Lewis Barry Tabackin (born March 26, 1940) is an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

tenor saxophonist and flutist. He is married to pianist

Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese–American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in ''Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. ...

with whom he has co-led large ensembles since the 1970s.

Biography

Tabackin started learning flute at age 12, followed by tenor saxophone at age 15. He has cited

Al Cohn Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist Zo ...

and

Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first p ...

as influences on saxophone, while his flute role models include classical players such as William Kincaid,

Julius Baker Julius Baker (September 23, 1915 – August 6, 2003) was one of the foremost American orchestral flute players. During the course of five decades he concertized with several of America's premier orchestral ensembles including the Chicago Sympho ...

, and

Jean-Pierre Rampal Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a French flautist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th century." Biography Ea ...

. Tabackin studied flute at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and also studied music with composer

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. In 1962 he graduated from the Conservatory and after serving with the

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worked with

Tal Farlow Talmage Holt Farlow (June 7, 1921 – July 25, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard. As Steve Rochinski notes, "Of all the guitarists to emerge in th ...

. He also worked with

Chuck Israels Charles H. Israels (born August 10, 1936) is an American jazz composer, music arranger, arranger, and double bass, bassist who is best known for his work with the Bill Evans#After LaFaro's death, Bill Evans Trio. He has also worked with Billie Ho ...

in New York City and a band that included

Elvin Jones Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...

Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop m ...

, and

Roland Hanna Roland Pembroke Hanna (February 10, 1932 – November 13, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher. Biography Hanna studied classical piano from the age of 11, but was strongly interested in jazz, having been introduced to i ...

. Later he was a member of ''

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'' band and

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with

Doc Severinsen Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Early life Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) a ...

. He moved from New York to California with ''

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'' in 1972. During this time he played with

Shelly Manne Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, s ...

and

Billy Higgins Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop. Biography Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, be ...

. Tabackin met

in 1967 while he was playing in

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...

's band and she was invited to sit in for

Don Friedman Donald Ernest Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an American jazz pianist. He began playing in Los Angeles and moved to New York in 1958. In the 1960s, he played with both modern stylists and more traditional musicians. Early life Fr ...

. They formed a quartet in the late 1960s, married in 1969, and in 1973 co-founded the

Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band The Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band was a 16 piece jazz big band created by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and tenor saxophone/flutist Lew Tabackin in Los Angeles in 1973. In 1982 the principals moved from Los Angeles to New York City and ...

in Los Angeles, which later became the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin, playing bebop in

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...

-influenced arrangements and compositions by Akiyoshi. Tabackin was principal soloist for the band from 1973 through 2003. Critic

Scott Yanow Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.Allmusic Biography/ref> Biography Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles. Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...

describes Tabackin as "one of the few jazz musicians who has been able to develop completely different musical personalities on two instruments", with his forceful

hard bop Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz that incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospe ...

style on sax contrasting with his delicate flute playing.

Jazz Foundation of America

Tabackin supports the

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in its mission to help elderly jazz and blues musicians, including those affected by Hurricane Katrina. He has sat on the Advisory Committee of the Foundation since 2002.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

* ''Tabackin'' (Inner City, 1974) – also released as ''Let the Tape Roll'' (RCA) * ''Day Dream'' (RCA, 1976) * ''

Tenor Gladness ''Tenor Gladness'', is an album by saxophonists Lew Tabackin and Warne Marsh recorded in 1976 and originally released on the Japanese Disco Mate label before being released in the U. S. on Inner City Records.Godwin, MDiscography of Warne Marion M ...

'' with

Warne Marsh Warne Marion Marsh (October 26, 1927 – December 18, 1987) was an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Los Angeles, his playing first came to prominence in the 1950s as a protégé of pianist Lennie Tristano and earned attention in the 1970s as ...

(Discomate , Inner City, 1976) * ''Dual Nature'' (Inner City, 1976) * ''Trackin' '' (RCA, 1976) * ''Rites of Pan'' (Discomate/Inner City, 1977) * ''Vintage Tenor'' (RCA, 1978) – with Toshiyuki Miyama And His New Herd * ''Lew Tabackin Meets the Tadpoles'' (Insights, 1979) * ''Black and Tan Fantasy'' (Discomate , Ascent , Jazz America Marketing (JAM), 1979) * '' Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin'' (Omnisound , Evidence, 1980) * ''Threedom'' (Discomate, 1980) * ''Duo: John Lewis & Lew Tabackin'' (

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, 1981) * ''My Old Flame'' (

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, 1982) * ''Lew Tabackin Quartet with Randy Brecker,...'' (Toshiba EMI, 1983) * ''Angelica'' (Toshiba EMI, 1985) * ''Desert Lady'' (

Concord Concord may refer to: Meaning "agreement" * Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony) * Harmony, in music * Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...

