Stew Pletcher

Stewart Francis "Stew" Pletcher (born February 21, 1907 in Chicago , † November 29, 1978 in Michigan ) was an American jazz musician ( trumpet , vocals , also cornet , arrangement ) and band leader of the swing era .

Pletcher's father, Thomas Pletcher, was a publisher of Piano Rolls in the 1920s . He himself studied at Yale University ; already there he played the trumpet with the Yale Collegians . He recorded under his own name in 1930 and 1936 ( Pletcher's Eli Prom Trotters, Carl Webster's Yale Collegians , Stew Pletcher and His Orchestra ) titles such as "I Don't Want to Make History", "If I'm Without You", "Puttin ' on the Ritz ”,“ The Touch of Your Lips ”and“ Will I Ever Know ”; further recordings were made in 1934 with Ben Pollack . In 1936/37 he went on tour with Red Norvo , with whom other recordings such as Remember were made; Pletcher can be heard as the vocalist in "You Never Looked So Beautiful" (Bluebird 6343). He also worked with Tony Pastor (1939), Jack Teagarden (1945) and Nappy Lamare (1949), again with Teagarden in 1955. In the field of jazz, he was involved in 25 recording sessions between 1924 and 1949, according to Tom Lord .

His son was the jazz cornet player Tom Pletcher .

Discographic notes

Stew Pletcher 1929-1937 (Harrison Records, 1985)
The Story of Stewart Pletcher (Jazz Oracle)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 19, 2019)

personal data
SURNAME	Pletcher, stew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pletcher, Stewart Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician (trumpet, vocals) and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH	February 21, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago
DATE OF DEATH	November 29, 1978
Place of death	Michigan

[lord-1] Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 19, 2019)