Arnold David Clapman  

Equally at home playing Jazz, folk music, latino, salsa, AfroCuban, Gospel, R & B or Rock 'n Roll, Arnie's style blended traditional ethnic rhythms with his roots in 70's Fusion and Funk. He studied with noted drummers: Sabu Martinez, Julio Mendez and Babatunde Olatunji. He also was a resident drummer at the Katherine Dunham School of African Dance in NYC for a few months.

In recording studios, he rarely needed more than 1-2 takes and was always a quick study when rehearsal time was not possible. His career has spanned a gamut of musical genres from avant garde jazz with Abdul Hannan's "Third World" and Baird Hersey's "The Year of The Ear" to his Santa Cruz rock 'n roll bands, "Rico and the Rockets" and "Crazy Heart". At the present time, Arnie is playing modern Jewish music with noted Baltimore singer/songwriter Avraham Rosenblum.