"You looking for Lew?" a waiter standing outside Gennaro, a homey Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side, asks as I scan the outdoor dining area for a sign of my interview subject for the evening. ...

Veteran sax and flute player Lew Tabackin, a product of South Philadelphia, is one of the “Jazz Jews” discussed in Mike Gerber’s new book of that name. Tabackin performs in a quartet with his wife, ...

"You looking for Lew?" a waiter standing outside Gennaro, a homey Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side, asks as I scan the outdoor dining area for a sign of my interview subject for the evening. ...

Opportunities to experience the art of jazz improvisation are rare. What one hears at most jazz performances is the craft of jazz improvisation -- its technique, its virtuosity, its entertainment.

Pianist-composer Toshiko Akiyoshi and saxophonist-flutist Lew Tabackin have been musical partners as well as a married couple for decades. Hearing their late set Thursday night at Catalina Bar & Grill ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. On Friday, October 14th, Flushing Town Hall will present "The Swinging Sounds of ...

Lew Tabackin, a jazz legend known for his expressive and innovative style, leads his trio in a captivating performance at Birdland. With a mastery of both flute and saxophone, Tabackin showcases his ...

In their 40-plus-year relationship as wife and husband and musical partners, pianist and composer Toshiko Akiyoshi and tenor saxophonist, flutist and composer Lew Tabackin have made a lot of splendid ...

A married couple who began collaborating in the late sixties and later formed a fabled big band, Tabackin and Akiyoshi unite for an intimate duet. Tabackin leads a double musical life as a lyrical and ...

The Kennedy Center's "100th Birthday Tribute to Coleman Hawkins" at the KC Jazz Club on Saturday night fell into the category of "better late than never." Far, far better. Hawkins, who was actually ...

It goes without saying that "Hiroshima -- Rising From the Abyss," Toshiko Akiyoshi's World War II memorial scored for jazz orchestra, has its solemn and deeply moving moments. Some sections are marked ...