STONE, JESSE

STONE, JESSE. Jazz bandleader/Arranger (1901 in Atchison, Kansas). He received his musical education in the public schools of Kansas City, Missouri, and through private study. By 1920 he was leading his own groups, at first called The Blues Serenaders and later, The Jesse Stone Orchestra. In 1928 he went to Dallas, Texas, to work with Terrence Holder in organizing a band; later he became the bandleader and toured with the group for a year. Thereafter he returned to Kansas City,...