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Following the release of Daddy's Groove, The David Arnay Group has performed at premier Los Angeles venues, including Playboy Jazz (Pasadena Summerfest), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and Catalina's Bar and Grill. The new trio release, Blues... And Then Some provides the background for a new series of group performances (see "News"). David's work as pianist/keyboardist with woodwind artist Bennie Maupin (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock) and guitarist Phil Upchurch (George Benson, Quincy Jones) has led to appearances at prominent festivals and concert venues. Performed and/or recorded with (partial list) Bennie Maupin, Peter Erskine, Alphonso Johnson, Phil Upchurch, Bobby Rodriguez, Larry Coryell, Bob Sheppard, Chaka Khan, Dave Carpenter, Red Rodney, Barbara Morrison, Ndugu Chancler, Charlie Haden, Jerry Goodman, Victor Bailey, John Raitt, Chuck Berry. Appeared
at The Palladium, The Palace, MOCA (L.A.); Madison Square Garden, Beacon
Theater (N.Y.C.); The Grand Ole Opry (Nashville). Featured guest artist: Ellington Tribute- CalState L.A. Jazz Big Band, November, 1999. Keyboardist/guitarist,
associate conductor on the Broadway hit "RENT" (L.A. company
w/ Neil Patrick Harris): La Jolla Playhouse; Ahmanson Theater (L.A.) Producer,
co-composer and session musician for films and TV shows, including "Mad
About You" (NBC TV), and assorted independent productions.
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and raised in the New York City area, David Arnay began his professional
musical life in Ithaca, New York, performing and composing with a variety
of original bands (see "Back In The Day"). Since moving to the
Los Angeles area in 1987, he's been working steadily as a player, teacher,
composer and producer. On the Jazz Studies Faculty at the Flora L. Thornton
School of Music at the University of Southern California, David also teaches
at Pasadena City College, and in his home studio. 
