Buddy Arnold

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风格: #大乐队
地区: 欧美

艺人介绍

by Eugene ChadbourneBorn Arnold Buddy Grishaver, this versatile reed player flipped parts of his name around and bega working professionally in the early 40s with leaders such as Joe Marsala and George Auld. From 1944 through 1946 it was Army time, and he blew only for the red, white and blue. After his discharge, Arnold went to work for bandleader Herbie Fields, then joined the combo of hot-headed super-drummer Buddy Rich. Perhaps the lattter bandleaders famed mistreatment of his sidemen prompted Arnold to look into other musical employment possibilities, as he began taking courses in music and economics at Columbia University beginning in the late 40s. He continued gigging with leader and composer George Williams and pianist Claude Thornhill before dropping out of music entirely for a year and a half.In 1951, Arnold began opening his saxophone cases again, going on tour with clarinetistBuddy DeFrancos orchestra. After this came jobs with Jerry Wald, Tex Beneke, Elliot Lawrence, Stan Kenton and jazz-pop arranger and composer Neil Hefti. In 1956, Arnold finally got a chance to step into the limelight, putting out his first album as a leader for ABC-Paramount. Entitled Wailing, this effort was well received by jazz fans who liked Arnolds appetizing tone, echoing players such as Zoot Sims combined with inventive flavoring right out of the Sonny Rollins kitchen. Despite this promising debut and further recordings for the same label alongside Phil Sunkel, Arnold opted out of a high profile career in jazz. More acurrately he was opted out by the law. Like many jazzmen, Arnold struggled with drug addiction and in 1958 he was sent to prison for attempted burglary. He returned to society in 1960 and played in with Tommy Dorsey and toured with Stan Kenton. His drug troubles returned in the early 80s, resulting in a prison sentence that kept him out of circulation for most of the decade. Shortly after his release, Arnold founded the Musicians Assistance Program, which offered help to musicians with drug problems. In the early 90s he showed up on an album by swing revival band Love Jones, providing a touch of authenticity that is quite rare on these sorts of recordings. After many ups and downs, Buddy Arnold passed away on November 9, 2003. He was 91.