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Arnold Buddy Grishaver (April 30, 1926 – November 9, 2003), known professionally as Buddy Arnold, was an American
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saxophonist.


Career

Arnold took up the sax at age nine and turned pro while still in his teens. At 16 years old, Arnold performed at the Apollo Theater with the
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Orchestra with singer
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. At age 18 he joined the
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and led an Army Dance Band from 1944 to 1946. Following this he played with
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before leaving to study music and economics at
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. In 1951 he began playing again, touring with
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, then worked with
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. His debut album as a leader, ''Wailing'', was released by
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in 1956. He did further work for the label with Phil Sunkel. Arnold's career was sporadic after the mid-1950s, due in part to drug addiction. In 1958, he was imprisoned for attempted burglary but returned in 1960 after his sentence ended to play and record with Stan Kenton and the
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ghost band. In the 1970s his old habits returned. In 1977 he was arrested in Pasadena, California, for forging prescriptions. In 2003, he died of complications from open-heart surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.


Musicians Assistance Program

In the 1980s, he dropped out of music due to another prison sentence stemming from his addictions; upon his release he co-founded, with his second wife, Carole Fields (and the assistance of
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), an organization called the Musicians' Assistance Program or MAP for musicians with drug abuse problems. The program has helped many musicians from every era of music. In 2004,
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acquired MAP and merged the two programs under the MusiCares banner.


Discography


As leader

* ''Wailing'' (
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, 1956)


As sideman

* Tito Puente, '' Mambos Vol. 5 & King of the Mambo, Vol. 6'' (Tico, 1953) * Stan Kenton, ''
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'' (Capitol, 1961) * Stan Kenton, '' Adventures in Standards (Creative World, 1961) * Stan Kenton, ''
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'' (Capitol, 1963)


External links


Buddy Arnold
official Buddy Arnold tribute website


References

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