Throughout the past forty years Arnie has been fortunate to work and perform with: Herb Pomeroy, Dave McKenna, George Masso, Sal Nestico, Dick Johnson, Phil Woods, Ray Santisi, Joe Beck, Frank Dunlap, Mel Torme, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra Jr., Tony Bennett, George Handy, and The Artie Shaw band. He has spent many years doing pop, swing, jazz, and R&B gigs with: The Temptations, Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Four Freshmen, Four Seasons and many others. He has studied with: Joe Viola, John LaPorta, Eddie Daniels, Jerry Bergonzi, and Herb Pomeroy. Arnie teaches in his studio, and his students range from beginners to adults. He also heads the ensemble department at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts in Franklin, MA.
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"SOON" - Amanda Carr
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"Tenor saxophonist Arnie Krakowsky, whose room-filling presence would have delighted Coleman Hawkins ..."
- Nat Hentoff, Wall Street Journal from Wall Street Journal article, 9/5/07
"Krakowsky has a sound, a tone that is in and of
itself a joy to hear ..."
- David Dupont, Cadence Magazine
"Arnie draws his inspiration from such masters as Hawkins, Al and Zoot, Ben Webster and Pres ..."
- Tim Price, Saxophone Journal
"Where the Tenor Meets the Bone is really where the rubber meets the road in strait-ahead jazz."
- Will Shapira, The Mississippi Rag