, 1989) * ''I'll Be Seeing You'' (Concord, 1992) * ''What a Little Moonlight Can Do'' (Concord, 1994) * ''Live at Vartan's'' (Vartan Jazz, 1994) * ''L' Archiduc - Round About Five'' ( Igloo Jazz, 1996) * ''Tenority'' (Concord, 1996) * ''In a Sentimental Mood'' (Camerata , Insights, 1998) * ''Pyramid'' (Koch Jazz, 1999) * ''Tanuki's Night Out - Lew Tabackin Trio'' (2002) * '' Vintage: Duke Ellington Songbook'' (T-toc Records, 2008) – with Toshiko Akiyoshi * ''Live in Paris - Lew Tabackin Trio'' (2008) * ''Jazz na Hradě, Lew Tabackin Quartet'' (Multisonic, 2010) * ''Soundscapes'' (2016) * ''The Eternal Duo!'' (

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, 2019) – with Toshiko Akiyoshi

Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

* '' Kogun'' (1974) * '' Long Yellow Road'' (1975) * '' Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)'' (1975) also known as ''HANA KAI TAN'' (花魁譚) * '' Road Time'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1976) * ''

March of the Tadpoles ''March of the Tadpoles'' was the fifth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album was released in Japan in 1977 by Baystate. The album received two 1985 Grammy award nominations – for "Best Jazz Instrumenta ...

'' (1977) * ''

Live at Newport '77 ''Live at Newport '77'' was the second live recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band and was followed by another release, ''Live at Newport II'' recorded on the same day. Both albums were recorded at the 1977 Newport Jazz Festi ...

'' (1977) * ''

Live at Newport II ''Live at Newport II'' was the third live recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band and the second release of music from the band's performance at the 1977 Newport Jazz Festival (following '' Live at Newport '77''). It ...

'' (1977) * ''

Salted Gingko Nuts , also known by its Japanese title ''SHIO GIN NAN'' ( = salted ginkgo nuts), is the sixth studio album by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. Released in 1978, the album received the 1979 Silver Disk award from Japan's Swing Journal m ...

'' (1978) also known as ''SHIO GIN NAN'' (塩銀杏) * '' Sumi-e'' (1979) * '' Farewell'' (1980) * ''

From Toshiko with Love ''From Toshiko With Love'' is the twelfth recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (ninth studio recording). It was released in Japan by Victor Records and in the U.S. (under the title ''Tanuki's Night Out'') by Jaz ...

'' (1981) also released as ''Tanuki's Night Out'' * ''

European Memoirs ''European Memoirs'' (a.k.a. ''Memoir'' in Japan) is the tenth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. Akiyoshi was nominated for a 1983 Grammy award in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category for the arrangement ...

'' (1982)

Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin

* ''

Ten Gallon Shuffle ''Ten Gallon Shuffle'' is the first recording released by the New York-based Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin (following 13 previous releases by the Los Angeles-based Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band). The compo ...

'' (1984) * ''

Wishing Peace ''Wishing Peace'' is the second recording released by the New York-based Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin after 13 previous releases with their Los Angeles-based Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. "Lady Liberty ...

'' (1986) * '' Carnegie Hall Concert'' (1992) * ''

Desert Lady / Fantasy ''Desert Lady / Fantasy'' is the fourth recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. Not to be confused with the 1989 Lew Tabackin (Quartet) Concord Records release, ''Desert Lady''. The album received two ...

'' (1993) * ''

Four Seasons of Morita Village ''Four Seasons of Morita Village'' is the fifth album recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. It was released in 1996 and won the Swing Journal Silver Disk Award for that year.jazzcd.jp: 1996 Swing Journal (Jap ...

'' (1996) * '' Monopoly Game'' (1998) * ''

Tribute to Duke Ellington ''Tribute to Duke Ellington'' is a big band jazz album recorded in New York in 1999 and is the seventh recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. The first three tracks make up the "Tribute To Duke Ellingt ...

'' (1999) * '' Hiroshima - Rising from the Abyss'' (2001) * '' Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo'' (2003) * '' Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra in Shanghai'' (2011)

Akiyoshi - Tabackin Big Band compilations

* '' Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band'' (

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, 2008) * '' NOVUS Series '70: The Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band'' (BMG/Novus) * '' Eternal Best / Best 8'' (BMG) * '' The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi'' (BMG)

As sideman

With Toshiko Akiyoshi * ''

Toshiko at Top of the Gate ''Toshiko at Top of the Gate'' is a live jazz (quintet) album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. It was recorded at the Top of the Gate in New York City in July 1968 and was released by Nippon Columbia and Denon Records. Track listing LP side A ...

'' (

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, 1969) * ''

Toshiko Akiyoshi in Japan ''Toshiko Akiyoshi in Japan'' (also released as ''Long Yellow Road, Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet'') is an album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi, recorded at the Osaka Expo Hall in Osaka, Japan in 1970 and released by Toshiba Records. It is not to be co ...

'' aka ''Long Yellow Road'' (

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, 1970) * ''

Jazz, the Personal Dimension ''Jazz, The Personal Dimension'' is a jazz album recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet in New York City in early February 1971 and released by Victor (Japan) Records (Victor SPX-2). Track listing Side 'A' #"The Village" (Akiyoshi) #" The ...

