Noah Halpern

Noah Halpern is a jazz trumpeter who grew up in Seattle, Washington, where he started on piano at five before switching to trumpet at ten, drawn to the music through his father's records of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and Weather Report. He attended Roosevelt High School and played in the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra before moving to New York in 2014 to study at the Juilliard School. He won the 2023 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition and has performed at New York clubs including Smalls, Dizzy's Club, and the Blue Note. In 2024 he released the album The Embrace Vol. 1, featuring pianist Micah Thomas, bassist Tyrone Allen, and drummer Domo Branch.