Herbie Lewis (February 17, 1941 – May 18, 2007) was an American jazz

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. He played or recorded with Cannonball Adderley,

Stanley Turrentine Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion ...

, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard,

Harold Land Harold de Vance Land (December 18, 1928 – July 27, 2001) was an American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist. Land developed his hard bop playing with the Max Roach/ Clifford Brown band into a personal, modern style, often rivalling Cliffo ...

Jackie McLean John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their deat ...

Archie Shepp Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz. Biography Early life Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...

Tete Montoliu Vicenç Montoliu i Massana, better known as Tete Montoliu (28 March 1933 – 24 August 1997) was a Spanish jazz pianist from Catalonia, Spain. Born blind, he learnt braille music at age seven. His styles varied from hard bop, through afro-Cuban, ...

and

McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Gram ...

. Lewis founded the Jazz Studies program at

New College of California New College of California was a college founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1971 by former Gonzaga University President John Leary. It ceased operations in early 2008. New College's main campus was housed in several buildings in the Mission ...

. He died of cancer on May 18, 2007.

Discography

As sideman

With Cannonball Adderley * '' Great Love Themes'' (Capitol, 1966) * '' Money in the Pocket'' (Capitol, 2005) With Art Farmer and Benny Golson * '' Here and Now'' (Mercury, 1962) * '' Another Git Together'' (Mercury, 1962) With Freddie Hubbard * '' High Blues Pressure'' (Atlantic, 1968) * ''Echoes of Blue'' (Atlantic, 1976) * '' Above & Beyond'' (Metropolitan, 1999) * ''Fastball: Live at the Left Bank'' (Label M, 2001) With Bobby Hutcherson * '' Stick-Up!'' (Blue Note, 1968) * '' Now!'' (Blue Note, 1970) * '' Solo / Quartet'' (Contemporary, 1982) * ''Nice Groove'' (Baystate, 1984) * '' Four Seasons'' (Timeless, 1985) With Les McCann * '' Les McCann Ltd. in San Francisco'' (Pacific Jazz, 1961) * '' Pretty Lady'' (Pacific Jazz, 1961) * ''

Les McCann Sings ''Les McCann Sings'' is an album by pianist and vocalist Les McCann recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.Freed., RLes McCann Discographyaccessed January 12, 2016 Reception The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn called the album: "A ...

'' (Pacific Jazz, 1961) * ''

Les McCann Ltd. in New York ''Les McCann Ltd. in New York'' is a live album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.Freed., RLes McCann Discographyaccessed January 12, 2016 Reception The Allmusic review by Mark Allan called the album ...

'' (Pacific Jazz, 1962) * ''

Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo ''Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo'' (subtitled ''At the Village Gate'') is a live album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.Freed., RLes McCann Discographyaccessed January 12, 2016 The album was recorded ...

'' (Pacific Jazz, 1963) * ''Oh Brother!'' (Fontana, 1964) * ''

A Bag of Gold ''A Bag of Gold'' is a live album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1960-64 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.Freed., RLes McCann Discographyaccessed January 12, 2016 Reception Allmusic gives the album 3 stars. Track listing ''All comp ...

'' (Pacific Jazz, 1966) * '' From the Top of the Barrel'' (Pacific Jazz, 1967) * ''

New from the Big City ''New from the Big City'' is an album by pianist Les McCann released on the Pacific Jazz label in 1970.Freed., RLes McCann Discographyaccessed 12 January 2016 Track listing ''All compositions by Les McCann except as indicated'' # "Gus Gus" � ...

'' (Pacific Jazz, 1970) * ''Django'' (United Artists, 1975) * ''Pump It Up'' (Cream, 2002) With

* '' Let Freedom Ring'' (Blue Note, 1963) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1979) With

* '' Tender Moments'' (Blue Note, 1968) * '' Time for Tyner'' (Blue Note, 1969) * '' Expansions'' (Blue Note, 1969) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1976) * '' Asante'' (Blue Note, 1998) With others * The Crusaders, '' The Festival Album'' (Pacific Jazz, 1967) *

Chico Freeman Chico Freeman (born Earl Lavon Freeman Jr.; July 17, 1949) is a modern jazz tenor saxophonist and trumpeter and son of jazz saxophonist Von Freeman. He began recording as lead musician in 1976 with ''Morning Prayer'', won the New York Jazz Award ...

