# John Baboian has been a featured performer on over 20 recordings in a variety of musical styles: Video

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- Published: 2018-12-23T21:30:14+01:00
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**24.12. – Happy Birthday !!! Guitarist/Composer/Educator, John Baboian, has been
on the faculty at Berklee College of Music in Boston since 1980.  Before beginning
his teaching career at Berklee, he received a Bachelors Degree in Music Education
from Berklee and later a Masters Degree in Jazz Studies from New England Conservatory.**

Although best known for his work in the jazz & swing idioms, John has performed 
in the Classical, Blues, Rock, R&B, Latin and World music genres.  His performances
include concerts, clubs, recordings, radio and television throughout the United 
States and Canada, as well as performances and teaching clinics in Japan, Central&
South Americas, Europe, South Africa, and the former Soviet Union including his 
ancestral home, Armenia. 

His compositions and arrangements have been heard on television shows “Walker, Texas
Ranger”, UPN’s “Seven Days”, ABC’s “All My Children”, HBO’s “The Soprano’s”, and
others.  

He has accompanied headliners Frankie Avalon, Sergio Franchi, Connie Francis, Tom
Jones, Al Martino, Marilyn Michaels, Jim Nabors, Bobby Rydell, Ben Vereen and many
others, and has shared the stage with Jazz greats Gary Burton, Alan Dawson, Joe 
Lovano, Bob Moses, Herb Pomeroy, Esperanza Spalding, Leni Stern, Phil Wilson, Warren
Vache and many others. 

John has been a featured performer on over 20 recordings in a variety of musical
styles.  Recent recordings include performances with “The Boston Big Band”, “The
World Leaders”, “The Black Sea Salsa Band”, and a host of vocalists from the New
England area.  Under his own leadership, John has released The “Be-Bop” Guitars &
More! (2000) and “Freshly Painted Blues” (2007), featuring his all-faculty guitar
ensemble from Berklee called The “Be-Bop” Guitars.  He recently returned from South
Africa where his band played at the Cape Town Jazz Festival.

His picture is included in the recently published book: “Faces Of Jazz” which features
prominent New England Jazz artists.

John is a voting member of The Recording Academy (Grammy’s), an active member of
the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP), a winner of many
ASCAPLUS writing awards, and a “Network With An Expert” consultant to the Jazz Education
Network (JEN).

Recently, John surprised his fans and students with a “cameo” appearance in the 
feature film “Ted” filmed in Boston.  Look for the moustachioed guitar player in
the house party scene and you will see a familiar face.

John plays and is an endorser of D’Addario strings.

 

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