Jesse Saunders is a House Music pioneer. First, as an addition to the band , Saunders wrote and recorded the 1983 single (released in March 1984) "Fantasy" for . He then founded his own record label and released "On And On," (in January 1984) that release is said to be the first house record. Many years prior to this, Jesse had been editing and recording on reel-to-reel tape machines. He was also founder of Chicago's before handing it over to in 1986. He maintained his legend status in Chicago despite leaving for the West Coast and a major-label production deal with by 1986 (well before the scene exploded around the world). There, Saunders began recording more R&B-oriented projects (like Jesse's Gang) meanwhile remixing and working production for various pop artists. In 1996, with the release of "Take Me Higher
Name Vars
- DJ Jesse Saunders
- J Saunders
- J. Sanders
- J. Saunders
- J.Saunders
- Jess Saunders
- Jessay
- Jesse
- Jesse Sanders
- Jesse Sounders
- Jessey
- Jessie Saunders
- Saunders
- The O.G.s
Aliases
- The Force
- Fresh
- Le' Noiz
- The Browns
- Jes Say