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Arnon Palty
I call architecture frozen music - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
About Me
Bassit, composer and arranger, Dr. Arnon Palty is a graduate of
Berklee School of
music (B.A.) and Manhattan School of music (M.M. in Jazz composition
and
arranging)and holds a Ph.D degree with highest distinction from Bar
Ilan University
(Israel) for his research on Jazz Harmony. Arnon also holds an MA
degree in creative
writing (Prose and Poetry) from the Haifa University (Israel) as well
as a Diploma in
classic animation from Morley College, London, England.
Additional studies include bass with Rich Appleman, Bruce Gertz,Greg
Mooter, Josef
Lang and Jeff Andrews, Harmony with Professor Izaak Sadai, Jazz
harmony with Hal
Galper and Mark Levine and composition with Mike Gibbs,Boaz Ben-Moshe
and
Reuven Seroussi.
Arnon performed with Jazz legents such as Dave Liebman, Benny Golson,
Didier
Lockwood, Lee Konitזz, Lewis Porter, Terry-lyne Carrington, Airto
Moreira, Zakir
Hussein,Jeremy Davenport,Arnie Lawrence, Dave Douglass, Donald Duck
Bailey,
Norbert Stachel, The Grateful Dead/ Blues project reunion, with
British prog rock band
Ordinary Listeners and many others.
Arnon played,arranged, produced and recorded for countless Israeli
artists.
My Jazz Story
I love jazz because it is fascinating rhythmically, melodically and harmonically. I was first exposed to jazz in the navy band. The best show I ever attended was Weather Report- London 1979