Pianist Joe Barbato

Pianist and Accordion player, Joe “Sonny” Barbato began taking weekly lessons with accordion master Louis Bregoli at nine years old, switching over to piano at the age of thirteen. He later attended both the internationally renown Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory quickly becoming extremely accomplished on both instruments. Sonny has performed with Dave Budway, Jimmy Ponder, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Jennifer Jackson, Kenny Barron, and Marvin Sewell among others and was one of the regular pianists in the Bristol Lounge at the Four Seasons Hotel for many years.