Herbie Lewis
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American jazz bassist and educator. He founded the Jazz Studies program at New College of California.
Born February 17, 1941 in Pasadena, California, died May 18, 2007 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Best known for his work as a session contributor for artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Harold Land, Jackie McLean, Archie Shepp, and McCoy Tyner.

ALBUMS


Les McCann Ltd. With Leroy Vinnegar, Herbie Lewis, Ron Jefferson Featuring Bobby Hutcherson And Curtis Amy
The Truth
2011
Archie Shepp Feat. George Cables / Herbie Lewis / Eddie Marshall
California Meeting - Live "On Broadway"
1987, ,
Free Jazz/Fusion/Avantgarde
Bobby Hutcherson / George Cables / Herbie Lewis / Philly Joe Jones*
Four Seasons
1985
Tete Montoliu, Herbie Lewis, Billy Higgins
Live At The Keystone Corner
1981, Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop
Les McCann Ltd. • Stanley Turrentine • Blue Mitchell with Frank Haines*, Herbie Lewis, Ron Jefferson
Les McCann Ltd. In New York (Recorded "Live" At The Village Gate)
1962,
The Gerald Wilson Big Band
Milestones
2018, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Big Band
Cedar Walton Trio
Plays Billy Strayhorn
2009, CD, Comp, Jazz Ball Records, ,
Bop
Harry Verbeke / Rob Agerbeek Quartet
Stardust
1991, CD, Timeless Records (3),
The Curtis Peagler 4
I'll Be Around
1988
Hilton Ruiz Trio
Hilton Ruiz Trio
1984, LP, Album, Jazz Publications
Harry Verbeke / Rob Agerbeek Quartet
Gibraltar
1980
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Great Love Themes
1966, Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
On Stage
1965, Vinyl, ,
Big Band
Les McCann Ltd.
Plays The Shampoo At The Village Gate
1963, Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz/Swing/Instrumental
Dave Pike Quartet
Pike's Peak
1962, Vinyl, ,
Cool Jazz
Les McCann Ltd.
Big Jim / I Am In Love
1961, 7", Single, Pacific Jazz
Les McCann Ltd.
Les McCann Ltd. In San Francisco
1961

APPEARANCES +


Freddie Hubbard
On Fire (Live From The Blue Morocco)
2025,
Hard Bop
Bobby Hutcherson
Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970
2024, 7xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2)
Benny Golson
Along Came Benny
2024, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz
Brian Blade, Lifecycles
Lifecycles Volumes I & II: Now! And Forevermore Honoring Bobby Hutcherson
2023
Don Sleet Quintet
All Members
2022, CD, ,
Hard Bop
Various
D'Un Club À L'Autre
2021, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazz Magazine (2),
Benny Golson
Happy Birthday Mr. Golson!
2019, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazz Magazine (2)
Gloria Smyth / Helyne Stewart
Like Soul! / Love Moods
2019, CD, Comp, RM, Fresh Sound Records, ,
Vocal
Stanley Turrentine
Look Out! (+ That's Where It's At + Dearly Beloved + Stan "The Man" Turrentine)
2019, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Ltd, RM, 4 L, Jazz Images
Harold Land
Four Classic Albums
2019
Les McCann Trio*
Live in Paris - 28 Juillet 1961
2018, 2xCD, Album, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Soul-Jazz
Bill Evans / Shelly Manne With Monty Budwig
Empathy
2018, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Bill Evans
The Definitive Rare Albums Collection
2017, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Enlightenment (3)
Various
Blue Bossa - Cool Cuts From The Tropics
2017, 3xCD, Comp, Blue Note, Universal Music Group, ,
Bossa Nova
Dave Pike
Three Classics Albums
2017, CD, Comp, RE, 2 C, Real Gone Jazz
Bob Shad
Innerpeace (Rare Spiritual Funk And Jazz Gems. The Supreme Sound Of Producer Bob Shad)
2017, 2x Vinyl, ,
Free Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Funk
Jackie McLean
Profile Of Jackie
2015, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Bop
Archie Shepp
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
2015, 4xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note
Les McCann
Live In Hollywood, New York and San Francisco
2015
Shirley Scott
Six Classic Albums
2014, 4xCD, Comp, Real Gone
Jackie McLean
Swing, Swang, Swingin' + Let Freedom Ring
2013, CD, Comp, RE, American Jazz Classics, ,
Bop/Free Jazz
Art Farmer
Art Farmer Vol.2 (Seven Classic Albums)
2013, 4xCD, Comp, Real Gone Music Company
Art Farmer Benny Golson Jazztet*
Here And Now / Another Git Together
2012, CD, Album, Comp, RE, RM, Mercury, Universal Music Group, ,
Hard Bop
Various
Blue Note BNLT999 Sampler
