Yvonne Busch

Yvonne Busch (October 18, 1929 – February 28, 2014) was a jazz musician and an influential music teacher in New Orleans.

[1]: 50–51  She played the trumpet and toured with the school's all-female band Swinging Rays of Rhythm, performing at dances, clubs and USO events in the American South and Midwest.

[1][2] In 1943 she returned to New Orleans and continued her education at the Gilbert Academy under T. LeRoy Davis, the music director of the school.

Influenced by Davis, she played multiple instruments and decided to pursue a teaching career.

She gave free private lessons and organized summer practice sessions for school bands.