Arturo Tappin

Caribbean Smooth Jazz Saxophonist

Barbados

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Arturo is definitely the smoothest, saxiest horn man the Caribbean has to offer. His dynamic and spirited live performances have won him fans the world over.

He described 2015 as his best year ever. After forming his new band (#ArturoTappinBand), comprised of the best young talented singers and musicians coming out of Barbados, they have developed a show that has taken them to every major festival and it continues through 2016. Arturo played for the launch of the St. Lucia Jazz and Arts festival and will be headlining the Tobago Jazz Experience and has been booked for the Scotland Fringe Festival, to mention a few.

He first made headway with his debut recording “Strictly Roots Jazz” and then immediately followed up with a stellar performance on his second album entitled, "Java", both licensed by Pioneer Records in Japan. For his cultural contributions to Jamaica and the Caribbean on the whole, Arturo received a nationally acclaimed Award of Excellence in the Arts from former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson. Tappin has dazzled audiences at the Soho Jazz Festival, the Bob Marley Birthday Bash and Reggae Sunsplash, as well as headlining Jazz Festivals throughout the Caribbean. He has performed with the legendary Roberta Flack Hard Bop Trumpeter Red Rodney, Grammy Award winning drummer Roy Haynes, Reggae Super Star Maxi Priest, R & B chart topper Anita Baker, Jamaican Jazz pianist and Guitarist Monty Alexander and Ernest Ranglin, South African Jazz Legend Hugh Masekela, Smooth Jazz crooner Will Downing and R & B singer Freddie Jackson.