Lester "Ska" Sterling OD (31 January 1936 – 16 May 2023), also known as Mr. Versatile, was a Jamaican trumpet and saxophone player.

[1] Like many Jamaican musicians of his generation, Sterling attended the Alpha Boys School.

[1] In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Sterling played regularly as a studio musician, along with most of the future Skatalites members, in bands such as Clue J & His Blues Blasters.

[2] After The Skatalites originally disbanded in 1965, Sterling played with Byron Lee & the Dragonaires and recorded several solo singles for the London-based producer "Sir" Clancy Collins.

[4] At the time of his death he was the second to last surviving founder member of The Skatalites (Doreen Shaffer is still alive).