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"DEMENTIA" IS A TOTAL SOLO ELECTRONIC PROJECT WITHOUT THE USE OF ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS BUT IN PLACE THE USE OF INTERACTIVE VIDEO PROJECTORS.Born in New York City, drummer/composer/ programmer, John B. Arnold has been performing as a leader and a sideman for over twenty years.
Since 1996, he has released three CD’s under his name indipendently with a fourth for CNI international and his latest "Dementia" for release in 2009. He has travelled Europe and the U.S. extensively and lived in Italy for a long period.
He is a composer himself and learned greatly from his grandfather the great American songwriter Hoagy Carmichael. (Georgia, Stardust, blah, blah, blah...)
DEMENTIA is...JOHN B. ARNOLD - drums, laptop, samplers. B. Arnold - drums/composition He has played and recorded as a sideman, leader and independently with the following artists:
U.S.: Gary Thomas, Greg Osby, Michael Formanek, John Abercrombie, Carolyn Leonhart, Chet Baker, John Benitez, Louis Perdomo, Paul Bollenback, Kenny Garrett, Gary Poulson, Matthew Garrison, John Pattitucci, Larry Goldings, Jason Moran, Henry Hey, Uri Caine, Adam Rogers, David “Fuze†Fiuscyinski, David Binney, Gary Smulyan, Larry Schneider, Frank Lacy, Kenny Davis, Reggie Washington, Kenny Davis, Groove Collective, Bill Ware, Rick Margitza, Lee Konitz, Jim Beard, Alfonso Johnson, Barney Kessell, Alex Sipiagin, Deodato, Jerome Harris, George Colligan, etc... Europe: Enrico Rava, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Maurizio Giammarco, Dado Moroni, Franco Ambrosetti, Antonio Farao', Manuel De Sica, Umberto Fiorentino, Flavio Boltro, Giovanni Tommaso, Greg Burk, Michael Rosen, Franco D'Andrea, Dario Deidda, Emmanuele Bex, Enrico Pieranunzi, Barney Wilen, etc...
JOHN B. ARNOLD ENDORSES UFIP CYMBALS EXCULSIVELY
Quotes:
“He is pushing the barriers of contemporary drumming to new heights with the innovation of new concepts in drumming and rhythmic expression.â€
JOHN MC LAUGHLIN
“He is also an important figure in the ongoing development of modern expressions of music.â€
MATTHEW GARRISON
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