Arnold Lawrence Finkelstein (July 10, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York – April 22, 2005 in Jerusalem, Israel) was an American jazz saxophonist.
In the early 1970s Lawrence played with Willie Bobo, then joined Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1974.
He composed a symphony entitled Red, White and Blues, which was premiered by the Amor Artis Chamber Orchestra in Williamsburg, Virginia; Lawrence, Dizzy Gillespie, and Julius Baker all soloed in the performance.
In 1986, he stopped recording and touring and founded the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City; among the program's students were Roy Hargrove, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, John Popper, Peter Bernstein and Spike Wilner of Smalls Jazz Club.
He moved to Israel in 1997,[4][5] where he founded the International Center for Creative Music,[6] an education facility open to both Jewish and Arab students.