# Premik Russell Tubbs

Premik Russell Tubbs is an American saxophonist, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

## Career

Since the 1970s he worked with a wide range of artists such as John McLaughlin, Narada Michael Walden, Jackson Browne, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Yoko Oginome, Cecil McBee, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Jean-Luc Ponty, T.M. Stevens, Wayne Shorter and many more. His saxophone was featured on hits like "How Will I Know", "Baby Come to Me and "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off".
In 1983, Premik joined Lonnie Liston Smith's band, along with bass player Cecil McBee. Until 1985 he played the Montreux Jazz Festival and recorded two albums with them. From 1991 to 1994 he toured with Scarlet Rivera (Bob Dylan's violinist). They also opened shows for Spyro Gyra. The following years, he toured with jazz violinist Julie Lyonn Lieberman, Clara Ponty, Wendy Starland and in 2007 as a member of Radio Massacre International. In November 2011 he toured with Chandrika Tandon and Steve Gorn.
More recently he performed with Sting, Lady Gaga, Ravi & Anoushka Shankar. In April 2012, Premik was invited to perform at the Carnegie Hall in the Revlon Concert for the Rainforest Fund featuring Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Hudson, Bruno Mars, Katharine McPhee, Bryn Terfel, Rosanne Cash and Vince Gill.
Premik has recorded several world music records along with spiritual master Sri Chinmoy, Steve Booke and Shambhu Vineberg as well as music for different short films.
On April 17, 2014, he was part of the band for the "Rainforest Fund Benefit Concert", including performers Sting, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Elton John, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Hudson, Will Ferrell and many more. Premik is announced to play with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on April 25 in Croydon.

## Discography

* 1974: Mahavishnu Orchestra – Visions of the Emerald Beyond
* 1976: Narada Michael Walden – Garden of Love Light
* 1977: Narada Michael Walden – I Cry, I Smile
* 1980: Carlos Santana & Herbie Hancock – The Swing of Delight
* 1984: Lonnie Liston Smith – Silhouettes
* 1985: Lonnie Liston Smith – Rejuvenation
* 1985: Clarence Clemons – Hero
* 1985: Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
* 1986: Jermaine Stewart – Frantic Romantic
* 1987: Whitney Houston – Whitney
* 1989: Yoko Oginome – Verge of Love
* 1989: Regina Belle – Stay with Me
* 1989: Kid 'N Play – Face the Nation
* 1992: Calverly – Avalon
* 2001: Premik Russell Tubbs – Equinox
* 2002: Ali Appel – Crooked Line
* 2004: Premik Russell Tubbs – Mission-Transcendence
* 2006: Gerald Jay Markoe – Celestial Music for Sitar
* 2007: The Mahavishnu Project – Return to the Emerald Beyond
* 2010: Premik Russell Tubbs & Steve Booke – Pratyavartana
* 2011: Fiona Joy Hawkins – Christmas Joy
* 2012: Fiona Joy Hawkins – Sensual Journeys
* 2012: Ronnda Cadle – Will's Embrace
* 2012: Dan Kennedy – Intuition
* 2012: Heidi Anne Breyer – Beyong the Turning
* 2012: Rebecca Harrold – The River of Life
* 2013: Asher Barkin – Birchos Avicha
* 2013: Shambhu – Dreaming of Now
* 2014: Masako – Call of the Mountains
* 2015: Neil Tatar - Learning To Fly
* 2018: Shambhu - Lilac Skies
* 2019: Masako - Underwater Whisperer
* 2020: Todd Mosby - Aerial Views
* 2023: Kristin Hoffmann - Rain Shine
* 2023: The Folklorkestra - A Strange Day In June
* 2023: Ann Sweeten - Love Walks Through Rain
* 2024: Masako - Lost there Found here
* 2024: Margee Minier-Tubbs - Pathways