Michael Baggetta

Teaches at Abrons Arts Center

Baggetta has had the pleasure of performing and/or recording with Tom Harrell, Conrad Herwig, Dick Oatts, Adam Kolker, Brad Shepik, Steve Cardenas, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Jamie Baum, Tony Reedus, Cameron Brown, Dominique Eade, Bill McHenry, Matt Wilson, George Garzone, Joseph C. Phillips’ Numinous Ensemble, Tyshawn Sorey, Ron McClure, Joe Fonda, Kevin Norton, John Lindberg, Bucky Pizzarelli and Ruth Brown among many others. He has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center, Town Hall, Merkin Concert Hall and many other leading concert venues and festivals worldwide. Baggetta has also taught for leading music programs throughout the U.S. either as a visiting guest artist or as a seasonal faculty member. These include the New York Summer Music Festival at SUNY Oneonta, California Institute of the Arts, Berklee College of Music and the National Guitar Workshop to name a few. Originally from Agawam, MA, Baggetta’s musical studies have been insightfully guided by Ted Dunbar, Vic Juris, Stanley Cowell and Jim Hall. Baggetta has released three full albums of original works for his quartet on the Barcelona-based Fresh Sound New Talent label, and also co-leads the duo ensemble TIN/BAG with California trumpeter Kris Tiner. Both groups have had great critical success and have performed for numerous appreciative audiences across the country. Mike Baggetta has also been a recipient of an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award for his compositional talent and is an endorsing artist for D’Addario Strings.