Name Bruce Arnold Role Composer | ||
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Albums Orpheus Again, The Art of the Blues | ||
Education Berklee College of Music | ||
Master guitar symposium volume 2 bruce arnold
Bruce Arnold (born July 31, 1955 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, educator, and author.
Contents
- Master guitar symposium volume 2 bruce arnold
- Bruce arnold of nyu on living the life
- Background
- Teaching and writing
- Discography
- References
Bruce arnold of nyu on living the life
Background
Arnold graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 1980. He moved to New York City in 1988 where he became an active member of the jazz community, producing many recordings as a sideman and leader. He is one of the few electric guitarists in the world to use the computer program SuperCollider in both his compositions and improvisations. Arnold is a co-founding member of Spooky Actions, a jazz group which explores improvisation using classical music repertoire.
He has played with Stuart Hamm, Peter Erskine, Joe Pass, Joe Lovano, Lenny Pickett, Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Absolute Ensemble under the baton of Kristjan Järvi.
Arnold's recording credits include over twenty albums and DVDs (on Muse-eek Records, Mel Bay Recordings, Truefire and other labels), ranging from standard jazz repertoire to free improvisation to reinterpretations of classical music.
Teaching and writing
He is the director of Guitar Studies at New York University and Princeton University as well as the creator of the New York University Summer Guitar Intensive. He has taught at the New England Conservatory, Dartmouth College, Berklee College of Music, New School University, and City College of New York.
Arnold's theoretical works have explored the use of pitch class set theory within an improvisational setting. He has also written more than 60 music instruction books covering guitar pedagogy, ear training, and time studies.
Discography
As leader
As sideman