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Mike Baggetta
Mike Baggetta recently received an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award for his compositional talent, and has also released the second album of his works for the Mike Baggetta Quartet, Source Material, on the Fresh Sound New Talent label. This is a follow-up to the first album by the quartet, Small Spaces, also on the Fresh Sound New Talent label. In addition to leading the Mike Baggetta Quartet (featuring Jason Rigby, Eivind Opsvik and George Schuller), Mike co-leads Tin/Bag, a new music duo with California trumpeter Kris Tiner.
Baggetta has had the pleasure of performing and/or recording with Tom Harrell, Conrad Herwig, Ralph Bowen, Adam Kolker, Jeff Hirshfield, Ken Filiano, Jamie Baum, Tony Reedus, Steve LaSpina, Cameron Brown, Bill McHenry, Brad Shepik, Matt Wilson, George Garzone, Ron McClure, Joe Fonda, Kevin Norton, Bucky Pizzarelli and Ruth Brown among many others.
Originally from Agawam, MA, Baggetta's musical studies have been insightfully guided by Ted Dunbar, Vic Juris, Stanley Cowell and Jim Hall. He has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center, Town Hall and many other leading concert venues worldwide. Mike currently lives in New York City and is an endorsing artist for D'Addario Strings.
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Mike Baggetta: Spectre
by Mark F. Turner
Mike Baggetta has produced a number of quality recordings over the years yet Spectre may be his most compelling project to date. The guitarist delves into some “live" sound processing which include an array of delicate textures, sampling and loops undoubtedly influenced by ECM recording artist David Torn who mastered this release. Though the set ventures into mysterious soundscapes they're rooted in melodicism which equally underscores the inventiveness of Baggetta's trio with bassist Jerome Harris and drummer ...
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by Jerry D'Souza
Guitarist Mike Baggetta creates a remarkable collage of images that are framed by his composition, writing with abundant skill and bringing an immediate presence to music carried to fulfillment by his band. He has some of the best musicians here, who interact with fluidity and add texture and ambience on the road to resolution.Baggetta has a wide comfort zone. He essays bop as facilely as he does a ballad, balancing his technique with a high degree of creativity. ...
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by Mark F. Turner
Guitarist Mike Baggetta's versatility has been in the thick of New York's creative music scene, whether performing with Tom Harrell or front-lining projects like Bridges (MabnotesMusic, 2011), a duo recording with trumpeter Kris Tiner. Source Material is Baggetta's follow up to 2009's Small Spaces (Fresh Sound), with a working quartet that includes robust sax work from Jason Rigby, veteran drummer George Schuller and rising bassist Eivind Opsvik. What sets this recording on higher ground is not just the caliber of ...
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by Bruce Lindsay
New York based guitarist Mike Baggetta has recorded as a band leader before, but Small Spaces is his first CD as the leader of a quartet. This beautifully recorded CD of seven Baggetta originals and one cover, produced by Baggetta himself, shows that his 2009 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer award was well-deserved. Baggetta's guitar playing is characterized by a full, warm, tone whether he's vamping behind band members, soloing or duetting with Jason Rigby's tenor. Rigby's tenor ...
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by Clifford Allen
Guitarist Mike Baggetta might not be a familiar name to those outside the coasts, though he's recorded and worked on both. He received his formal education in music from Rutgers and name checks players like Ted Dunbar and Jim Hall, yet his first release was decidedly un-bebop--a half-hour solo recording of prepared and abused acoustic guitar entitled Canto. Bows, rattles and knocks then traversed their way through the long-running (if sporadic) duo Tin/Bag with California-based trumpeter Kris Tiner (of the ...
read moreTake Five With Mike Baggetta
by AAJ Staff
Meet Mike Baggetta: Guitarist and composer Mike Baggetta is originally from Agawam, Massachusetts, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Inspired by his father, he began playing the guitar while in high school after previously studying violin and trombone.Mike went on to study music at Rutgers University, where he received his Bachelor of Music degree with high academic honors, and Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies. His talents have been recognized through a scholarship from the New ...
read moreNew CD "Bridges" from Kris Tiner & Mike Baggetta
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Michael Ricci
"Radiant... there's an open, intensely emotional quality to the duo's playing... spare, haunting, with hints of modernist avant-garde gestures." —Andy Hamilton, The Wire (UK) “Excellent... trumpeter Kris Tiner and guitarist Mike Baggetta explore abstract yet jazz-derived realms of expansive lyricism and liquid melody." —Time Out New York TIN/BAG, the duo of Trumpeter Kris Tiner and Guitarist Mike Baggetta, is excited to let you know about our new CD 'Bridges' on the MabnotesMusic label. This album has been a while in ...
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"Canto" A CD of 9 Etudes for Solo Prepared Guitar by Mike Baggetta Now Available
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Mike Baggetta
A note from Mike Baggetta Greetings Music Lovers,
I'm very pleased to announce the release of Mike Baggetta's new album Canto. It features 9 etudes for solo prepared guitar and has been released on the new MabnotesMusic label. This album is a new edition, funded entirely through Kickstarter, of a slightly older project, recorded in 2003 at the old Artspace Gallery in Greenfield, MA and mastered by Jon Rosenberg a few months ago. Although a bit of a different ...
