Herbie Steward Explained

Herbie Steward
Birth Name:	Herbert Bickford Steward
Birth Date:	7 May 1926
Birth Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Death Place:	Clearlake, California, U.S.
Instrument:	Tenor sax Alto sax Soprano sax
Genre:	Swing, jazz
Years Active:	1940s–1960s
Associated Acts:	Four Brothers Earle Spencer Woody Herman

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

Selected discography

As leader

• So Pretty, Äva Records AVA LP6

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)

Herbie Steward with big band and strings, Dick Hazard, conductor

• The Three Horns of Herbie Steward, Famous Door HL-139 (1981)

Recorded in San Francisco, March 19, 1981

Herbie Steward (alto sax, clarinet-1, soprano sax-2), Smith Dobson (né Smith Weed Dobson IV; 1947–2001) (piano), Tee Carson (né Tecumseh Donald Carson; 1930–2000) (piano-3), Eddie Duran (né Edward Lozano Duran; born 1925) (guitar), John Mosher (bass), Eddie Moore (drums)

• Herbie's Here, with Gene DiNovi (né Eugene Salvatore Dinovi; born 1928), Marshmallow Exports MYCJ-30069 (Japan) (December 20, 2000)

Recorded live at OZ, Yamagata, Japan, May 23, 1992

• Magical L-I-V-E + Sir Charles Thompson, Marshmallow Exports MYCJ-30115 (October 8, 2001)

Recorded live at Little John, Yokohama, May 21, 1992

Herbie Steward (tenor sax), Sir Charles Thompson (piano), David Young (bass), Yukio Kimura (drums)

• One Morning In May + Gene DiNovi (né Eugene Salvatore Dinovi; born 1928), Marshmallow Exports MMEX-118 (Japan) (2008)

Recorded May 19, 1992, Kan Nai Hall, Yokohama

Herbie Steward (tenor saxophone & clarinet), (né Eugene Salvatore Dinovi; born 1928) (piano), Dave Young (bass), Yukio Kimura (drums)

• Saijoh's Serenade, on 3 tracks with Kohnosuke Saijoh, Marshmallow Exports MYCJ-30083 (May 23, 1992)

Recorded May 22, 1992

Kohnosuke Saijoh (tenor sax), Herbie Steward (tenor sax), (né Eugene Salvatore Dinovi; born 1928) (piano), David Young (bass), Yukio Kimura (drums)With Serge Chaloff, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims

• The Four Brothers... Together Again! (Vik, 1957)

with Stan Kenton

• Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1953)

External links

• Answers.com
• Eastwind Import (discography details)

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p25953|pure_url=yes}} Herbie Steward: Biography ]. Ron. Wynn . AllMusic. 2010-09-23.
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)
3. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music; Third edition, eight volumes. Edited by Colin Larkin, London: Muze, 1998 Grove's Dictionaries, New York, 1998
4. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz; First edition, two volumes, edited by Barry Dean Kernfeld & Stanley Sadie, London: Macmillan Press, 1988
5. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, edited by Barry Kernfeld, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994
6. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz; Second edition, Three volumes, edited by Barry Kernfeld, London: Macmillan Publishers, 2002