Squire Gersh

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

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 1956-58, then played in Europe with Kid Ory and Red Allen in 1959.

References

*Eugene Chadbourne, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hbfyxq85ldse~T1 Squire Gersh] at Allmusic
*"Squire Gersh". "the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz".

Futher Reading

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