Louise Baranger & Friends – Birth Of the Cool

Trumpeter Louise Baranger and her all star nonette pay tribute to Miles Davis and the 75th anniversary of the first recording sessions of Birth of the Cool.

The evening features the original arrangements, as well as historical background about this monumental session that helped change the face of jazz. 

Louise Baranger was born in Hollywood, California 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.

Louise has played at the Playboy, Concord, Kansas City, Boston, and Monterey Jazz Festivals, and performed live and/or on television with JJ Johnson, Clarke Terry, Plas Johnson, Buddy Collette, Stanley Clarke, John Pizarrelli, Joe Cocker, Dionne Warwick, Alan Broadbent, Buddy Greco, Barney Kessel, Mel Powell, and a host of others.

Now living in Phoenix, AZ, Louise has performed with the Phoenix Symphony, Prescott Symphony Pops and Arizona Opera in addition to being a regular performer at The The Nash, Phoenix’s premier jazz club. She appears annually as a soloist at the Prescott Jazz Summit.