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Lew Tabackin
Philadelphia, United States • b. 1940-05-26
Lew Tabackin is credited on 414 releases across 92 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
414
Pressings credited
92
Albums
7
Decades active
131
In collections
Biography
Lewis Barry Tabackin (born March 26, 1940) 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.
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Credited work
414 releases · 92 albums · active 1968–2024
- Performance · 734
- Other credits · 39
- Production · 22
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Sage & Sound · A&R Studios · Sage & Sand Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Small Change
1976
Fancy Free
1969
Kofi
1995
Used Songs 1973-1980
Everything Must Change
1976
Electric Byrd
1970
Blue Break Beats
1992
Road Time
1976
Kogun
1974
Blue Break Beats Volume Three
1996
Gypsy Cry
1970
Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band
1968
Best Of Randy Crawford
1996
Early Byrd - The Best Of The Jazz Soul Years
1993
The Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band
1991
Jazz At The Opera House
1983
Ecué (Ritmos Cubanos)
1978
Dual Nature
1978
Dedications
1976
It Could Only Happen With You
1974
Freedom Jazz Dance
1972
The Little Giant
1969
Spectrum
1969
Ridin' High
1968
Frequent collaborators
- Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band
- Various
- Donald Byrd
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
- Duke Pearson
- Randy Crawford
- Toshiko Akiyoshi
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet
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