Birth name Jack Lesberg Role Musician Name Jack Lesberg | Instruments Double bass Occupation(s) Musician Genres Swing music, Big band | |
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Born February 14, 1920 ( 1920-02-14 ) Died September 17, 2005, Englewood, New Jersey, United States Albums Tribute to Louis Armstrong, Tribute to Benny Goodman Similar People Max Kaminsky, Peanuts Hucko, Wild Bill Davison, George Wettling, Eddie Condon | ||
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Jack Lesberg (February 14, 1920 – September 17, 2005) was a jazz double-bassist.
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He performed with many famous jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Jack Teagarden, Sarah Vaughan and Benny Goodman, with whom he went on several international tours.
Lesberg had the misfortune of playing in the Cocoanut Grove on the night in 1942 when 492 people lost their lives in a fire. His escape was memorialized by fellow bassist Charles Mingus in an unpublished section of Mingus's autobiography Beneath the Underdog; this passage was read by rapper Chuck D. on the Mingus tribute album Weird Nightmare.
Lesberg continued to tour in the 1980s and was interviewed for KCEA radio in 1984 following a performance in Menlo Park, California. During the taped interview Jack spoke of the many bands and performers he worked with and expressed his feelings that he felt blessed to be a musician.
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With George Barnes
With Ruth Brown
With Johnny Hodges
With Eddie Condon
With Ralph Sutton & Ruby Braff