Draft:Artie Barsamian

Artie Barsamian was an Armenian clarinetist and saxophonist, known as the "King of Armenian Swing". Born as Antranig Mihran Barsamian in South Boston, on August 23, 1928 to a violinist father Mihran Barsamian, he started studying clarinet and other instruments in his childhood. According to his bandmate Steve Piermarini “(Artie) was very much a natural musician who had an innate sense of melody. Even in his jazz improvisation, one could hear a definite commitment to melodic phrasing, but his biggest attribute, to me, was his sound. He had a liquid tone on clarinet and sax that I’ve never heard in anyone else.’’”. He died on February 22, 2012, aged 83. His song "The Enchanting Melody" is used in the TV Show "How to With John Wilson" in the second season.