Jon Manness - Trumpet Player Trumpet Player from Los Angeles, CA

Jon Manness is a trumpet player, composer, and arranger in Los Angeles. Toured with Gloria Trevi & Alejandra Guzmán. Plays in Los Angeles Horn Section The Red Line Horns. As a trumpet player, Jon toured with Mexican pop stars Gloria Trevi and Alejandra Guzmán on their Versus World Tour, which sold-out arenas across the US, Mexico, and South America. In 2018, he was hired by the Los Angeles Chargers to perform as their Bolts Bugler for a nationally-televised game against the Seattle Seahawks (NFL on CBS), and also appeared as a guest artist on Facebook's CONFETTI Live Trivia Game Show. He's recorded for CeeLo Green, Magic Mike Live, Russian Pop Artist Alex Sparrow, restaurateur Joe Bastianich, and internet celeb Alex Ernst, and works with songwriters and producers in every genre. As a horn arranger, Jon formed The Red Line Horns, a 3-piece horn section that works with a number of recording and touring artists, including the Gloria Trevi Vs. Alejandra Guzmán Versus World Tour. As a film composer, Jon's first LA gig was scoring AVATAR Extended Blu-ray special feature “The Night Before AVATAR.” Since then, he's written advertising music for MICROSOFT, arranged horns for the hit Vegas show MAGIC MIKE LIVE, composed concert pieces for the US ARMY and public schools, and scored over a dozen independent films. In television, Jon's music has appeared on CBS, TLC, Bravo, and PBS. His latest project was writing additional music for THE MORTIFIED GUIDE, a new series from the team behind the Mortified Podcast that celebrates the misguided ways we navigated life's biggest issues as kids – from romance to family to rockstar obsessions. The Mortified Guide premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and is available to stream on Netflix and Amazon. As an educator, Jon has taught film scoring and composition courses at West Chester University of Pennsylvania and California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA). He also visits music programs around the country as a clinician, including The Primavera Fund's Sterling Masterclass Series in Philadelphia, PA.