'' (

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, 1971) * ''

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'' (Dan, 1971) * '' Sumie'' (Victor, 1971) * '' Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today'' (

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, 1995) * '' Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko'' (Nippon Crown, 1996) * '' 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan'' (T-toc, 2006) With

* ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1969) * '' Electric Byrd'' (Blue Note, 1970) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1995) With

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

*''

Central City Sketches ''Central City Sketches'' is an album by saxophonist/composer Benny Carter recorded in 1987 and released by the MusicMasters label as a double LP.

'' (MusicMasters, 1987) With Harmonie Ensemble New York * ''Tchaikovsky, Ellington, Strayhorn: Nutcracker Suites'' (

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, 2013) * ''Henry Mancini: Music for Peter Gunn'' (Harmonia Mundi, 2014) With

* ''Plays Richard Rodgers' Musical "Rex"'' (

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, 1976) * ''

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'' (

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, 1977) With

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* '' Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band'' (Blue Note, 1968) * '' Now Hear This'' (Blue Note, 1969) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1996) With Carla White * ''Listen Here'' (

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, 1991) * ''Mood Swings'' (

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, 1992) * ''The Sweetest Sounds'' ( DIW, 2000) With others * '' Ridin' High'',

Maynard Ferguson Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often served ...

(Enterprise, 1967) * '' The Jazz Composer's Orchestra'',

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( ECM, 1968) * ''

Jimmy Knepper in L.A. ''Jimmy Knepper in L.A.'' is an album led by trombonist Jimmy Knepper, recorded in 1977 and originally released in Japan on the Discomate label and in the United States on the Inner City label.Fitzgerald, MJimmy Knepper Leader Entryaccessed April ...

'',

Jimmy Knepper James Minter Knepper (November 22, 1927 – June 14, 2003) was an American jazz trombonist. In addition to his own recordings as leader, Knepper performed and recorded with Charlie Barnet, Woody Herman, Claude Thornhill, Stan Kenton, Benny Goo ...

(Discomate/

Inner City The term ''inner city'' has been used, especially in the United States, as a euphemism for majority-minority lower-income residential districts that often refer to rundown neighborhoods, in a downtown or city centre area. Sociologists some ...

, 1977) * ''

Jukin' ''Jukin' '' is the debut album by The Manhattan Transfer. Released on Capitol Records in 1971, it was also the only album by the first version of the group, which consisted of Tim Hauser, Erin Dickins, Marty Nelson, Gene Pistilli, and Pat Rosal ...

'',

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(Capitol, 1971) * ''White Heat'',

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(Mainstream, 1971) * ''Night Blooming'',

Leonard Feather Leonard Geoffrey Feather (13 September 1914 – 22 September 1994) was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer, who was best known for his music journalism and other writing. Biography Feather was born in London, England, into an u ...

(Mainstream, 1972) * '' Small Change'',

Tom Waits Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...

(

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, 1976) * ''Ecue Ritmos Cubanos'',

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(

Pablo Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People * Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer *Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist *Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer * Pablo Bren ...

, 1977) * ''Shortcake'',

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(

, 1978) * '' Sweet Return'',

Freddie Hubbard Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...

(Atlantic, 1983) * ''Central City Sketches'',

(

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, 1987) * ''Blues-O-Matic'',

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(Concord, 1988) * ''Take Your Pick'',

Howard Alden Howard Vincent Alden (born October 17, 1958) is an American jazz guitarist born in Newport Beach, California. Alden has recorded many albums for Concord Records, including four with seven-string guitar innovator George Van Eps. Early life How ...

(Concord, 1996) * ''Jazz Takes on Joni Mitchell'', David Lahm (

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, 1999) * ''The Philadelphia Story'',

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(TPR, 2007)

Video

* '' My Elegy'' (Pioneer LaserDisc, 1984) * '' Strive For Jive'' (V.I.E.W. Video, 1992) * '' In Shanghai'' (Pony Canyon, 2011) * ''The Eternal Duo!'' (Sony, 2019) – with Toshiko Akiyoshi

Awards and honors

DownBeat ' (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chi ...

'' magazine Critic's Poll winner: * Jazz Album of the Year: 1978 (''

'') * Big Band: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 * Flute: 1980, 1981, 2010 ''DownBeat'' magazine Readers' Poll winner: * Big Band: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 * Flute: 1981, 1982 Grammy Award nominations: * Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band: 1976 ('' Long Yellow Road''), 1977 ('' Road Time''), 1978 (''

''), 1979 ('' Kogun''), 1980 ('' Farewell''), 1981 ('' Tanuki's Night Out''), 1984 (''

''), 1985 (''

''), 1992 ('' Carnegie Hall Concert''), 1994 (''

'') ''Swing Journal'' awards: * Gold Disk: 1976 (''

''), Silver Disk: 1974 ('' Kogun''), 1979 (''

''), 1996 (''

'')

References

External links

Official site

"Fireside Chat" at All About Jazz

Interview by breakthruradio.com
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