2012, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Various
Soul Jazz
2011, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Soul-Jazz
Harold Land
The Fox
2011, CD, Album, Comp, RE, Essential Jazz Classics
Various
Encore! More Hip Tracks From Blue Note
2010, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Pap, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz/Vocal
Lenny McBrowne, The 4 Souls
Lenny McBrowne And The 4 Souls - Complete Recordings
2010, 2xCD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records
Hans Mantel
Highlights Blue Note (A Groove Selection By Hans Mantel)
2009, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Vocal/Modal
Smokey And His Sister
Smokey And His Sister
2007, CD, Album, Sundazed Music
McCoy Tyner
Mosaic Select
2007, Box, Comp, Ltd + 3xCD, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Post Bop/Modal
Sonny Stitt & Zoot Sims
The Savoy Recordings
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Brilliant Jazz
Andrew Hill
Mosaic Select
2005, ,
Modal/Post Bop/Avant-garde Jazz
Cannonball Adderley
Money In The Pocket
2005, CD, ,
Hard Bop
Gerald Wilson
The Artist Selects
2005, CD, ,
Big Band/Cool Jazz/Hard Bop
Art Farmer / Benny Golson / Jazztet*
The Complete Argo / Mercury Art Farmer / Benny Golson / Jazztet Sessions
2004, ,
Hard Bop
Various
Classic Jazz: The Fifties - Take Two
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,
McCoy Tyner
The Definitive McCoy Tyner
2002, CD,
Les McCann
Pump It Up
2002, Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Funk
Bobby Hutcherson
The Best Of The Blue Note Years
2001, CD, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Joe Pass Quartet
The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions
2001, 5x CD, Box Set, ,
Bop/Swing/Cool Jazz/Bossa Nova
Freddie Hubbard
Fastball "Live" At The Left Bank
2001, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Gerald Wilson And His Orchestra*
The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings Of Gerald Wilson And His Orchestra
2000, 5xCD, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Big Band
Various
Vibraphone Jazz
2000, CD, Comp, Fantasy, ZYX Music, ,
Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Cedar Walton
Three Sundays In The Seventies "Live" At The Left Bank
2000, CD, Album, Label M, ,
Bop/Post Bop/Vocal
Various
Organ Jazz
2000, ,
Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Jackie McLean
The Blue Note Years
1999, CD, Comp, Mono, Pap, Blue Note
Various
The Lost Sessions
1999
Freddie Hubbard
Above And Beyond
1999
Sonny Stitt
Givin' Away The Store
1999
Various
Blue Pacific Funk - Wailin' On The West Coast
1998, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz
Bill Evans
Piano Player
1998, CD, ,
Post Bop/Modal
Shirley Scott
Legends Of Acid Jazz
1998,
McCoy Tyner
Asante
1998
Sonny Stitt
Just In Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was
1998
Various
Black California
1997, CD, Comp, Fantasy, Musica Jazz, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
McCoy Tyner
Jazz Profile: McCoy Tyner
1997, CD, ,
Hard Bop
McCoy Tyner
The Best Of McCoy Tyner
1996, CD, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop/Modal
Sam Rivers
The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions
1996, CD, CD, CD, Box Set, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop
Various
Blue '60s - Blue Note Strikes A Radical Chord
1995, CD, Comp, Blue Note, Blue Note, ,
Jazz-Funk
Freddie Hubbard
Live From Concerts By The Sea
1994, CD, Album, Mono, LaserLight Digital
Les McCann
Relationships: The Les McCann Anthology
1993, 2xCD, Comp, Rhino Records (2), Rhino Records (2)
Jackie McLean
The Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions
1993
Various
Blue N' Groovy
1993, CD, ,
Soul-Jazz/Modal
Various
Afro Blue
1993, CD, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean
1992, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, EMI, Musica Jazz, EMI
Jerome Rusch
Bright Moments
1991, CD, Album, Jeru Records,
Eddie Harris
A Tale Of Two Cities
1991
Various
Blue Note Saxophone Tracks Vol. 2
1990, LP, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Modal
Sonny Simmons
Backwoods Suite
1990, CD, Album, RE, West Wind, West Wind
Various
It Happened In.... Pescara (1969-1989)
1990, ,
Bop/Swing/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz
Various
Trompette
1990
Various
Latin Jazz
1990
Byrd*, Sims*, Les McCann
1961-1962
1990, ,
Cool Jazz
Richard "Groove" Holmes With Ben Webster
Groove
1990, ,
Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz
McCoy Tyner
The Blue Note Years
1989, CD, Comp, Blue Note
Jackie McLean
The Blue Note Years
1989, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Bop
Various
Jazz-Club • Trombone
1989, Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop
John Handy With Class
Centerpiece
1989
Tete Montoliu
Live At The Keystone Corner
1989, ,
Hard Bop
Mal Waldron / Jackie McLean
Left Alone '86
1987, CD,
Archie Shepp
California Meeting - Live "On Broadway"
1987
Chico Freeman
Tales Of Ellington
1987
Various
Jazz 5: Meet The Family Of Blues
1984, 5xLP, Comp + Box, CBS, Zeitmagazin,
Bobby Hutcherson & The Super Four
Nice Groove
1984
Various
Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album
1984, 4x Vinyl, Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Swing/Bop/Big Band/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Vocal/Soul-Jazz/Ballad
Bobby Hutcherson
Solo / Quartet
1982
Rush Hour
Great Expectations
1979
Jackie McLean
Consequence
1979, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop
Various
Jazz: The 60's Volume I
1978, LP, Comp, Pacific Jazz, ,
Soul-Jazz/Cool Jazz/Bop/Hard Bop/Big Band
Various
Jazz: The 60's Volume II
1978, LP, Comp, Pacific Jazz, ,
Hard Bop/Big Band/Latin Jazz
H. Ray Crawford*
It's About Time
1977
McCoy Tyner
Cosmos
1976, 2x Vinyl, ,
Modal/Post Bop
Freddie Hubbard
Echoes Of Blue
1976
Les McCann
Fish This Week
1973, 2xLP, Comp, Blue Note
Freddie Hubbard
The Art Of Freddie Hubbard - The Atlantic Years
1973
Bobby Hutcherson, Harold Land, Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Archie Shepp, Karin Krog
Live At The Festival
1973, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop/Modal
Sonny Red
Sonny Red
1971, ,
Hard Bop
Bobby Hutcherson Featuring Harold Land
Now!
1970, ,
Post Bop
The Jazz Crusaders*
The Best Of The Jazz Crusaders
1970, Vinyl,
Shirley Scott
The Best Of Shirley Scott With Stanley Turrentine
1969
McCoy Tyner
Time For Tyner
1969, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop/Modal
McCoy Tyner
Expansions
1969, Vinyl, ,
Modal
Bobby Hutcherson
Stick-Up!
1968, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop/Modal
McCoy Tyner
Tender Moments
1968, ,
Hard Bop
Freddie Hubbard
High Blues Pressure
1968
The Jazz Crusaders*
The Festival Album
1967,
Les McCann
From The Top Of The Barrel
1967, ,
Space-Age
Sam Rivers
A New Conception
1966, Vinyl All Disc, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop
Les McCann
A Bag Of Gold
1966
Curtis Amy
The Sounds Of Broadway / The Sounds Of Hollywood
1965, ,
Bop/Bossa Nova
Les McCann
Oh Brother !
1964
Jackie McLean
Let Freedom Ring
1963, ,
Hard Bop
Clifford Scott
Out Front!
1963, ,
Soul-Jazz
Various
Blues Groove
1963, Vinyl,
Stanley Turrentine
Soft Pedal Blues
1962, 7", Blue Note
Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet*
Here And Now
1962, Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop
Art Farmer Benny Golson Jazztet*
Another Git Together
1962, Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop
Les McCann
Les McCann Ltd. In New York
1962
Dodo Greene
My Hour Of Need
1962, Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz
Stanley Turrentine
That's Where It's At
1962
Les McCann, Orchestra Under The Direction Of Gerald Wilson*
I Cried For You
1961, 7", Single, Vogue Productions
Les McCann
Django
1961
Shirley Scott
Hip Soul
1961, Vinyl,
Various
This Is The Blues Vol. 2
1961, Vinyl,
Les McCann, Orchestra Under The Direction Of Gerald Wilson*
Les McCann Sings
1961
The Harold Land Quintet*
The Fox
1960
Lenny McBrowne, The 4 Souls
Lenny McBrowne And The 4 Souls
1960
Gloria Smyth
Like Soul!
1960
Les McCann
The Shampoo / Filet Of Soul
7", Single, Mono, Fontana
Art Farmer Benny Golson Jazztet*
Another Git Together
LP, Album, Mercury Records
Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean Vol. 2 (Seven Classic Albums)
,
Bop/Hard Bop
Various
Blue Notes - The Essence Of Modern Jazz
10x CD, Box Set, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Various
Musik Für Einen Perfekten Sonntag
2004, 6xCD, Comp, Sony Classical,
Various
History Of Jazz Piano
1983, LP, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Post Bop/Boogie Woogie
Jackie McLean
Broadcast Tapes
2020, 2xCDr, Unofficial, Necromancer (2),
Stanley Turrentine
That's Where It's At
2020, ,
Bop
Freddie Hubbard
At The Club Vol 1
2019, CD, Album, RM, Unofficial, Sleepy Night Records
Jackie McLean
Let Freedom Ring
2019
Freddie Hubbard Quintet
In Paris 1983
2019