(1940-03-26) March 26, 1940 (age 84) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Tenor saxophone, flute
Years active
1962–present
Labels
RCA Victor/BMG, Discomate, Inner City
Website
www.lewtabackin.com
Musical artist
Lewis Barry Tabackin (born March 26, 1940)[1] is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flutist. He is married to pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi with whom he has co-led large ensembles since the 1970s.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 384/5. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
Toshiko Akiyoshi – LewTabackin Big Band in Los Angeles, which later became the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring LewTabackin, playing bebop in...
saxophonist LewTabackin, whom she married in 1969. Akiyoshi, Tabackin, and Michiru moved to Los Angeles in 1972. In March 1973, Akiyoshi and Tabackin formed...
"Minamata", that was to be the central piece of the Toshiko Akiyoshi-LewTabackin Big Band's 1976 album on RCA, Insights. The piece was constructed in...
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the first album recorded by the Los Angeles-based Toshiko Akiyoshi – LewTabackin Big Band. It was released in Japan by Victor in 1974 and received the...
Marian McPartland and Patrice Rushen, The Meters, Toshiko Akiyoshi-LewTabackin Big Band 1976 Dizzy Gillespie, John Faddis, Clark Terry, Cal Tjader Quintet...
Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi - LewTabackin Big Band (2008, Mosaic Records) NOVUS Series ‘70: The Toshiko Akiyoshi - LewTabackin Big Band (1991, BMG / Novus)...
Memoir in Japan) is the tenth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – LewTabackin Big Band. Akiyoshi was nominated for a 1983 Grammy award in the Best...
album) Sumi-e (Toshiko Akiyoshi – LewTabackin Big Band), a 1979 jazz album by the Toshiko Akiyoshi - LewTabackin Big Band "Sumi-e" (song), a tune off...
Woods Album Thad Jones and Mel Lewis – New Life Toshiko Akiyoshi and LewTabackin Big Band – Long Yellow Road Dizzy Gillespie and Machito – Afro-Cuban...
recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring LewTabackin. The three tracks, "Kyoto Paradox", Caribbean Dream" and "Urban Rhapsody"...
(Pausa, 1976) with Lee Konitz Tenor Gladness (Discomate, 1976) with LewTabackin Warne Out (Interplay, 1977) Apogee (Warner Bros., 1978) with Pete Christlieb...
With Love is the twelfth recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – LewTabackin Big Band (ninth studio recording). It was released in Japan by Victor...
the big band she co-led with her husband and long-term collaborator LewTabackin. On Kogun (1974) they first utilized traditional instruments, such as...
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