Born and raised in Minnesota, Jesse Stacken began playing piano at the age of ten. He quickly developed a passion for jazz improvisation and began playing professionally at the age of 16. Jesse moved to New York City in 2002, where he now lives and performs with artists such as Michael Blake, Tyshawn Sorey, Peter Van Huffel, Liam Sillery, Sherisse Rogers, and Erica vonKleist. Jesse has appeared at noted New York City venues including Carnegie Hall, the Jazz Gallery, the Jazz Standard, the Stone, 55bar, the Cornelia St. Café, the Center for Improvisational Music, and Barbes.
He leads the Jesse Stacken Trio, which has been together since early 2005 and released “That That” on Fresh Sound records in 2008. The album features bassist Eivind Opsvik and drummer Jeff Davis peforming ten of Jesse’s original compositions and two group improvisations, and has received critical acclaim. Other current projects include “No Truck” featuring trumpeter Kirk Knuffke, saxophonist Justin Keller, and drummer Ziv Ravitz, and the Stacken/Knuffke duo, which released "Mockingbird" on the Steeplechase label in August 2009.
"Mockingbird" was voted "best tribute recording" of 2009 by All About Jazz - New York. Jesse has toured North and South America, Europe, and Japan, and is featured on recordings such as The Peter Van Huffel Quintet “Silvester Battlefield” (Fresh Sound), Liam Sillery “Minor Changes” and "Outskirts" (OA2 records), Erica vonKleist “Project E” (self-released), and Sherisse Roger’s “Sleight of Hand” (self released) featuring Donny McCaslin, Joel Frahm, and Dave Liebman.
fri april 16, 2010 9pm and 10:30pm
cornelia street cafe, nyc
jesse stacken trio - cd release concert for "magnolia" (fresh sound records)
eivind opsvik - bass
jeff davis - drums
jesse stacken - piano
april , 2010
spain tour
20 jimmy glass jazz, valencia
21 orejazz, carcaixent
22 bilbania jazz club, bilbao
23 bilbania jazz club, bilbao
24 sunset jazz club, girona
peter van huffel quartet
peter van huffel - saxophone
miles perkin - bass
samuel rohrer - drums
jesse stacken - piano
thurs. may 6, 2010 9pm (diana wayburn ensemble at 8pm)
gershwin hotel, nyc
jesse stacken trio
eivind opsvik - bass
jeff davis- drums
jesse stacken - piano
fri. may 14, 2010
amr geneva, switzerland
peter van huffel quartet
peter van huffel - saxophone
miles perkin - bass
samuel rohrer - drums
jesse stacken - piano
Jesse Stacken - piano, Kirk Knuffke - trumpet performing the Charles Mingus composition "Peggy's Blue Skylight" on February 12, 2009 at the Douglass St. Music Collective. Brooklyn NY. http://www.jessestacken.com http://www.kirkknuffke.com/
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