List of New Trier High School Alumni - Music

Music

• Mike Bloomfield (did not graduate) was a rock and blues guitarist who did solo work (It's Not Killing Me) after playing for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The Electric Flag.
• Ann Hampton Callaway (1976) is a Tony Award-nominated singer and songwriter (Swing!).
• Marshall Chess is a music executive and producer. The son of Chess Records co-founder Leonard Chess, he was an executive there before becoming the first president of Rolling Stones Records; producing several albums for The Rolling Stones.
• Jeff Harnar (1977) is a New York-based cabaret singer.
• Al Jourgensen (attended), musician
• Liz Phair (1985) is a two-time Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist (Why Can't I?).
• Dave Samuels (1966) is a jazz vibraphonist who formerly played with Spyro Gyra and currently plays with The Caribbean Jazz Project.
• William Susman (1978) is a composer of concert and film music.
• Joe Trohman (2002) is a guitarist for the bands The Damned Things and Fall Out Boy.
• Matt Walker (1987) is a rock musician and former drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins.
• Aaron Weinstein (2003) is a jazz violinist who has played with Bucky Pizzarelli and John Pizzarelli for many years.
• Pete Wentz (attended), bassist for the bands Black Cards and Fall Out Boy.
• The Ying Quartet is a string quartet started by three brothers and one sister: David (1981), Daniel (1985), Phillip (1986), and Janet (1988), all of whom are alumni.