Sabby Lewis

American jazz pianist, arranger and bandleader.
Born 1 November 1914 in Middleburg, North Carolina.
Died 9 July 1994 in Marstons Mills, Massachusetts.

Sabby led bands in the Boston area from 1936 through the 1960s and intermittently to the early 1990s. He played with [a=Billie Holiday], [a=Dinah Washington], [a=Billy Eckstine] and others. He recorded for several labels including [l=Crystaltone], [l=Cleveland Continetal Records], [l=London Records], [l=Mercury] and [l=ABC-Paramount]. During the last decades of his life, he played mostly solo and trio piano.