while. That makes interviewing him a bit tricky though as he doesn’t stay in one place for very long. Finally we speak on the phone from his family home in Edinburgh, where he has lived with girlfriend and jazz singer Cathie Rae and her son for the last four years since moving from London. He’s OK if a little tired he says. Not surprising when you consider he has only just returned from a gig up near John O’Groats which, although still part of Scotland, is a seven-hour journey from Edinburgh.
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