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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>William Sebastian „Sabby“ Lewis</b> (* <a href="1._November" title="1. November">1. November</a> <a href="1914" title="1914">1914</a> in Middleburgh, <a href="North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, auch <i>Zabby Lewis</i>; † <a href="9._Juli" title="9. Juli">9. Juli</a> <a href="1994" title="1994">1994</a> in <a href="Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>) war ein US-amerikanischer Pianist, Bandleader und Diskjockey im Bereich des <a href="Swing_(Musikrichtung)" title="Swing (Musikrichtung)">Swing</a> und des <a href="Rhythm_and_Blues" title="Rhythm and Blues">Rhythm and Blues</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biographie">Biographie</h2></div>
<p>Lewis hatte mit fünf Jahren Klavierstunden und gründete 1936 in <a href="Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> die erste von mehreren Formationen, mit denen er bis in die 1960er Jahre in der Musikszene der <a href="Neuengland" title="Neuengland">Neuenglandstaaten</a> aktiv war. Aus seinen Ensembles mit meist sieben bis neun Mitgliedern gingen zahlreiche später bekannte Jazzmusiker hervor, wie <a href="Cat_Anderson" title="Cat Anderson">Cat Anderson</a>, <a href="Jimmy_Crawford_(Schlagzeuger)" title="Jimmy Crawford (Schlagzeuger)">Jimmy Crawford</a>, <a href="Alan_Dawson" title="Alan Dawson">Alan Dawson</a>, <a href="Roy_Haynes" title="Roy Haynes">Roy Haynes</a>, <a href="Osie_Johnson" title="Osie Johnson">Osie Johnson</a>, <a href="Al_Morgan" title="Al Morgan">Al Morgan</a>, <a href="Big_Nick_Nicholas" title="Big Nick Nicholas">Big Nick Nicholas</a>, <a href="Sonny_Stitt" title="Sonny Stitt">Sonny Stitt</a>, <a href="Idrees_Sulieman" title="Idrees Sulieman">Idrees Sulieman</a>, <a href="Freddie_Webster" title="Freddie Webster">Freddie Webster</a> oder der junge <a href="Paul_Gonsalves" title="Paul Gonsalves">Paul Gonsalves</a> hervor, der bei Sabby sein erstes professionelles Engagement hatte.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zu den Arrangeuren, die für Sabby Lewis arbeiteten, gehörten Jerry Heffron, Paul Broadnax, Osie Johnson, <a href="Gigi_Gryce" title="Gigi Gryce">Gigi Gryce</a> und <a href="Tadd_Dameron" title="Tadd Dameron">Tadd Dameron</a>.
Lewis wirkte von 1944 bis 1956 an insgesamt acht Aufnahmesitzungen mit; Schallplatten entstanden für Label wie Crystaltone, <a href="Continental_Records" title="Continental Records">Continental</a>, London, Mercury, <a href="ABC-Paramount" title="ABC-Paramount">ABC-Paramount</a> und Phoenix. Neben Swingmusik spielte er auch <a href="Rhythm_and_Blues" title="Rhythm and Blues">Rhythm and Blues</a> („Ugly Woman Blues“ auf <a href="Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury</a> 1949<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), <a href="Doo_Wop" title="Doo Wop">Doo Wop</a> („Forgive Me My Love“) und <a href="Novelty_Song" class="mw-redirect" title="Novelty Song">Novelty</a>-Songmaterial, das unter dem Bandnamen <i>Sabby Lewis & the Vibra Tones</i> erschien. Bis in die 1970er Jahre trat er als Solist oder im Trio am <a href="Broadway_(Manhattan)" title="Broadway (Manhattan)">Broadway</a>, in Tanzsälen und in Nachtclubs in <a href="Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> auf, u. a. mit <a href="Dinah_Washington" title="Dinah Washington">Dinah Washington</a> und <a href="Billy_Eckstine" title="Billy Eckstine">Billy Eckstine</a>. In den 1950er Jahren war er als erster afroamerikanischer Diskjockey in Boston tätig.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskographische_Hinweise">Diskographische Hinweise</h2></div>
<ul><li>Sabby Lewis Orchestra & Sextett: <i>Boston Bounce</i> (Phoenix Jazz, 1944–46) mit Paul Gonsalves, Maceo Bryant, Freddie Webster, Ray Perry, Al Morgan, Big Nick Nicholas, Jimmy Tyler<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lexigraphische_Einträge"><span id="Lexigraphische_Eintr.C3.A4ge"></span>Lexigraphische Einträge</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Leonard_Feather" title="Leonard Feather">Leonard Feather</a>, <a href="Ira_Gitler" title="Ira Gitler">Ira Gitler</a>: <i>The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz.</i> Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X.</li></ul>
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</style><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111012065122/http://bostonjazzscene.blogspot.com/2009/12/musiciansthe-major-contributors.html">Boston jazz scene</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 12. Oktober 2011 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/14/obituaries/sabby-lewis-pianist-79.html">Nachruf in</a> <a href="The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://astronomy.sussex.ac.uk/~alexd/newpaul/Paul%20Gonsalves/Biography.html">astronomy.sussex.ac.uk</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Weitere Musiker, die bei Lewis spielten, waren Joe Booker (dr), Eugene Caines (tp), Francis Williams (tp), Thomas "Top Cat" Browne (git, voc), Jimmy Tyler (sax), Mae Arnette (voc), Maceo Bryant (tp, tb), Dan Turner (ts), Herbie Williams (tp), Clarence Jackson (voc), Oscar Dunham (tp), Elwyn Fraser (as), Champlain "Champ" Jones (b), Bill Dorsey (bars), Al Morgan (bass), die Brüder George (sax) and Ernie Perry, Evelyn White (voc), Joe Gordon, Lennie Johnson (tp), Harold Layne, George Jones (bass), Charlie Hooks, Sherman Freeman (reeds). </span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.78discography.com/Merc080.htm">78discography.com Mercury Records</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jazz-violin.de/subdisc8.htm">Jazz Violin - Diskographie</a></span>
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