The pioneering jazz-fusion keyboardist is recovering at home in Pacific Palisades, CA after undergoing kidney transplant surgery at UCLA Medical Center. Lorber's wife, Mink (nee Mingquan Tungwarapotwitan), who proved a suitable organ transplant match, donated one of her kidneys for the procedure. He told R&R, "I'm doin' good; already back doin' my radio show for Sirius, which runs Saturday and Sunday 6-9 PT; and working in the studio! Mink and I just got back from a -- slow! -- walk on the Santa Monica promenade." Lorber suffers from a common but little-known and usually fatal genetic condition, Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), for which there is no cure, but which can be treated with dialysis or kidney transplantation. For more information on PKD, check out www.pkdcure.org. The smooth jazz family wishes Jeff and Mink a speedy recovery. We need His Royal Badness!
[radioandrecords.com]
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