Horace Emmanuel Arnold, or Horacee Arnold (born September 25, 1937) is an American jazz drummer. He was born in

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Career

Arnold first began playing drums in 1957 in Los Angeles while he was in the United States Coast Guard. In 1959, he began performing as "Horacee" when he joined a big band led by David Baker; he also played with Roland Kirk and

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that year. In 1960 he became the drummer in a trio with

Cecil McBee Cecil McBee (born May 19, 1935) is an American jazz bassist. He has recorded as a leader only a handful of times since the 1970s, but has contributed as a sideman to a number of jazz albums. Biography Early life and career McBee was born in Tu ...

and Kirk Lightsey. In the 1960s, he worked in jazz with pianist and composer Hasaan Ibn Ali and Henry Grimes, and in 1964 with the

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Trio at Birdland). He worked in dance as part of the Alvin Ailey American Dance company on a tour of Asia. Later in the 1960s, he played with Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba; following this he studied composition under

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, Hy Gubenick, and

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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. In the 1970s, Arnold became one of the best-known

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drummers, playing with Return to Forever,

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, Archie Shepp, and Billy Harper in addition to releasing two of his own solo albums. Later in the 1970s he formed an ensemble called Colloquium III with

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and Freddie Waits. In the 1980s Arnold went on to teach at William Paterson College. He worked as a

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, played with Kenny Burrell, and formed a trio with

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and Anthony Cox.

Discography

* ''Tribe'' (

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, 1973) * ''Tales of the Exonerated Flea'' (Columbia, 1974) With Billy Harper * ''

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'' (

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, 1978) * ''

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'' ( Soul Note, 1979) * '' The Awakening'' (

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, 1979) * '' Somalia'' (

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, 1993 995 With Roswell Rudd * '' Blown Bone'' (Emanem, 2006; one track)

References

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