# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eva-jessye
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:57:47.737Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eva-jessye"
name: "Eva Jessye"
slug: "eva-jessye"
description: "Eva Jessye was an American conductor and composer who was the first black woman to receive international distinction as a professional choral conductor. She is notable as a choral conductor during the Harlem Renaissance. She created her own choral group which featured widely in performance. Her professional influence extended for decades through her teaching as well. Her accomplishments in this field were historic for any woman. She collaborated in productions of groundbreaking works, directing her choir and working with Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein on Four Saints in Three Acts (1933), and serving as musical director with George Gershwin on his innovative opera Porgy and Bess (1935)."
tagline: "American conductor (1895–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eva_Jessye.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1895-01-20"
deathDate: "1992-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.810296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422280/"
    handle:    "nm0422280"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4634806"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7_%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "ايڤا چيسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Jessye"
    title: "Eva Jessye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Jessye"
    title: "Eva Jessye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Jessye"
    title: "Eva Jessye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Jessye"
    title: "Eva Jessye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Jessye"
    title: "Eva Jessye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Jessye"
    title: "Eva Jessye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Jessye"
    title: "Eva Jessye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b08514c0-ea5d-4575-bd1d-c33df54ec4b6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379244"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238081"
    title: "Eva Jessye"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump