Herbie Steward was a crackerjack reed player. He toured and recorded with some of the toughest big bands of the late 1940s, including Artie Shaw, Alvino Rey, George Handy, Jack Teagarden, Ralph Burns and Woody Herman. Steward is probably best know for being one of the saxophones on Herman's original recording of Jimmy Giurffre's composition and arrangem…
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