Arnold Eidus
| Arnold Eidus | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Arnold Eidus |
| Born |
November 28, 1922 Bronx, New York, United States |
| Died | June 3, 2013 (aged 90) Delray Beach, Florida |
| Genres | Classical, Pop, Latin, Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Violinist, Recording artist, Record company executive |
| Instruments | violin |
| Years active | 1935-2012 |
| Labels | RCA Victor, HMV, Phillips, Stradivari, Basta |
Arnold Eidus (28 November 1922 – 3 June 2013) was a world-renowned concert violinist and recording artist.
Eidus's father (Harry Eidus, 1897-1984), a Jewish immigrant from Dvinsk, Latvia, was a violinist; his mother (Sadie "Sonia" Birkenfeld, 1901-1983), who was born in New York, played piano. A child prodigy, Eidus made his performance debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 11. He studied at the Juilliard School under Louis Persinger (who also taught Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, and Ruggiero Ricci). He met his future wife, piano student Doris Dresher, at Juilliard.
Eidus was a versatile session accompanist who recorded and performed in the classical, jazz, pop, rhythm & blues, and Latin genres. He recorded with Perry Como, Coleman Hawkins, Lena Horne, Marian McPartland, Ruth Brown, Paul Desmond, Freddie Hubbard, Raymond Scott, Wes Montgomery, Patti Austin, Perez Prado, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Edgar Winter, Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae, and countless others over a career that spanned six decades. In 1945, as part of the American Broadcasting Corporation's orchestra, he was a featured soloist in a New York recording of Paul Whiteman's re-orchestration of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. He recorded his classical repertoire for the RCA Victor, HMV, Phillips, and Stradivari record labels.
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