John LaBarbera
John LaBarbera (* 10. November 1945 in Warsaw (New York) ) is an American trumpeter of modern jazz , which has emerged primarily as an arranger.
Live and act
LaBarbera comes from a family of musicians - his brothers are drummer Joe LaBarbera and woodwind player Pat LaBarbera . He received music lessons from his father; He began to learn cornet at the age of five and was already playing in the family band with his parents and brothers at the age of seven. After training at Berklee College of Music, he worked with Buddy Rich from 1968 , where he also accompanied Tony Bennett . He then switched to the Glen Miller Orchestra , led by Buddy DeFranco , where he revised the old arrangements. Then he wrote arrangements for Rich, Woody Herman, and Count Basie ; he has also been heard on recordings with Horace Arnold and the Mahavishnu Orchestra .
In the following years he also arranged for Dizzy Gillespie , Sammy Davis Jr. , Mel Tormé , Chaka Khan , Harry James , Bill Watrous ( The Tiger of San Pedro ), Al Cohn , Bill Perkins and Phil Woods . Furthermore, John is co-founder of the women's big band Diva . LaBarbera led the jazz ensemble at Cornell University and teaches jazz , the music industry and MIDI / computer techniques in music as an adjunct professor at the University of Louisville .
He directed his own big band, with which he recorded two albums; the album On the Wild Side was nominated for a Grammy in 2004.
Lexical entries
- Philippe Carles , André Clergeat , Jean-Louis Comolli : Le nouveau dictionnaire du jazz . R. Laffont: Paris 2011; ISBN 978-2-221-11592-3
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
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| SURNAME | LaBarbera, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw (New York) |