- Harry Arnold
Harry Arnold (August 7, 1920,
Hälsingborg - February 11, 1971,Stockholm ) was a Swedishjazz saxophonist andbandleader .Arnold led his first
big band in 1942, playing saxophone initially but eventually ceasing performance work primarily as an arranger. From 1949-52 he played and arranged forThore Ehrling 's band and worked extensively as a studio musician, particularly in film scoring through much of the 1950s. From 1956 to 1965 Arnold led theSwedish Radio Big Band , which included many of Sweden's most highly regarded jazz musicians of the era, such asArne Domnerus ,Bengt Hallberg , andAke Persson .Benny Bailey played with the band for a time, andQuincy Jones arranged and briefly led the group; they recorded withErnestine Anderson ,Lucky Thompson ,Coleman Hawkins ,Toots Thielemans ,Tony Scott , andStan Getz . The group disbanded in 1965, after which Arnold continued work as an arranger and led big bands in Europe up until his death in 1971.References
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Scott Yanow , [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fifyxqy5ldte~T1 Harry Arnold] atAllmusic
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