Colin Steele (trumpeter)

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Colin Steele
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Colin Steele performing at the Blue Lamp, Aberdeen Nov 2004
Background information
OriginScotland
Genres Jazz
OccupationTrumpeter
Website www.colinsteele.com

Colin Steele is a jazz trumpeter from Scotland.

He played pop music with Hue and Cry during the 1980s. [1]

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After two years in France he studied jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama before returning to Scotland. He has been known for influences from Latin music and funk and has recorded several well-regarded albums. [2]

He has been increasingly influenced by Scottish folk music, an influence carried into the additional instrumentation in his group Colin Steele's Stramash. [3] as well as playing in Ceilidh Minogue's horn section and Bachué with Corrina Hewat (harps/vocals), David Milligan (piano, and Donald Hay (drums). [4] [5]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Colin Steele". NME . Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "BBC Jazz Review: Colin Steele: The Journey Home". BBC . Retrieved 25 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "Artist of the month: Colin Steele". Scottish Arts Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
  4. ↑ "Ceilidh Minogue - Horn Section". Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bachué & Unusual Suspects". The Arts Journal. 20 December 2004. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Fordham, John (16 March 2017). "Colin Steele: Even in the Darkest Places review – inviting and lyrical jazz". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2017.


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