In The Pocket: Jazz Penny Whistle Virtuoso Les Lieber

Photojournalist Natalie Keyssar spent a recent afternoon with 99 year old Jazz Saxophonist and Penny Whistle Virtuoso Les Lieber, as he talked about his long life in music and played for us his unusual choice of musical instrument. On March 16, Mr. Lieber turns 100, and will celebrate the occasion with a special edition of his weekly performance series Jazz at Noon, which he has been presenting since 1965.


Below, Les Lieber discusses his life and love of music, his history with Django Reinhardt, and plays a few excerpts from After You've Gone, an old jazz standard.






To read reporter Will Friedwald's article about Les Lieber and his work, click here
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