John LaBarbera (born November 10, 1945) is an American trumpeter, composer and arranger who worked with the Buddy Rich Orchestra during the late 1960s.
[1] LaBarbera joined Buddy Rich's band in 1968, but moved to Buddy DeFranco's Glenn Miller Band later that year, before rejoining Rich in 1971 as his principal arranger.
[1] He started arranging when with DeFranco, and continued with Rich until Buddy's death in 1987.
[1] "In the 1980s and 1990s he worked principally as a composer and an arranger, supplying new scores for college and high-school big bands and fulfilling commissions for films, television, and commercials".
[1] His On the Wild Side was nominated for a Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Grammy award in 2004.