Noted jazz drummer Lawrence Leathers found dead in the Bronx

Lawrence Leathers is playing the drums at the JC Stylles Organ Quartet. Image: Screengrab from YouTube/JC Stylles

NEW YORK — Noted jazz drummer Lawrence Leathers has been found dead outside a Bronx apartment.

Police say the 37-year-old Leathers was found Sunday, June 2, in a stairwell outside the apartment he shared with 41-year-old Lisa Harris.

Police also say Leathers was involved in a physical dispute with Harris and a man. They say Harris punched him and the man, 28-year-old Sterling Aguilar, of Brooklyn, placed him in a chokehold. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Both Harris and Aguilar were arrested Monday, June 3, on assault charges. It was not clear if they had lawyers.

Leathers, a native of Lansing, Michigan, worked on two Grammy Award-winning albums by Cecile McLorin Salvant who shared a video of the drummer via Instagram yesterday, June 3.

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Drummer E.J. Strickland remembered Leathers as “one of the most musical, swingingest, honest drummers out there.” HM/JB

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