Lesberg 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.

[3] A native of Boston, Massachusetts, United States,[1] Lesberg had the misfortune of playing in that city's Cocoanut Grove on the night in 1942 when 492 people lost their lives in a fire.

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 he spoke of the many bands and performers he worked with and expressed his feelings that he felt blessed to be a musician.

[1] With George Barnes With Ruth Brown With Eddie Condon With Urbie Green With Coleman Hawkins With Johnny Hodges With John Lennon With the Henri René Orchestra With Ralph Sutton & Ruby Braff