Arthur Barbato Trumpet

Trumpet player Artie Barbato was brought up in a musical family and began writing and playing jazz tunes at a young age. In high school he led and performed with his own combo and wrote two big band arrangements. He went on to study at the Berklee College of Music while taking private lessons with Jeff Stout, Mike Marra, John Neves and Leon Merian. Equally versatile playing jazz or rock, he has played with musicians all over the world including the Australian Group, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists who Billboard Magazine referred to as "the Aussie genius". Locally Artie has performed at the Boston Garden, Great Woods, the House of Blues and The Paradise Club. The Boston Globe called his trumpet playing "wailing", while Rhythm Magazine said "mellifluous trumpet lines from Artie Barbato". When not playing with East Groove Orchestra, Artie can be found playing and teaching in the New England area.