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Lew Tabackin

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Lew Tabackin (born May 26, 1940 in Philadelphia) is a jazz flautist and a tenor saxophonist. He is married to Toshiko Akiyoshi, who is a jazz pianist and a composer/arranger.

Tabackin studied flute at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and also studied music with composer Vincent Persichetti. In 1962 he graduated from the Conservatory and, after a stint with the U.S. Army, worked with Tal Farlow. He also worked in a combo that included Elvin Jones, Donald Byrd, and Roland Hanna. Later he would have a chair in The Dick Cavett Show's band.

He formed a quartet with Toshiko Akiyoshi in the late 1960s, and in 1973 co-founded the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band which later became the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin, playing bebop in Duke Ellington-influenced arrangements and compositions by Akiyoshi. Tabackin was principal soloist for the big band/orchestra from 1973 through 2003.

Selected recordings

Discography

Small combo recordings as leader or co-leader (1974~present)

  • Tabackin (1974) also released as Let the Tape Roll
  • Daydream (1976)
  • Dual Nature (1976)
  • Trackin' (1976)
  • Tenor Gladness, with Warne Marsh (1976)
  • Rites of Pan (1977)
  • Vintage Tenor (1978)
  • Lew Tabackin Meets the Tadpoles (1979)
  • Black and Tan Fantasy (1979)
  • Phil Woods & Lew Tabackin (1980)
  • Threedom (1980)
  • Duo: John Lewis & Lew Tabackin (1981)
  • My Old Flame (1982)
  • Lew Tabackin Quartet with Randy Brecker,... (1983)
  • Angelica
  • Desert Lady (1989)
  • I'll Be Seeing You (1992)
  • What a Little Moonlight Can Do (1994)
  • Live at Vartan's (1994)
  • L' Archiduc - Round About Five (1994)
  • Tenority (1996)
  • In a Sentimental Mood (1998)
  • Pyramid (1999)
  • Tanuki's Night Out - Lew Tabackin Trio (2002)

Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band recordings (1974~1982)

Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin recordings (1984~2003)

Akiyoshi - Tabackin Big Band / Jazz Orchestra compilations

Awards

Down Beat magazine Critic's Poll winner:

Grammy award nominations:

Stereo Review magazine (US):

Swing Journal (Japanese jazz magazine) awards:

Web sources

External links



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