In the years between his birth in 1949 and his nineteenth birthday,
Les lived in Texas, North Carolina, Florida, New Mexico,
California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Hawaii and Vietnam
as a dependent of the US Navy. His father, Bryant Joseph Arbuckle,
was a Chief Journalist who managed the Armed Forces Radio Station
in Saigon, Vietnam, from June, 1962 until June, 1964.
After a stint with the 50th Army Band at Fort Monroe, Virginia Les
attended the Berklee College of Music (BA) and New England
Conservatory (MM). He is a professional saxophonist living near
Boston, Massachusetts with his wife, Joyce Lucia. He has performed
with a variety of musical acts including The Brian Setzer
Orchestra, Lou Rawls, Bernadette Peters, The San Diego Symphony
Summer Pops Orchestra and The Artie Shaw Orchestra. His recordings
for the Audioquest label and he is featured on the recordins of
well-known jazz musicians Kenny Barron, Mike Stern, Cecil McBee,
John Abercrombie and Victor Lewis.
"Saigon Kids is a rip-roaring historical snapshot of a capital teetering on the brink of war" — Rick Frederickson, Vietnam Magazine
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