January 24, 1989(1989-01-24) (aged 56) New York City
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar, flute
Years active
1957–1967
Musical artist
Leslie Spann Jr. (May 23, 1932 – January 24, 1989) was an American jazz guitarist and flautist.[1] As a sideman he recorded with Nat Adderley, Benny Bailey, Bill Coleman, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Curtis Fuller, Red Garland, Benny Goodman, Sam Jones, Abbey Lincoln, Charles Mingus, Duke Pearson, Jerome Richardson, Charlie Shavers, Sonny Stitt, Billy Taylor, Randy Weston, and Ben Webster. As a leader he recorded only once, the album Gemini in 1961.[2][1]
^ abColin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 413. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
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the corner to the Playboy Club and sit in with Monty Alexander and let LesSpann take a breather and I would finish the gig for him. Then we would go and...
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