Lew Tabackin at Arts Garage

Lew Tabackin, flutist and tenor saxophonist, is an artist of astonishing vision. His electrifying flute playing is at once virtuosic, primordial, cross-cultural, and passionate. His distinctive tenor sax style includes the use of wide intervals, abrupt changes of mood and tempo, and purposeful fervor, all in the service of showing the full range of possibilities of his instrument - melodically, rhythmically, and dynamically. Without copying or emulating jazz greats of the past, Mr. Tabackin has absorbed elements into his style, ultimately creating his own sound and aura.



“Tabackin's flute voice is about as individual as humanly possible; he simply does not sound like anyone else... His beautiful, singing sound mixes with an amazing intensity that lifts the listener right out of their seat.” – Billy Kerr, Saxophone Journal...

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Lew Tabackin, flutist and tenor saxophonist, is an artist of astonishing vision. His electrifying flute playing is at once virtuosic, primordial, cross-cultural, and passionate. His distinctive tenor sax style includes the use of wide intervals, abrupt changes of mood and tempo, and purposeful fervor, all in the service of showing the full range of possibilities of his instrument - melodically, rhythmically, and dynamically. Without copying or emulating jazz greats of the past, Mr. Tabackin has absorbed elements into his style, ultimately creating his own sound and aura.



“Tabackin's flute voice is about as individual as humanly possible; he simply does not sound like anyone else... His beautiful, singing sound mixes with an amazing intensity that lifts the listener right out of their seat.” – Billy Kerr, Saxophone Journal

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