Jane Jarvis

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Jane Jarvis
Muzak
Instrument(s)Piano, organ

Jane Jarvis (née Nossette, October 31, 1915 – January 25, 2010) was an American jazz pianist. She was also known for her work as a composer, baseball stadium organist and music industry executive.

Life and career

Jarvis was born in

Chicago Conservatory of Music, the Bush Conservatory of Music, Loyola University Chicago and DePauw University.[3]

By 1954, Jarvis was on television at station WTMJ-TV in

umpire says 'Three outs.'" Jarvis, a sports neophyte, then asked, "And when would that be?"[5]

Jarvis stayed with the Braves for eight seasons and then went to New York City, where she took a position with

Muzak corporation as a staff composer and arranger. She would rise to become a corporate vice-president and its director of recording and programming.[6]

In 1964, she was hired by the

Meet The Mets" (music and lyrics by Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz), which debuted in the 1963 season before every home game, followed by the Jarvis composed "Let's Go Mets",[7]
as the team took the field.

Jarvis left Muzak in 1978, and the next year left the Mets to concentrate on her first musical love, jazz piano. She became a fixture at New York nightclubs, frequently playing alongside bassist Milt Hinton.[8] She became a founding member of the Statesmen of Jazz, a group of jazz musicians aged 65 and older sponsored by the American Federation of Jazz Societies, and was featured on their 1994 album. She performed with this group across the US as well as in Japan[9] and elsewhere.

Jarvis released several albums of her jazz piano work, including Jane Jarvis Jams at

ASCAP, she also had over three hundred compositions to her credit.[12]

Married and divorced three times, Jarvis lived in

construction crane collapsed, damaging her building on East 50th Street.[13]

Jarvis spent the final years of her life at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey.[6]

Discography

As leader

With others

With Statesmen of Jazz

  • Statesmen of Jazz[16]

References

  1. ^ Keepnews, Peter (February 1, 2010). "Jane Jarvis, 94, N.Y. Mets organist". Boston.com. Boston Globe.
  2. ^ "JANE (NOSSETT) JARVIS". Vincennes University alumni. September 6, 2006. Archived from the original on September 6, 2006.
  3. ISBN 0-7453-0089-8
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  4. ^ Cantwell, Robert. "In the Mood – for Baseball," Sports Illustrated, June 7, 1971. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  5. ^ Wilson, John S. (January 20, 1984). "POP/JAZZ; FROM ORGAN CATERPILLAR TO JAZZ PIANO BUTTERFLY". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Keepnews, Peter (January 30, 2010). "Jane Jarvis, Jazz Bandleader, Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  7. ^ Bondy, Filip (May 9, 2008). "Jane Jarvis recalls the happy times and tunes at Shea - NY Daily News". nydailynews.com. NY Daily News.
  8. ^ Wilson, John S. (October 11, 1990). "Review/Music; Jane Jarvis At Zinno". New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  9. ^ "JJA Library". www.jazzhouse.org. Jazz Notes.
  10. ^ "Jane Jarvis: Jane Jarvis Jams - JazzTimes". JazzTimes.
  11. ^ "Jane Jarvis in concert". NYPL Digital Collections.
  12. ^ "archives.nypl.org -- Jane Jarvis papers". archives.nypl.org.
  13. ^ Collins, Glenn (March 22, 2008). "Between Organist and Keyboard, a Crane". New York Times.
  14. AllMusic
    . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  15. AllMusic
    . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  16. AllMusic
    . Retrieved January 15, 2019.

External links

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