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Colin Steele Twilight Dreams voted one of Top 5 Album of the Year in The Guardian 2002


"Scotland's Caber label has been consistently revealing how hot that country's jazz scene now is. Colin Steele is a warm-toned, sparingly lyrical trumpeter, who cites Chet Baker as his closest model. He is joined on 11 mostly straight-ahead but memorable pieces by an excellent local rhythm section including Celtic Feat leader John Rae on drums, and guest saxophonist John (sic) Arguelles. Arguelles's poignant sound, sidelong construction and effortless double-time figures constantly fill the music with fresh implications, and his understanding with Steele is remarkably sympathetic. The leader's lovely tone and shapely phrasing curl around the ballads: some of the music is like laid-back, Horace Silverish hard bop, there's some Scottish folk-dance jazz, and Steele's wacky Monkish swing."