Professor Bruce Arnold is a guitarist, composer, educator, and author. As a musician, he has achieved a strikingly original sound by applying jazz improvisational techniques to 20th century-12-tone compositional methods. He has recorded three critically acclaimed CDs that document his unique approach to composition and improvisation, and he has also pioneered the use of the guitar as a controller via the computer program SuperCollider. Professor Arnold also co-leads the group Spooky Actions which takes music from sources as far afield as Native American songs to classics by composers such as Webern and Messiaen as vehicles for improvisation.
Professor Arnold has a distinguished and versatile performance history, having performed with the Absolute Ensemble under the baton of Kristjan Järvi, Gary Burton, Joe Pass, Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine, Stuart Hamm, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is the author of over 50 books on music education and directs the groundbreaking NYU Summer Guitar Intensive, which annually brings together the best guitarists in the world to create an inspiring educational environment for the serious guitarist.
Bruce Arnold's books and music will be featured as in-flight entertainment on United Airlines in March and April of 2006. To hear this interview please click below.
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photo by Jeff Kozera
Pete McCann
As leader of his own quartet, jazz guitarist Pete McCann draws from a wide variety of concepts and techniques that make him one of the most unique-sounding musicians in New York City today. He is also a member of several groups including the New York Nonet and the Dan Willis Sextet to name a few. Pete's latest CD, Most Folks, is due out in early 2006. Palmetto Records released You Remind Me of Someone in 2000 and Parable in 1999. Both CDs were widely praised by jazz critics.
McCann has appeared on over 45 CDs and has performed with jazz greats Kenny Wheeler, Dave Liebman, Kenny Garrett, and Peter Erskine, among others. His broad performance career has encompassed jazz festivals, musicals, radio jingles, awards shows, and an opera. Pete McCann currently teaches guitar at City College in New York City. In the summer he teaches at the Maine Jazz Camp and in 2005 he joined the New York University summer guitar workshop faculty.
Tony Moreno
Education:
Manhattan School of Music, B.S. in Percussion
Performances:
Selected European tours: Dave Phillips and Freedance; Mal Waldron Trio; Fred Favarel (w/ Richie Beirach and Jean-Jaques Avanel); Barry Harris Trio; Gene Shimosato (w/Matt Garrison and Ravi Coltrane); Billy Harper (w/ Dean Johnson and Dave Kikoski); Sal Nestico; Timucin Sahin-Greg Osby; The Lounge Lizards; Jurgen Friedrich Trio (Quartet w/Dave Liebman; European Jazz Orchestra (Parma FrontiereJazz); Marc Mommaas and Global Motion.
Selected Recordings:
Fred Favarel Group: "The Search" (AA Records) w/Richie Beirach, Peter Herbert, Dave Pietro, John O'Gallagher, Tim Ries, Oscar Noriega, Mark Feldman and Erik Friedlander.
Bruce Arnold: "A Few Dozen" (Muse Eek)
Bruce Arnold: "Blue Eleven" w/Ratzo Harris (Muse Eek-Rykodisc)
Bruce Arnold: "Give em Some" w/Ratzo Harris(Muse Eek)
Frank Kimbrough: "Noumena" (Soulnote) w/ Scott Robinson and Ben Monder.
Riccardo Luppi and Stefano Battaglia: "Mnemosine" (Black Saint) w/ Paolino Della Porta.
Juergen Friedrich Trio: "Surfacing" (Naxos) w/John Hebert
Juergen Friedrich Trio: "Resistance" w/ John Hebert (Schoener-Horen Music)
Juergen Friedrich Trio: "Voyage Out" (Jazz 4 Ever) w/John Hebert.
Juergen Friedrich Trio: new release out in 2006 (Pirouette) w/John Hebert
Kendra Shank: "Reflections" (Jazz Focus) w/ Frank Kimbrough and Dean Johnson.
Kendra Shank: new release out in 2006 w/Frank Kimbrough, Dean Johnson, Ben Monder, Gary Versace and Billy Drewes
Dave Phillips & Freedance: (Naxos) w/John O'Gallagher and Rez Abbasi.
Dave Phillips & Freedance: "Prayer" (Sound Street Records) w/John O'Gallagher and Rez Abbasi
Gene Shimosato: "One World Tribe" (King Records) w/ Lonnie Plaxico, Ravi Coltrane and Takuya Nakamura.
Haze Greenfield: "Providence" (Owl) w/Jaki Byard and Dean Johnson
Penelope Tobin: "When" (Dodgem) w/Mark Feldman, Dean Johnson, Chico Freeman,etc.
Steve Doyle: "Presence" (Axis) w/ Dave Stryker and Chris Potter
Rez Abbasi: "Modern Memory" (Cathexis) w/ Tim Hagens, Gary Thomas, Michael Formanek and Scott Whitfield.
Jayson-Erik Caste: "You Taught My Heart To Sing" (Maeonides) w/Russ Lossing, Billy Drewes and Dean Johnson.
Peggy Stern: "Actual Size" (Sony) w/Ron Horton, Harvie S., Memo Acevedo, Bernard Purdie, Art Baron, John McKenna and Arther Kell
Roberto Bonati: "Circles" (Nueva Recordings) w/Mario Piacentini and Paul McCandless.
Roberto Bonati: "...poi nella serena luce..." (MM Records) w/ParmaJazz Frontiere Orchestra
Roberto Bonati Quartet: "SilentVoices" (Splasch) w/ Stefano Battaglia and Riccardo Luppi
Roberto Bonati: "The Blanket of the Dark/A Study for Lady Macbeth (MM Records) w/ParmaJazz Frontiere Orchestra
Steve Amirault: "Reflecting Images" (Nu-Jazz) w/Sean Conly
Mario Piacentini Trio: "Canto Atavico" (Splasch) w/Roberto Bonati
Mario Piacentini Trio: "Frozen Pools" (Splasch) w/Roberto Bonati
Diana Perez: "7 Avenue South" (Timeless Records) w/Ron Horton, Marc Mommaas, Bill Gerhardt and Chris Berger
Diana Perez: "Sunday Sounds" (Challange Records) w/Bill Gerhardt, Jed Levy, Ron Horton and Masa Kamaguchi
Yan Pevzner: "State of Mind" (Jazzkeys) w/Martin Wind
Paolo Botti: "Viola Trio" (Caligola/Suonimusic) w/Salvatore Maiore
Sean Conly: "The Invisibles" w/Ben Monder, Tony Malaby and John O'Gallagher
Quartetto: "Moire Signum" w/Stefano Battaglia, Paulino Della Porta and Riccardo Luppi
Diane Hubka: "Look No Further" ( Challenge/A-Records) w/ John Hart. Frank Kimbrough, Dean Johnson amd Scott Whitfield
Spooky Actions: "Music of Webern" (Muse-Eek) w/Bruce Arnold, John Gunther and Peter Herbert
Spooky Actions: "Quartet for the End of Time" new release out in late 2005 w/ BruceArnold, John Gunther and Dave Phillips
Marc Mommaas and Global Motion: (Sunnyside) w/Nicolaj Hess, John Hebert and Rez Abbasi
Video/DVD:
The Lounge Lizards: Live in Tokyo (CBS-Sony)
Barry Harris: European Concert (RTV)
Clinics/Teaching:
Clinics presented throughout Europe including: Germany (Hannover Conservatory), Italy (Conservatorio di Parma, Scuola di Musica Moderna-Milan), France, Denmark (Vallekilde Summer Program and Rhythmtek Conservatory of Copenhagen), Spain (Taller de Musicos-Madrid)
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