# Jay Alexander

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{{Short description|American magician and comedian}}
{{Other uses|J. Alexander (disambiguation)}}
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|image_caption=Alexander in 2014
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|birth_place=United States
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'''Jay Alexander''' is an American [magician](/source/Magic_(illusion)) and comedian known as a corporate and society entertainer.

==Early life and education==
Alexander was born in [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas). At the age of fourteen, he was the youngest recipient of the [Society of American Magicians](/source/Society_of_American_Magicians)' Gold Medal of Honor.<ref name="wrote">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/magician-jay-alexander-wrote-the-pandemic-performing-arts-playbook/article_27f74ebd-36e5-5a86-8cb1-4e353b2a5620.html|title=Magician Jay Alexander wrote the pandemic performing arts playbook|date=March 15, 2022|publisher=Wire Service|via=San Francisco Examiner}}</ref> He attended [Westbury High School](/source/Westbury_High_School_(Houston%2C_Texas)) then the [High School for the Performing and Visual Arts](/source/High_School_for_the_Performing_and_Visual_Arts) in Houston.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

After high school, Alexander moved to [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco) to attend the [San Francisco Art Institute](/source/San_Francisco_Art_Institute).<ref name="wrote"/><ref name="Newton">Newton, Dick (May 2009). Swinging Success in San Francisco ''[Magic Magazine](/source/Magic_Magazine)''</ref>

==Career==
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Alexander is the co-author of several magic books. He is also the presenter of ''Learn the Art of Magic'', a CD-ROM that introduces 26 different magic tricks.<ref name="barnabel">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/education/nothing-up-my-sleeve-the-magic-of-teaching.html|last=Barnabel|first= Josh|date=August 4, 1996|title=Nothing Up My Sleeve! The Magic of Teaching|newspaper=New York Times}}</ref>

His clients have included [Robin Williams](/source/Robin_Williams), [Steve Wozniak](/source/Steve_Wozniak) and the [Rolling Stones](/source/Rolling_Stones).<ref>{{cite web|last=Liberatore|first=Paul|url=http://www.marinij.com/ci_7938862 |title=Jay Alexander, rock's favorite magician, takes show to Novato school benefit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109095835/http://www.marinij.com/ci_7938862 |archivedate=November 9, 2014|website=[Marin Independent Journal](/source/Marin_Independent_Journal)}}</ref>

Alexander directed the children's DVD "Here Comes Boswick the Clown with Phoebe the Duck!", produced by [David Magidson](/source/David_Magidson_(Boswick_the_Clown)).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Amazon|title=Here Comes Boswick the Clown with Phoebe the Duck|website=Amazon |date=February 18, 2015 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Boswick-Clown-Phoebe/dp/B00TQ9O7FK}}</ref>

He has appeared on ''[The Today Show](/source/Today_(NBC_program))'', ''[Good Morning America](/source/Good_Morning_America)'' and MTV,{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} and also on many local morning shows.{{which|date=April 2024}}

In the ''[San Francisco Chronicle](/source/San_Francisco_Chronicle)'', [David Lazarus](/source/David_Lazarus) wrote, "One of the highest-paid, and busiest, performers on the Bay Area corporate circuit is magician Jay Alexander . . ."<ref name="lazarus">Lazarus, David (December 4, 1999). [http://m.sfgate.com/business/article/Corporate-Entertainers-2892245.php Corporate Entertainers - The New Vaudeville Circuit], ''[San Francisco Chronicle](/source/San_Francisco_Chronicle)''</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sfmagic.com/ Jay Alexander official site]

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