Jess Stacy
Jesse Alexandria Stacy
Played on
Big Band Jazz (From The Beginnings To The Fifties)Various, 1983Piano 
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 4Benny Goodman / Lionel Hampton / Teddy Wilson / Gene Krupa / Charlie Christian, 1980Piano 
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz ConcertBenny Goodman, 1950Piano 
One O’Clock Jump / Two O’Clock JumpHarry James And His Orchestra, 1941Piano About
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 (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.