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Herbie Steward

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Herbie Steward
Birth nameHerbert Bickford Steward
Born(1926-05-07)May 7, 1926
Los Angeles,California,U.S.
DiedAugust 9, 2003(2003-08-09)(aged 77)
Clearlake, California,U.S.
GenresSwing,jazz
Instrument(s)Tenor sax
Alto sax
Soprano sax
Years active1940s–1960s

Herbert Bickford "Herbie" Steward(May 7, 1926Los Angeles,California, United States – August 9, 2003Clearlake, California) was an American jazzsaxophonist.He was widely known for being one of the tenor saxophone players inFour Brothers,part ofWoody Herman's Second Herd.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Selected discography

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As leader

Recorded in Los Angeles, June 5, 1962
Re-released with all 9 of the 10 cuts on a compilation album:One Brother,Mobile Fidelity (March 19, 1981)OCLC38363192
Herbie Steward with big band and strings,Dick Hazard,conductor
Recorded in San Francisco, March 19, 1981
Herbie Steward (alto sax, clarinet-1, soprano sax-2), Smith Dobson(néSmith Weed Dobson IV; 1947–2001) (piano), Tee Carson(néTecumseh Donald Carson; 1930–2000) (piano-3), Eddie Duran(néEdward Lozano Duran; born 1925) (guitar), John Mosher (bass), Eddie Moore (drums)
  • Herbie's Here,with Gene DiNovi (Eugene Salvatore Dinovi; born 1928),Marshmallow ExportsMYCJ-30069 (Japan) (December 20, 2000)
Recorded live at OZ,Yamagata, Japan,May 23, 1992
Recorded live at Little John,Yokohama,May 21, 1992
Herbie Steward (tenor sax),Sir Charles Thompson(piano), David Young (bass), Yukio Kimura (drums)
Recorded May 19, 1992, Kan Nai Hall,Yokohama
Herbie Steward (tenor saxophone & clarinet),(néEugene Salvatore Dinovi; born 1928) (piano), Dave Young (bass), Yukio Kimura (drums)
  • Saijoh's Serenade,on 3 tracks with Kohnosuke Saijoh,Marshmallow ExportsMYCJ-30083 (May 23, 1992)
Recorded May 22, 1992
Kohnosuke Saijoh (tenor sax), Herbie Steward (tenor sax),(néEugene Salvatore Dinovi; born 1928) (piano), David Young (bass), Yukio Kimura (drums)

WithSerge Chaloff,Al CohnandZoot Sims

withStan Kenton

References

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  1. ^Wynn, Ron."Herbie Steward: Biography".AllMusic.RetrievedSeptember 23,2010.
  2. ^The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950,four volumes, by Roger Davis Kinkle (1916–2000),New Rochelle:Arlington House Publishers,1974 (Steward's bio is in Vol 3)OCLC897890
  3. ^The Encyclopedia of Popular Music; Third edition,eight volumes. Edited byColin Larkin,London:Muze,1998 Grove's Dictionaries, New York, 1998
  4. ^The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz; First edition,two volumes, edited byBarry Dean Kernfeld&Stanley Sadie,London:Macmillan Press,1988OCLC16804283
  5. ^The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz,edited byBarry Kernfeld,New York:St. Martin's Press,1994OCLC30516743
  6. ^The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz; Second edition,Three volumes, edited byBarry Kernfeld,London:Macmillan Publishers,2002OCLC46956628
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