Sabby Lewis

Sabby Lewis (November 1, 1914, Middleburgh, Philadelphia – July 9, 1994) was a piano player and band leader.

Biography

He started taking piano lessons when he was 5, and organized his first band in Boston in 1936. He later performed on Broadway and in ballrooms and clubs in Manhattan. He performed with Dinah Washington and Billy Eckstine.

During World War II, Lewis' orchestra included long-time Ellington tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves,^[1] and drummer Alan Dawson spent much of the 1950s in the band.^[2]

References

^ The rough guide to jazz p.300 By Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley
^ The rough guide to jazz p. 203 By Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley

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Name	Lewis, Sabby
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Date of birth	November 1, 1914
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Date of death	July 9, 1994
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