Indra Lesmana Uploads Historic Photo From His Father, Jack Lesmana

Jack Lesmana (left and upper), Indra Lesmana's father and his music group (Instagram/@indralesmana)

JAKARTA - Musician, producer and songwriter Indra Lesmana uploaded a photo of his father, Jack Lesmana with his music group.

Through his Instagram account, Indra Lesmana, who is known as a top Indonesian jazz musician, called the photo of his father and four colleagues a group that filled the history of Indonesian jazz music.

"Finding a photo that I think is very historic," wrote Indra Lesmana, Thursday, February 8.

"This is Jack Lesmana Combo's initial formation when starting recording for TVRI program directed by my father entitled Nada & Improvization at the recording studio he founded named Celebrity in Kebayoran circa in 1974," he continued.

In the photo, there are Jack Lesmana (guitar, trombone) as the frontman of the group and four other jazz musicians, namely Ferry Bertitu (guitar), Rully Johan (piano), Wempy Tanasale (bass), and Karim Suweleh (drums).

For information, Jack Lesmana's name is not separated from the history of modern jazz in Indonesia. Starting from music since 1945, Jack was a music team for Miss Riboet, and then joined the first jazz music group in Indonesia, the Indonesian All Star in the mid-1960s.

Together with the music group, Jack played with Bubi Chen (piano), Benny Mustapha (drums), Maryono (flute, saxophone), and Jopie Chen (bass). This group plays for the Australian, European, and North America continents.

His contribution to Indonesian music grew when he joined the Irama Record. Playing the role of music director and music supervisor, Jack has produced several works together with popular singers in the 1960s, such as Oslan Husein, Nien Lesmana, Ivo Nilakrishna, and Bing Slamet.