Les Arbuckle

Les Arbuckle spent his youth as a dependent of the US Navy, living in Texas, North Carolina, Florida, New Mexico, California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Hawaii, and Vietnam until his nineteenth birthday. After a stint with the Fifteth Army Band at Fort Monroe, Virginia, Arbuckle attended the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory. He is a professional saxophonist and has performed with a variety of musical acts, including Lou Rawls, Bernadette Peters, the Brian Setzer Orchestra, and the San Diego Symphony Summer Pops Orchestra. He has featured on the recordings of well-known jazz musicians Kenny Barron, Mike Stern, Cecil McBee, John Abercrombie, and Victor Lewis.