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john b arnold

DRUMMER, COMPOSER, ELCTRONIC MUSIC PROGRAMMER

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John B. Arnold is an American drummer and composer. His playing is considered by his peers as unorthodox breaking from standard approaches be it to his drumming and to his approach to electronic percussion. In a quote from 2006 John McLaughlin says of his playing: “He is pushing the barriers of contemporary drumming to new heights with the innovation of new concepts in drumming and rhythmic expression.”  

Born in New York City, Arnold has made numerous recordings as a leader and as a sideman over the years alongside, Kenny Garrett, Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Matthew Garrison, Jason Moran, Chet Baker, John Pattitucci, Jim Beard, Adam Rogers, Larry Goldings and many others. In 2020 John started the record label TONOS with pianist Greg Burk hosting a variety of genres and artists. He has chosen to live half of his life abroad between New York, Berlin and Rome. John is also the grandson of the American composer Hoagy Carmichael.

Discography JOHN B. ARNOLD - Opium JOHN B. ARNOLD - Native Beauty JOHN B. ARNOLD - Logorhythms GARY THOMAS/ GREG OSBY - Pariah's Pariah CHET BAKER - Unusual Chet/ Naima RENE SANDOVAL - Action Reaction MICHEL AUDISSO - Petits Voyage COSMO INTINI/ PAOLO FRESU - Seeing the Cosmic JONNY ABELES - Always JONNY ABELES - Jonny On The Spot JONATHON ROBINSON - Spatial Stasis TOWNSTREET - Townstreet LARRY SCHNEIDER - Larry Schneider EDDY PALERMO - The Song Is You EDDY PALERMO - Eddy Palermo EDDY PALERMO - My Latin Feeling MAURIZIO GIAMMARCO - Punkromatic MARIZIO GIAMMARCO/David Fiuscinzky - Mega Meets Microtones ANDY EZRIN - And She Loves Him MATTHEW GARRISON - Matthew Garrison MATTHEW GARRISON - Shapeshifter RICCARDO FASSI - Notte RICCARDO FASSI/ ALEX SIPIAGIN - Double Plunge RICCARDO FASSI/ - The Music Of Eric Dolphy MANUEL DE SICA - Facciona NYJG - NEW YORK JAZZ GUERRILLA - Method To The Madness DANILO ZANCHI - Looking Ahead BABA YOGA - Stop That Jazz ANIMA - Anima SADE MANGIARACINA - Philosophy STEFANO COPPARI/ ANTONANGELO GIUDICE - Escape GIANLUCA ESPOSITO - Biancoscuro HENRY COOK/ FRANK LACY - Time Travellers GIAMMARCO/DEIDDA/ARNOLD (TRICYCLES) - Eclectricity FRANCESCO PONTICELLI - Elipsses FRANCESCA SORTINO - Francy's Kicks ADAM PIERONCZYK - Migratory Poets ADAM PIERONCZYK - TBA GREG BURK - The Detroit Songbook MICHAEL ROSEN - Press ESC to Escape PIERLUCA BUONFRATE - Words GABRIELE BUONASORTE - The Taste of a Second Life MICHELANGELO BRANDIMARTE - TBA TEKNA - Tekna GREG BURK - Middle, End, Beginning