A powerful big band drummer,
Jack Sperling has also proven himself quite adept in small-group Dixieland and mainstream settings through the years.
Sperling started out working with Bunny Berigan's final big band (1941-42) and then while in the military (1943-45) played in a Navy band headed by
Tex Beneke. After his discharge, he played with Beneke's civilian orchestra up until 1949.
Sperling was a strong asset with the Les Brown Big Band (1949-53), for
Bob Crosby (during 1954-57 including on his regular television series), on several occasions in the 1950's with
the Dave Pell Octet and most prominently with
Pete Fountain during the clarinetist's most productive years (1959-63).
Jack Sperling, who also recorded with Eddie Miller,
Benny Goodman (1960),
Charlie Barnet,
Bob Florence and others, has during the past couple of decades freelanced with big bands and all-star mainstream groups. ~ Scott Yanow