Hubert Arnold

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Hubert E. "Tex" Arnold (born March 2, 1945 in Temple , Texas ; † August 22, 2019 in Atlantic City , New Jersey ) was an American jazz musician ( piano , arrangement , composition ) who was primarily an accompanist excelled in the New York cabaret scene.

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Arnold grew up in Temple, Texas. He attended Michigan State University in East Lansing, where he studied with H. Owen Reed. He received a Bachelor of Music in 1966 and a Masters in Composition in 1970. The following year he attended the Juilliard School in New York and studied at Hall Overton . His first professional activity was as an arranger for the US Military Academy Band in West Point (New York) . Arnold then moved to New York City and began his career in the local music business.

He has orchestrated orchestrations for the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center and for tributes to the songwriting teams Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Betty Comden and Adolph Green at Carnegie Hall . As a pianist, he has accompanied Broadway stars Melissa Errico at Cafe Carlyle and Barbara Cook at concerts across the country, including performances at the LA Music Center and Carnegie Hall . He also worked with Michael Feinstein , Portia Nelson , Laurel Massé , Sally Mayes and many others. Arnold was also the musical director and accompanist for all six editions of Larry Kerchner's Hidden Treasures , a variety program of Kerchner's works.

Arnold worked in the New York jazz scene from the 1980s a. a. also with vocalists Margaret Whiting ( Come a Little Close , 1984), Larry Carr and Ralph Brande. In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in ten recording sessions between 1986 and 1996. also as arranger with the Reel Bach Consort. In the New York cabaret scene he has accompanied singers such as Jeff Macauley, Judi Mark, Celia Berk and Carol Woods.

Arnold was a lecturer for the annual cabaret symposium at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and continued this role for its successor, the Cabaret Conference at Yale University . For many years he was a mentor to young artists at the Great American Songbook Foundation's annual summer songbook academy run by Michael Feinstein. Arnold met Feinstein in 1982. At that time he was rehearsing a new club act for Margaret Whiting and Rosemary Clooney at their Beverly Hills home. Feinstein worked next door, archiving music for Ira Gershwin .

As a composer, Arnold's music is a synthesis of classical, Latin American and jazz idioms. His compositions have been commissioned, published and recorded by organizations such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra , the Dallas Symphony Orchestra , the New York Saxophone Quartet, and many others. He was also a multiple winner of the annual ASCAP Music Composition Prize. He was a member of ASCAP and the Local 802 musicians' union. a. a sonata for two trumpets and piano.

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  1. ↑ Obituary at. Nite Life Exchange, November 1, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 1, 2019)
  3. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series - page 2052, 1971
personal data
SURNAME Arnold, Hubert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnold, Hubert E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (piano)
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Temple , Texas
DATE OF DEATH 22nd August 2019
Place of death Atlantic City , New Jersey