Lew Tabackin

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lew Tabackin

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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Lewis Barry Tabackin
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Born = 1940 May 26
Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Origin = Philadelphia and New York City
Instrument = Tenor saxophone, Flute
Genre = Jazz
Occupation = Musician
Years_active = 1962 –
Label = RCA Victor / BMG, Discomate, Inner City, ...
Associated_acts = Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, Lew Tabackin Trio
URL = http://lewtabackin.com/
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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. [ [http://www.downbeat.com/artists/window.asp?action=new&aid=383&aname=Lew+Tabackin Down Beat Artist Profile] ] Tabackin was principal soloist for the big band/orchestra from 1973 through 2003.

elected recordings

*"" (BMG / Novus) - compilation of big band sides from the 70s.
*"Long Yellow Road" (1975), Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
*"I'll Be Seeing You" (1992) with a quartet, playing hard-bop and compositions by Ellington, Monk, Akiyoshi,...
*"Desert Lady / Fantasy" (1993) - with the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
*"Pyramid" (1999) with the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra

Discography

mall 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)
*"" (2008)
*"Live in Paris - Lew Tabackin Trio" (2008)

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

*"Kogun" (1974)
*"Long Yellow Road" (1975)
*"Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)" (1975) also known as "HANA KAI TAN" (花魁譚)
*"Road Time" (1976)
*"Insights" (1976)
*"March of the Tadpoles" (1977)
*"Live at Newport '77" (1977)
*"Live at Newport II" (1977)
*"Salted Gingko Nuts" (1978) also known as "SHIO GIN NAN" (塩銀杏)
*"Sumi-e" (1979)
*"Farewell" (1980)
*"From Toshiko with Love" (1981) also released as "Tanuki's Night Out"
*"European Memoirs" (1982)

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

*"Ten Gallon Shuffle" (1984)
*"Wishing Peace" (1986)
*"Carnegie Hall Concert" (1992)
*"Desert Lady / Fantasy" (1993)
*"Four Seasons of Morita Village" (1996)
*"Monopoly Game" (1998)
*"Tribute to Duke Ellington" (1999)
*"Hiroshima - Rising from the Abyss" (2001)
*"Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo" (2003)

Akiyoshi - Tabackin Big Band / Jazz Orchestra compilations

*"" (Mosaic Records, 2008) [Mosaic Records, [http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MS-033 Mosaic Select Vol. 33] . Accessed 2008 September 19.]
*"" (BMG / Novus)
*"Eternal Best / Best 8" (BMG)
*"The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi" (BMG)

Honors and awards

Down Beat magazine Critic's Poll winner: [ [http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=704 Down Beat magazine critic's poll winners database] . Accessed 2007 October 4]
*Jazz Album of the Year: [http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=704 1978] ("Insights")
*Big Band: [http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=705 1979] , [http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=706 1980] , [http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=707 1981] , [http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=708 1982] , [http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=709 1983]
*Flute: [http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=706 1980] , [http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=707 1981]
Grammy award nominations: [ [http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-landing,0,3713019.htmlstory LA Times (Grammy) Awards database] . Accessed 2007 October 4]
*Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band: 1976 ("Long Yellow Road"), 1977 ("Road Time"), 1978 ("Insights"), 1979 ("Kogun"), 1980 ("Farewell"), 1981 ("Tanuki's Night Out"), 1984 ("Ten Gallon Shuffle"), 1985 ("March of the Tadpoles"), 1992 ("Carnegie Hall Concert"), 1994 ("Desert Lady / Fantasy").
Stereo Review magazine (US):Fact|date=October 2007
*Jazz Album of the Year: 1976 ("Long Yellow Road") Swing Journal (Japanese jazz magazine) awards: [ [http://jazzcd.jp/award/1974.htm Swing Journal (Japanese Jazz magazine) Gold / Silver Disk Award winners (Japanese link)] . Accessed 2007 October 4]
*Gold Disk: [http://jazzcd.jp/award/1976.htm 1976] ("Insights"), Silver Disk: [http://jazzcd.jp/award/1974.htm 1974] ("Kogun"), [http://jazzcd.jp/award/1979.htm 1979] ("Salted Gingko Nuts"), [http://jazzcd.jp/award/1996.htm 1996] ("Four Seasons of Morita Village")

Web sources

External links

* [http://lewtabackin.com LEW TABACKIN home page]
* [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fiftxqy5ldse~T0 All Music Guide]
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=236 All About Jazz, Fireside Chat with Lew Tabackin]

Lew Tabackin discography