Darcy James News & Updates

Darcy James Argue: Infernal Machines

Desiring to be ensconced in an environment of music is a dream. Dreams can come true. And Darcy Jame...

May 22, 2009 • Jazz

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Dynamic Maximum Tension

Darcy James Argue's superb double-album Nonesuch debut offers compositions written throughout his ca...

Sep 02, 2023 • Jazz

Darcy James Argue’s new Real Enemies reflects on paranoia in American politics

It’s hard not to hear Real Enemies (New Amsterdam), the recent album by Darcy James Argue’s Secr...

Nov 10, 2016 • Chicago Reader

Darcy James Argue’s Terrific Thrill

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Nov 24, 2016 • The Nation

Argue's Secret Society produces 'Maximum Tension' on a lively new album

Composer Darcy James Argue runs a jazz big band — but imagines its sound as if big bands had staye...

Oct 26, 2023 • NPR

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In today’s music scene, it is relatively rare to come across a true jazz composer. Sure, lots of j...

Jan 03, 2011 • Dcist Daily

In 'Real Enemies,' Darcy James Argue Confronts A Post-Truth World

The Secret Society bandleader says his latest composition explores "the present-day folklore that we...

Feb 22, 2017 • Northcountrypublicradio.org

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society

Vancouver-born, Brooklyn-based composer-bandleader Darcy James Argue directs Secret Society, an 18-p...

Jan 27, 2010 • WHYY

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society @ LPR 7/09

July 15: With a justly acclaimed début album, “Infernal Machines,” Darcy James Argue’s Secret...

Jun 24, 2009 • The New Yorker

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society On TV

When I ran into Darcy James Argue on the second night of Winter Jazz Fest, his big band had just pre...

Jan 28, 2010 • NPR

Darcy James Argue’s Metal Machine Music

Nobody sets a better context for the challenging yet inviting music of composer and bandleader Darcy...

May 05, 2009 • The Village Voice

The History of Jazz, by Darcy James Argue

Leading his interviewer up to his second-floor apartment on Smith Street in Carroll Gardens, Darcy J...

Jul 09, 2009 • Observer

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Returns to Iridium September 22nd

On Wednesday, September 22nd, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society will follow-up its highly regarded ...

Aug 18, 2010 • Jazz