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Jan 01, 1918 New York City, New York, United States Died on 05 Aug 1945 (aged 27)
Jazz pianist
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About Nat Jaffe
- Nat Jaffe (January 1, 1918 – August 5, 1945) was an American swing jazz pianist.
- He was married to singer Shirley Lloyd.Jaffe lived in Berlin from 1921 to 1932, where he received classical training on piano.
- Upon his return to the U.S., he began playing jazz music, working with Noel Francis, the Emery Deutsch Orchestra, and as a soloist on 52nd Street.
- In the late 1930s he played with Jan Savitt, Joe Marsala and Billie Holiday, and recorded with Louis Armstrong (1938), Charlie Barnet (1938–39) and Jack Teagarden (1940).
- He led his own trio in the early 1940s and recorded in 1945 with Sarah Vaughan. Jaffe died in 1945 as a result of complications from high blood pressure at the age of 27.
