Horace Arnold
American jazz drummer and fusion pioneer.
Horace Emmanuel Arnold, known as Horacee Arnold, is an American jazz drummer born in Wayland, Kentucky on September 25, 1937. He first picked up the drums in 1957 while serving in the United States Coast Guard in Los Angeles. By 1959 he was performing as "Horacee" in David Baker's big band and also played that year with Roland Kirk and Charles Mingus. In 1960 he became the drummer in a trio with Cecil McBee and Kirk Lightsey.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Horace Emmanuel Arnold
- Also known as
- Horacee Arnold
- Born
- September 25, 1937
- Birthplace
- Wayland, Kentucky
- Occupation
- Jazz drummer
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Career
Arnold's career took off in the 1960s when he worked with pianist/composer Hasaan Ibn Ali and bassist Henry Grimes, and played with the Bud Powell Trio at Birdland. He toured Asia as part of the Alvin Ailey American Dance company. Later in the decade he performed with Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba, then studied composition under Heiner Stadler and Hy Gubenick, and classical guitar with Ralph Towner. In 1967 he founded his own ensemble, the Here and Now Company, with Sam Rivers, Karl Berger, Joe Farrell, and Robin Kenyatta.
The 1970s saw him become one of the best-known jazz fusion drummers, playing with Return to Forever, Stan Getz, Archie Shepp, and Billy Harper, and releasing two solo albums: Tribe (Columbia, 1973) and Tales of the Exonerated Flea (Columbia, 1974). Later in the 1970s he formed Colloquium III with Billy Hart and Freddie Waits. In the 1980s Arnold taught at William Paterson College, worked as a session musician, played with Kenny Burrell, and formed a trio with David Friedman and Anthony Cox.
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