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Mike Baggetta Trio with Cameron Brown, Jeff Hirshfield on the 4th of July!
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Michael Ricci
If you're looking for some musical plans for your 4th of July evening please consider the Mike Baggetta Trio.
Mike Baggetta - Guitar Cameron Brown - Bass Jeff Hirshfield - Drums
Sunday, July 4th 8pm and 10 pm (two sets)
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Bar Next Door 129 MacDougal Street (Greenwich Village) New York, NY
The Bar Next Door is a cozy 28 seat venue known for being a listening room that presents ...
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Mike Baggetta, NYC Guitarist, CD Opportunity on Kickstarter
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Michael Ricci
A message from Mike Baggetta: I'm trying to raise funds for my latest project, reissuing 'Canto' my first recording of solo prepared guitar music! Come help out, get rewards for pledging any dollar amount you can, and be a part of it on Kickstarter! Here's the link to pledge or grab the widget:
Visit the link above and pledge your support (whatever you can!) and check out the project related rewards for pledging. I've always felt that this album ...
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Mike Baggetta Quartet on Tour
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Michael Ricci
The Mike Baggetta Quartet (Fresh Sound New Talent recording artists) will be on tour next week! Please come by if you're in these cities, or please send this email along to anyone you know in these areas that you think would like to hear this band!
Mike Baggetta - Guitar Jason Rigby - Saxophones Eivind Opsvik - Bass George Schuller - Drums
Monday 3/15 - Nighttown - Cleveland, OH - Nighttowncleveland.com
Tuesday 3/16 - ...
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Mike Baggetta Quartet @ Tea Lounge
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Michael Ricci
Thursday, November 19th Tea Lounge Brooklyn, NY www.tealoungeny.com
9pm + 10.30 $5
Mike Baggetta Quartet
Mike Baggetta : Guitar Jason Rigby : Saxophone Eivind Opsvik : Bass George Schuller : Drums
Performing music from “Small Spaces" (Fresh Sound New Talent) and new works.
Guitarist Mike Baggetta is one of his generations most original jazz improvisors and composers. He has performed and/or recorded with Tom Harrell, Conrad ...
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Mike Baggetta Quartet Tonight @ Cornelia Street Guitar Festival
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Michael Ricci
Performing works from their recently release Fresh Sound New Talent album “Small Spaces" and new pieces. Part of the Cornelia Street Cafe 2009 Guitar Festival:
Mike Baggetta Quartet
Mike Baggetta - Guitar Jason Rigby - Saxophone Michael Bates - Bass George Schuller - Drums
Thursday, August 20th 8:30pm (2 sets) $10 Cover
Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia St. Greenwich Village, NYC 212-989-9319 ...
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Mike Baggetta Quartet Tonight @ Cornelia Street Guitar Festival
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All About Jazz
Performing works from their recently release Fresh Sound New Talent album “Small Spaces" and new pieces. Part of the Cornelia Street Cafe 2009 Guitar Festival:
Mike Baggetta Quartet
Mike Baggetta - Guitar Jason Rigby - Saxophone Michael Bates - Bass George Schuller - Drums
Thursday, August 20th 8:30pm (2 sets) $10 Cover
Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia St. Greenwich Village, NYC 212-989-9319 Guitarist Mike ...
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Mike Baggetta Quartet CD Release Concert at Cornelia Street Cafe
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All About Jazz
Come celebrate the release of Small Spaces - the debut recording from the Mike Baggetta Quartet - on Fresh Sound New Talent Records.
Copies of the CD will be available.
Mike Baggetta - Guitar Jason Rigby - Saxophone Eivind Opsvik - Bass George Schuller - Drums
Sunday April 26th 8.30pm @ Cornelia Street Cafe
Winner of the 2009 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards
As he demonstrates on his solid new ...
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"Blessed with a refined approach and solid technique...Mike Baggetta has the potential to break the mold of post-John Scofield plectrists." - Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
"Radiant... there's an open, intensely emotional quality to the duo's playing... spare, haunting, with hints of modernist avant garde gestures." The Wire (UK)
"Excellent... trumpeter Kris Tiner and guitarist Mike Baggetta explore abstract yet jazz-derived realms of expansive lyricism and liquid melody." Time Out New York
"His work…often seems spare yet even the low volume can't hide the rich sounds he creates." Richard Kamins, The Hartford Courant
Primary Instrument
Guitar
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Credentials/Background
Mike Baggetta currently has openings in his guitar instruction studio! Send an email to [email protected] to inquire about availability and rates.
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Recuerdo (after Edna St. Vincent Millay)
From: (After)By Mike Baggetta
Momentum
From: Source MaterialBy Mike Baggetta
Bridges
From: BridgesBy Mike Baggetta
