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Lew Tabackin (born March 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 was the principal soloist for the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, which disbanded in 2003.

He 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 also formed a quartet with Toshiko Akiyoshi, which in 1973 became the aforementioned big band.^[1]

• 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 (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 (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:

• NOVUS Series ‘70: The Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band (BMG / Novus)
• Eternal Best / Best 8 (BMG)
• The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi (BMG)

• LEW TABACKIN
• All About Jazz, Fireside Chat with Lew Tabackin

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