Probably the UK's most unusually named bass player Arnie Somogyi has worked with a lot of famous musicians - Joey Calderazzo, Eddie Henderson, Claire Martin, Bobby Hutcherson, Steve Grossman, James Moody - to name drop but a few. Most recently he's featured on Richard Ashcroft's latest CD "Keys to the World" and as part of a stellar lineup on Chris Botti's "To Love Again". He also has his own band "Ambulance' - "specialists in musical accidents and emergency". Before that he put together the eccentric, unwieldy and commercially challenging 10-piece band "Improvokation", which through its unique combination of jazz and European folk improvising traditions managed to alienate purist fans of both minority genres. However, it was probably the only band in the world to feature consecutive trombone and cimbalom solos - an accomplishment in itself.
He also teaches at Birmingham Conservatoire and on various jazz summer schools.
He has made two BBC Radio 4 programmes - Cool Roots - a musical journey back to trace his ancestral roots - and the critically acclaimed 'Package Peculiar', a travelogue of visits to Draculaland in Transylvania and Stalinworld in Lithuania. Recently he set up Voodookazoo, with saxophonist Rob Townsend, to write music for commercial applications. DOWNLOAD THE LIFT THEME TO PLAY ON YOUR PHONE IN LIFTS!............I'M STARTING A PHOTO GALLERY SHOWING THE "GLAMOUROUS" SIDE OF THE WORKING LIFE OF A MUSICIAN. SEE MY PICS.
Hi Arnie, Greetings from chilly Nottingham. Hope all is well with you - thanks for being our friend on MySpace this year - and hope 2008 brings every success. We've uploaded a Christmas song on our page - our cover of the beautiful Tompkins/Duffy 'December Song' and with it we send you our warmest Seasons Greetings, Love, Pippa and Rob
For some reason this banned betty boop cartoon http://www.guba.com/watch/2000901388?duration_step=0&fields=8&pp=100&query=-1695610439&sb=3&set=5&sf=0&size_step=0&o=2&sample=1163414840:c5179cfaa1c39d14f3d66581b585298422dc8029
made me think of you and opur jazz history lessons in 1st year. Would've made a fitting addition to the video library don't you think?
Hey arnie! I've just put some of my small band tunes up on myspace, Id really appreciate it if you could have a listen, and let me know what you think.
Good to see you at Ronnie's supporting Ron Carter sounding good as usual. Looking forward to the up coming tour with Eddie Henderson. Will be there! Will be in touch soon. Did you get any tips from Ron C? I thought it was a top gig and he was on amazing form. Age does not whither them..etc etc. My website if you want to look is at www.anotherworldmusic.org
apologies, a virus seems to have got into my hellhound account and has sent that 'hey i'm really bored' message and that really annoying advert to everybody in my friends, apologies,
Joe.
Sir Richard of Britpop eh?..............Top geezer. Edith Bowman kissed me on the cheek, she's yummy yum yum's........I did's somethin groovy on my page. Lead with your 4th, Lead with your 4th, Lead with your 4th, Lead with your 4th, Lead with your 4th, Lead with your 4th, Lead with your 4th, Lead with your 4th, Lead with your 4th, Lead with your 4th, Lead with your 4th, Lead with your 4th.......
hello smudge.
listened to star mountain sessions yesterday. bloody great. can we get a quartet/quintet goin with a cymbalom? Just such an amazing sound.
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arnie thanks for the play dans le stagio on thurs. also nice couple of gigs. you and jeff sounded ace together i thought. will try and sort out a play with dan at the abotoire this week. byebye
"Arnie .......... it's Skid". No, no it's not, it's Gary! Hey great to see you on here. For the record, I really very much enjoyed every time we played together with Skid. It always felt great. Look forward to touching base with you sometime. Cheers buddy. gary
