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William Girsback (May 13, 1913 in San Francisco - April 27, 1983), better known as Squire Gersh, was an American jazz tubist and double-bassist.

Life and career

Gersh played in San Francisco with Lu Watters, Bob Scobey, Turk Murphy, and Mutt Carey; he recorded with Watters in 1942 and with Murphy multiple times between 1950 and 1966. He accompanied Louis Armstrong on record and for a tour of South America between 1956 and 1958, then played in Europe with Kid Ory and Red Allen in 1959.

References

1. Kernfeld, Barry (2023) . "Gersh [Girsback], Squire". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J166500. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription, Wikilibrary access, or UK public library membership required)

• Eugene Chadbourne, Squire Gersh at Allmusic
• "Squire Gersh". the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.

Further reading

• Leonard Feather, The Encyclopedia of Jazz.
• J. Coggins, Turk Murphy:Just For the Record. San Francisco, 1982.

External links

• Index of recordings with Gersh on the Discography of American Historical Recordings

• American jazz double-bassists
• American male double-bassists
• American jazz tubists
• American male jazz musicians
• 1983 deaths
• 1913 births
• 20th-century American double-bassists
• 20th-century American male musicians