Herbie Lewis

Herbie Lewis (February 17, 1941 – May 18, 2007) was an American hard bop double bassist.

He played or recorded with many prominent jazz musicians, including Cannonball Adderley, Stanley Turrentine, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Harold Land, Jackie McLean, Archie Shepp, and McCoy Tyner.

Herbie recorded his last CD Just a Lucky So and So with the Eminence Portable Upright Bass.

Herbie Lewis founded the Jazz Studies program at New College of California.

Lewis died of cancer on May 18, 2007.

As sideman

With Cannonball Adderley

• Great Love Themes (1966, Capitol)
• Money in the Pocket (1966 - released 2005, Capitol)

With Art Farmer and Benny Golson

• Here and Now (Mercury, 1962)
• Another Git Together (Mercury, 1962)

With Freddie Hubbard

• High Blues Pressure (1967, Atlantic)
• Fastball: Live at the Left Bank (1967)
• Above & Beyond (1982 - released 1999, Metropolitan)

With Bobby Hutcherson

• Stick-Up! (1966, Blue Note)
• Now! (1969, Blue Note)
• Solo / Quartet (Contemporary, 1982)
• Four Seasons (Timeless, 1983)

With The Jazz Crusaders

• The Festival Album (Pacific Jazz, 1966)

With Harold Land

• The Fox (1959, Contemporary)

With Les McCann

• Les McCann Ltd. in San Francisco (Pacific Jazz, 1960 [1961])
• From the Top of the Barrel (Pacific Jazz, 1960 [1967])
• Pretty Lady (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
• Les McCann Sings (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
• Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Pacific Jazz, 1961 [1962])
• Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo (Pacific Jazz, 1961 [1963])
• New from the Big City (Pacific Jazz, 1961 [1970])
• A Bag of Gold (Pacific Jazz, 1960-64 [1966])

With Jackie McLean

• Let Freedom Ring (1962, Blue Note)
• Consequence (1965 - released 1979, Blue Note)

With Dave Pike

• Pike's Peak (Epic, 1962)

With Sonny Red

• Sonny Red (Mainstream, 1971)

With Sam Rivers

• A New Conception (1966, Blue Note)

With Archie Shepp

• California Meeting: Live on Broadway (Soul Note, 1985)

With Stanley Turrentine

• That's Where It's At (1962, Blue Note)

With McCoy Tyner

• Tender Moments (1967, Blue Note)
• Time for Tyner (1968, Blue Note)
• Expansions (1968, Blue Note)
• Asante (1970, Blue Note)

With Mal Waldron & Jackie McLean

• Left Alone '86 (1986, Paddle Wheel)

With Gerald Wilson

• On Stage (Pacific Jazz, 1965)