SCOTTY BARNHART, Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies, is an internationally acclaimed Jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, and author in his fifteenth year as a featured soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra. A two-time Grammy Award winner with the Basie orchestra, he also appears on three critically acclaimed recordings by pianist Marcus Roberts. Acknowledged as an authority on the history of Jazz trumpet, he gave a keynote lecture-demonstration at the 2003 International Trumpet Guild Conference and continues to give lectures and seminars at universities in South America, Japan, China, Europe, and all across the United States. Hal Leonard published his groundbreaking book, The World of Jazz Trumpet – a Comprehensive History and Practical Philosophy worldwide in December 2005 to rave reviews. It is the first of its kind in Jazz Education.

A graduate of Florida A&M University, Professor Barnhart has also performed and recorded with Frank Sinatra, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Bennett, Clark Terry, Tito Puente, Freddie Hubbard, Diana Krall, Ray Charles, and many other legendary musicians. He is profiled in the book Trumpet Kings, which places him with the most important Jazz trumpeters in history, from Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis and others.