Arno Hecht is a sax player and the founding member of the Uptown Horns, the legendary NYC-based horn section. He has played with countless artists, including The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Robert Plant, James Brown, Tom Waits, the J. Geils Band, Dion, Joan Jett, Iggy Pop, the B-52s, Buster Poindexter, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Pat Benatar, Ronnie Spector, The Allman Brothers, Darlene Love, Joe Cocker, Albert Collins, and more.
You can hear Arno on numerous seminal albums, including Tom Waits' Rain Dogs, The Rolling Stone's Flashpoint, the J. Geil's Band's Showtime, James Brown's Gravity, Cameo's Word Up, The B-52's Cosmic Thing (including the song Love Shack), Joan Jett's platinum album Up Your Alley, Albert Collins' Cold Snap, Iggy Pop's Party, Billy Joel's River of Dreams, Twisted Sister's Come Out and Play, Al Kooper's Rekooperation, Peter Wolf's Come As You Are (including the song Can't Get Started), Nona Hendryx's Female Trouble, Joe Cocker's Unchain My Heart, Buster Poindexter's Buster Poindexter (including the song Hot, Hot, Hot), The Dead Milkmen's Soul Rotation, Keith Richards' Main Offender, Tracy Nelson's In the Here and Now, Dion's Yo Frankie, and the platinum Rocky IV Soundtrack Album, which includes James Brown's Living in America.
With The Uptown Horns — Crispin Cioe, Larry Etkin and Bob Funk — he released two albums, The Uptown Horns Revue and A Shot in the Dark. They were each individually inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2012.
You can hear Arno on numerous seminal albums, including Tom Waits' Rain Dogs, The Rolling Stone's Flashpoint, the J. Geil's Band's Showtime, James Brown's Gravity, Cameo's Word Up, The B-52's Cosmic Thing (including the song Love Shack), Joan Jett's platinum album Up Your Alley, Albert Collins' Cold Snap, Iggy Pop's Party, Billy Joel's River of Dreams, Twisted Sister's Come Out and Play, Al Kooper's Rekooperation, Peter Wolf's Come As You Are (including the song Can't Get Started), Nona Hendryx's Female Trouble, Joe Cocker's Unchain My Heart, Buster Poindexter's Buster Poindexter (including the song Hot, Hot, Hot), The Dead Milkmen's Soul Rotation, Keith Richards' Main Offender, Tracy Nelson's In the Here and Now, Dion's Yo Frankie, and the platinum Rocky IV Soundtrack Album, which includes James Brown's Living in America.
With The Uptown Horns — Crispin Cioe, Larry Etkin and Bob Funk — he released two albums, The Uptown Horns Revue and A Shot in the Dark. They were each individually inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2012.