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Jess Stacy

real name Jesse Alexandria Stacy

United States · 1904-08-11 – 1995-01-01

Jess Stacy is credited on 932 releases across 270 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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932

Credits

270

Albums

8

Decades active

60

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American jazz pianist and bandleader.
Born August 11, 1904 in Bird's Point, Missouri, USA.
Died January 1, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Married to actress/singer Lee Wiley (1943-1948, divorce).
Stacy was mostly a self-taught stride pianist of the big band era who initially trained on drums. Stacy began his professional career in the early 1920's, playing on Mississippi and Missouri riverboats with local bands.
After 1963, Stacy gave up full-time music altogether, instead selling cosmetics and delivering mail for the Max Factor company. He was eventually tempted out of retirement for the 1974 Newport Jazz Festival, at which time he was 'rediscovered' by a new and appreciative audience.

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932 releases · 270 albums · active 1950–2021

  • Performance · 1,734
  • Other credits · 42

Studios: Carnegie Hall · Madhattan Room, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City · WOR Studios · Congress Hotel, Chicago

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