Horace Arnold has been successful in both mainstream and early jazz-rock circles. He started playing drums in 1957 while stationed in Los Angeles as a Coast Guard member. He added an extra "e" to his name as a stage gimmick shortly before joining Dave Baker's big band in 1959. From there came stints with Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Charles Mingus before he joined a trio with Cecil McBee and Kirk Lightsey in 1960. Arnold moved from music to dance in the early and mid-'60s, backing Henry Grimes and Bud Powell at one point, and touring Asia with Alvin Ailey's company at another.
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