thumb|Les McCann, Herbie Lewis & Ron Jefferson (1962)
Ha suonato o registrato con molti fra i migliori jazzisti, inclusi Cannonball Adderley, Stanley Turrentine, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Harold Land, Jackie McLean, Archie Shepp, e McCoy Tyner.
Herbie registrò il suono ultimo CD Just a Lucky So and So con l'Eminence Portable Upright Bass.
Lewis morì di cancro il 18 maggio 2007.
Discografia Come sideman con Cannonball Adderley Great Love Themes (1966, Capitol) Money in the Pocket (1966 - released 2005, Capitol)
con Art Farmer and Benny Golson Here and Now (Mercury, 1962) Another Git Together (Mercury, 1962)
con Freddie Hubbard High Blues Pressure (1967, Atlantic) Above & Beyond (1982 - released 1999, Metropolitan)
con Bobby Hutcherson Stick-Up! (1966, Blue Note) Now! (1969, Blue Note) Solo / Quartet (Contemporary, 1982)
con Jackie McLean Let Freedom Ring (1962, Blue Note) Consequence (1965 - released 1979, Blue Note)
con Sonny Red Sonny Red (Mainstream, 1971)
con Sam Rivers A New Conception (1966, Blue Note)
con Archie Shepp California Meeting: Live on Broadway (Soul Note, 1985)
con Stanley Turrentine That's Where It's At (1962, Blue Note)
con McCoy Tyner Tender Moments (1967, Blue Note) Time for Tyner (1968, Blue Note) Expansions (1968, Blue Note) Asante (1970, Blue Note) Con Mal Waldron & Jackie McLean Left Alone '86 (1986, Paddle Wheel)
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Collegamenti esterni Herbie Lewis Dies at 66 Obituary from JazzPolice.com.
Categoria:Contrabbassisti jazz