I am a guitarist living in New York City.

Guitarist Mike Baggetta is one of his generation's most original jazz improvisors and composers. He has performed and/or recorded with Tom Harrell, Conrad Herwig, Ralph Bowen, Adam Kolker, George Schuller, Jamie Baum, Kevin Norton, Jeff Hirshfield, Tony Reedus, Steve LaSpina, Bucky Pizzarelli and Ruth Brown among many others. It has been said that his performances are "totally compelling" (Jazz Journal - UK), "his melodic sense is truly beautiful" (Jazzreview.com) and that "each piece he performs creates new worlds of possibilities" (The Hartford Courant). Mike Baggetta recently received an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award for his compositional talent, and the first album of his works for the Mike Baggetta Quartet - "Small Spaces" - has recently been released on the Fresh Sound New Talent label. Another of Baggetta's ongoing musical endeavors is TIN/BAG, a bi-coastal duo comprised of himself and California trumpeter Kris Tiner, creating and performing new improvised works for trumpet and guitar. Mike currently lives in New York City and is an endorsing artist for D'Addario Strings and Evans Custom Amplifiers.