Ben Barnett

Ben Barnett has made a name for himself in NYC's jazz scene as a consummate musician and educator. He is from Long Island, NY, and is a graduate of the Conservatory of Music, Purchase College, SUNY. There, he studied with John Fedchock and Tim Albright. Ben received a B.M. from Purchase College, SUNY ('16), and an M.M.Ed. from Hofstra University ('22). He graduated with honors from both institutions.

Ben is a Grammy-nominated musician who has performed at some of NYC's premier venues for jazz music such as Birdland Jazz Club, Smalls Jazz Club, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, The Blue Note Jazz Club, The Village Vanguard, the Cotton Club, Swing 46, and many others. He has also performed as a musician and clinician at colleges across the country and he shared the stage with great musicians such as Barry Harris, Arturo O'Farrill, Dr. Cornel West, Jon Faddis, Big Chief Donald Harrison, Ellis Marsalis, Bobby Porcelli, Ed Pazant, Dick Hyman, David Murray, The George Gee Swing Orchestra, The Birdland Big Band, The Grammy-winning Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, CeCe Teneal, Boom.Diwan, and many other artists and performing ensembles.

A former Manager of the world-famous Smalls Jazz Club ('16-'21), Ben Barnett is a Bach Brass supporting artist and only plays AR Resonance mouthpieces. Currently, he is on the faculty at UMass Amherst, teaching jazz trombone. He is a long-time member of Belóngo (formerly known as the Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance) created by Arturo O'Farrill, and is an Artist-in-Residence with Young Audiences New York (YANY).