HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.--Anthony Corbiscello, a drummer and big band leader who performed at Lincoln Center and once opened for Frank Sinatra, died Sunday. He was 53.
Corbiscello died of cancer at his home in Bergen County, according to The Vander Plaat Memorial Home.
As a younger man, Corbiscello, who graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University, played the drums and led the Tony Corbiscello Big Band.
The group played with such entertainers as Bob Hope and performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. In 1992, Corbiscello was chosen to open for Sinatra's final world tour because of his ability to drum in the style of both Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa.
-- Associated Press
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