Other credits · Performance

Jack Pleis

Jack Pleis is credited on 1,976 releases across 587 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

View as artist →

Start your shelf →Open in app

1,976

Pressings credited

587

Albums

8

Decades active

25

In collections

Biography

Jack K. Pleis (May 11, 1917 – December 5, 1990) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, conductor, composer and producer. He recorded on London and Decca Records in the 1950s, and Columbia Records in the 1960s. During the course of his career, Pleis worked with many artists, including Louis Armstrong, Harry Belafonte, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr., Benny Goodman, Earl Grant, Brenda Lee, and Joe Williams. Between 1950 and 1976, more than 150 songs were arranged by Pleis. His surname is pronounced "Pleece" (to rhyme with "fleece").

Bio from Wikipedia

Credited work

1,976 releases · 587 albums · active 1950–2023

  • Other credits · 1,512
  • Performance · 977
  • Production · 240

Studios: RCA's Music Center Of The World · RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · Annex Studios, Hollywood · RCA Studio A

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

Around the web

See who really made the music.

Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.