Jack Lesberg

Bassist Jack Lesberg dead at 85

Source: All About Jazz
October 6, 2005

ENGLEWOOD, NJ -- Jack Lesberg, a steadfast and versatile bassist who worked with many legends of jazz in the 1940's and 50's and also had a career as a symphonic player, died on Sept. 17 at the Lillian Booth Actors' Home in Englewood, N.J. He was 85.

The cause was complications of Alzheimer's disease, his daughter Valerie Kaplan said.

Born and reared in Boston, Lesberg initially studied the violin, which he played in area clubs before switching permanently to double ...
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