, ''Tales of Ellington'' (BlackHawk, 1987) *

Dodo Greene Dodo Greene, (born Dorthea Hawkins; January 18, 1924 - July 21, 2006) was an American jazz vocalist who performed in clubs and venues in Buffalo, and along the East Coast and Chicago, before releasing two albums in the 1960s, and touring internati ...

, ''

My Hour of Need ''My Hour of Need'' is an album by jazz vocalist Dodo Greene featuring performances accompanied by the Ike Quebec Quintet recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label.

'' (Blue Note, 1963) *

John Handy John Richard Handy III (born February 3, 1933) is an American jazz musician most commonly associated with the alto saxophone. He also sings and plays the tenor and baritone saxophone, saxello, clarinet, and oboe. Biography Handy was born in ...

, ''Centerpiece'' (Milestone, 1989) * Eddie Harris, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (Night 1991) * Andrew Hill, '' Mosaic Select 16: Andrew Hill'' (Blue Note, 2005) *

Richard "Groove" Holmes Richard Arnold "Groove" Holmes (May 2, 1931 – June 29, 1991) was an American jazz organist who performed in the hard bop and soul jazz genre. He is best known for his 1965 recording of " Misty". Career Holmes's first album, on Pacific ...

, ''Groove'' (Pacific Jazz, 1990) *

, '' The Fox'' (Contemporary, 1960) *

Lenny McBrowne Leonard Louis "Lenny" McBrowne (January 24, 1933 – October 4, 1980) was an American jazz drummer. He was a prolific hard bop drummer with a recording career that started in the 1950s and ended in the mid 1970s. As a bandleader he fronted Lenny Mc ...

, ''Lenny McBrowne and the 4 Souls'' (Pacific Jazz, 1960) *

, '' Live at the Keystone Corner'' (Timeless, 1981) *

Dave Pike David Samuel Pike (March 23, 1938 – October 3, 2015) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. He appeared on many albums by Nick Brignola, Paul Bley and Kenny Clarke, Bill Evans, and Herbie Mann. He also recorded extensively as le ...

, ''

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'' (Epic, 1962) *

Sonny Red Sylvester Kyner Jr. (December 17, 1932 – March 20, 1981), known as Sonny Red, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer associated with the hard bop idiom among other styles. Sonny Red played with Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Paul Qu ...

, ''

'' (Mainstream, 1971) * Sam Rivers, '' A New Conception'' (Blue Note, 1966) *

Jerry Rusch Jerry Rusch, also credited as Jerry Rush (May 8, 1943 – May 5, 2003), was an American jazz trumpeter. Rusch studied at the University of Minnesota in 1962–64, then played in an Army Reserve band before moving to Los Angeles in 1966. There h ...

, ''Rush Hour'' (Inner City, 1979) * Clifford Scott, ''Out Front!'' (Pacific Jazz, 1963) *

Shirley Scott Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ". Life and career Scott was born in Phi ...

, ''

Hip Soul ''Hip Soul'' is a studio album by organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1961 for Prestige and released the same year as PRLP 7205. Track listing #"Hip Soul" (Turrentine) - 6:31 #"411 West" ( Golson) - 6:33 #"By Myself" ( Dietz, Schwartz) - 5:5 ...

'' (Prestige, 1961) *

, '' California Meeting: Live on Broadway'' (Soul Note, 1987) *

Sonny Simmons Huey "Sonny" Simmons (August 4, 1933 – April 6, 2021) was an American jazz musician. Biography Simmons was born on August 4, 1933 in Sicily Island, Louisiana. He grew up in Oakland, California, where he began playing the English horn. (Along w ...

, ''Backwoods Suite'' (West Wind, 1990) *

, '' That's Where It's At'' (Blue Note, 1962) * Mal Waldron, '' Left Alone '86'' (Paddle Wheel, 1987) * Cedar Walton, ''Three Sundays in the Seventies'' (Label M 2000) *

Gerald Wilson Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. In addition to being a ...

, '' On Stage'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965)

References

External links

Herbie Lewis Dies at 66
Obituary from JazzPolice.com American jazz double-bassists Male double-bassists Hard bop double-bassists New College of California 1941 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American musicians 20th-century double-bassists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians The Jazztet members {{double-bassist-stub