Stacy Rowles
American jazz musician
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Stacy Amanda Rowles (September 11, 1955 in Los Angeles – October 30, 2009 in Burbank, California) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and vocalist. She was the daughter of Jimmy Rowles.[1][2]
Rowles learned piano and percussion in her youth before settling on trumpet, which she studied with Charlie Shoemake.[2] She played alongside her father at the 1973 Monterey Jazz Festival and played with Clark Terry's all-female big band in 1975.[3] She also worked with the all-female quintet the Jazzbirds, led by Betty O'Hara, as well as the Jazz Tap Ensemble, Maiden Voyage and the DIVA Big Band.[4][3] She played with Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.[5]
She appeared on NPR's Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland in 2001.[4] She died from complications in an automobile accident in 2009.[4][1][5][6]
Discography
As Leader
- Tell It Like It Is (Concord Jazz, 1984)
With Jimmy Rowles
- Looking Back (Delos, 1988)
- Me and the Moon (American Jazz Symposium, 1993)
With Ben Sluijs
- Till Next Time (September, 1991)
As Guest
- Nels Cline, Angelica (Enja Records,1988)
- Norma Winstone, Well Kept Secret (Hot House, 1995)
