Louise Baranger
Louise Baranger
Trumpet
Louise Baranger was born in Hollywood, CA and studied with studio trumpeters Uan Rasey, Pappy Mitchell, and jazz great Bobby Shew. In Los Angeles she played with the bands of Harry James, Nelson Riddle, Bill Berry, Jack Wilson, and Ray Anthony. She has played at the Playboy, Concord, Kansas City, Boston, Sedona Jazz on the Rocks, and Monterey Jazz Festivals, and performed live and/or on television with JJ Johnson, Clarke Terry, Plas Johnson, Buddy Collette, Ron Carter, John Pizarrelli, Joe Cocker, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Womack, Carmen McRae, Alan Broadbent, Buddy Greco, Barney Kessel, Mel Powell, and many others.
In the summer of 1984, Louise was the youngest member of the Los Angeles Olympic Jazz Festival house band which featured Shelley Manne, Louie Bellson, Bill Holman and a host of international jazz stars. Louise's 9 piece "little" big band has played at the Emmy Awards in Hollywood, CA, The Millenium New Year's Eve Celebration at Boston's Symphony Hall, and numerous private events in the US, Europe, and Japan. Her own CD, Trumpeter's Prayer features Arturo Sandoval, Tom Kubis and Carl Fontana. She is a private instructor and has been a resident artist at the Litchfield Jazz Camp since 2004.