Horace Arnold

Horacee Arnold ( Horace Emanuel Arnold, born September 25, 1937 in Wayland / Kentucky) is an American jazz drummer.

Arnold attended Los Angeles City College. After his return to Kentucky, he played in the band of Max Roach. In 1959 he became a member of the big band by Dave Baker. After appearances with Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Charles Mingus he was in 1960 member of the trio of Cecil McBee and Kirk Lightsey. He also appeared with Paul Bley, Carla Bley, Hassan Ibn Ali and Steve Swallow

Mid-1960s, he worked with Henry Grimes and Bud Powell and undertook a tour of Asia with the group of Alvin Ailey. From 1963 to 1965 he was a member of the band by Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba. The following year he studied composition with Hy Gubernick and Heiner Stadler and guitar with Ralph Towner.

In 1967 he founded the The Here And Now Company, which he ran for three years and with, inter alia, Sam Rivers, Karl Berger, Joe Farrell and Robin Kenyatta occurred. In 1971 he became a member of Chick Corea and Return to Forever, and two years later the Stan Getz Quartet. A grant from the Rockefeller Foundation allowed him to work with its own Quartet, Sam Rivers, Reggie Workman and David Friedman belonged. With Archie Shepp, he undertook a tour of Japan in 1978.

Since the early 1980s, Arnold taught at William Paterson College of New Jersey. He worked with the Kenny Burrell Trio, led his own trio with Vic Juris and Stomu Takashi and performed as a duo with Will Calhoun.

Discography

David Friedman (percussionist) John Abercrombie (guitarist) Integrated Authority File
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