Jarvis, Jane

Jane Jarvis (1915-2010) was a jazz pianist, also known for her work as the organist for the New York Mets, and as a programming executive for Muzak. She was born Luella Jane Nossette in Vincennes, Indiana, and was prodigious in piano performance from a young age. She began study as a private student at Vincennes University at five years old, and continued her musical training throughout her teenage years in Chicago at Bush Conservatory, Chicago Conservatory, and DePaul University School of Music.

At the age of 12, Jarvis was hired as a staff pianist for radio station WJKS in Gary, Indiana. Her parents, Charles Nossette and Luella Johnson, were killed in a train accident the following year. She traveled around the Midwest as a young adult, performing at jazz clubs and touring with jazz ensembles, and married three times before settling in Milwaukee with her husband Kenneth Jarvis and their children. Her broadcasting career continued at WTMJ in Milwaukee, where she worked as a staff pianist and hosted her own show, Jivin' with Jarvis . From 1954 to 1962, she was the stadium organist for the Milwaukee Braves.

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