b. Connecticut, USA. Playing piano from his early childhood, Barnhart became a professional musician at the age of 14, using his earnings to help pay for formal tuition. Although some of this work was as house pianist at a local restaurant, he also played in bands, including the Galvanized Jazz Band, and as his reputation spread, he worked with the Hot Cat Jazz Band, the Titan Hot Five, Hot Jam, the New Reformation Jazz Band and the Draga-Vax Connection. With some of these bands he played at festivals throughout North America. He has continued to mingle band work with solo per...