Premik Russell Tubbs

Premik Russell Tubbs
Premik Russell Tubbs in 2022
Background information
GenresPop, jazz, East-West Fusion world New Age
OccupationsMusician, songwriter, producer, arranger
InstrumentsSaxophone, flute, wind synthesizer, lap steel guitar, Lyricon
Years active1974–present
Websitewww.premikmusic.com

Premik Russell Tubbs is an American saxophonist, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Premik’s illustrious musical career spans decades and musical styles, collaborating with dozens of top name artists from the halls of New York City, to epic venues around the globe. His eclectic, award-winning music bridges east & west from classic jazz, pop & rock, to Indian Ragas and New Age genres. Equally adept at multiple saxophones, flutes, wind synthesizers EWI, and lap steel guitar

https://www.rootsmusicreport.com/reviews/view/1975/album-review-of-oneness-world-by-premik-russell-tubbs-and-margee-minier-tubbs

https://www.jwvibe.com/single-post/premik-russell-tubbs-margee-minier-tubbs-oneness-world


Career

Since the 1970s he worked with a wide range of artists such as John McLaughlin, Narada Michael Walden, Herbie Hancock, Jackson Browne, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Yoko Oginome, Cecil McBee, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Jean-Luc Ponty, T.M. Stevens, Wayne Shorter, Will Ackerman and many more.In December 1974, Premik Russell Tubbs performed on John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu’s album Visions of The Emerald Beyond. Then in January 1975 Premik became an official member of The Mahavishnu Orchestra and toured all of Continental Europe and the United States with them. [1] His saxophone was featured on hits like Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know", Regina Belle's "Baby Come to Me and Jermaine Stewart's "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off". In 1975, Premik performed with Carlos Santana to a sold out audience at The Nassau Colosseum and continued to perform with Santana into the 1980s. Premik performed on Carlos’ 1980 album, The Swing of Delight.

In 1983, Premik joined Lonnie Liston Smith's band, along with bass player Cecil McBee and in 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 both Grammy Winning musical artist Chandrika Tandon as well as Steve Gorn.

Premik has shared the stage and performed with Ravi & Anoushka Shankar, and has toured internationally around the world with Indian Violinist L. Subramaniam. Beginning in 2008, and through 2020, Premik was invited ten times to perform at Carnegie Hall in the Revlon Concert for the Rainforest Fund featuring Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, , Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Hudson, Will Ferrell, Rosanne Cash and Vince Gill and many more. On April 25, 2014, Premik performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Croydon, England. [2]

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.

Since 2010, Premik is the on-call wind player for Grammy Award winning Producer & Artist Will Ackerman, founder of Windam Hill Records and has performed on dozens if his productions.

To date, Premik has performed at Carnegie Hall to a sold-out audience, 14 times: 1. April 13th, 1980, Carlos Santana & Premik Russell Tubbs Duo Performance 2. April 13th, 1982, @The Sri Chinmoy Peace Concert 3. 2008 with Sting during Sting & Trudie Styler’s Concert for the Rainforest 4. 2010 with Sting during Sting & Trudie Styler’s Concert for the Rainforest 5. January 16th, 2012, with Karl Jenkins “The Peace Makers” 6. 2012 with Sting during Sting & Trudie Styler’s Concert for the Rainforest 7. January 20th 2014 with Karl Jenkins, “The Music of Karl Jenkins” Concert 8. 2014 with Sting during Sting & Trudie Styler’s Concert for the Rainforest 9. 2015 with Lynn Yew Evers, Dawn of Peace 10. December 2016 with Sting during Sting & Trudie Styler’s Concert for the Rainforest 11. 2017 FLOW Concert with Will Ackerman, Fiona Joy, Jeff Oster & Laurence Blatt 12. 2018 FLOW Concert with Will Ackerman, Fiona Joy, Jeff Oster & Laurence Blatt 13. December 2019 with Sting during Sting & Trudie Styler’s Concert for the Rainforest 14. July 2025 with Charu Suri performing SHAYAN

On November 21, 2021, Premik married European/American fashion designer, songwriter/lyricist and spoken word poet Margee Minier-Tubbs, producer on the Grammy® Nominated album by Charu Suri, SHAYAN, Premik also being a featured flute player on this album. In 2024, together they created Margee's acclaimed children's album Pathways. In 2025, Premik and his wife Margee co-composed Oneness-World, a genre-blending album featuring multi-Grammy® Award Winning violinist Zach Brock.

Discography

  • 1974: Mahavishnu OrchestraVisions of the Emerald Beyond
  • 1976: Narada Michael WaldenGarden of Love Light
  • 1977: Narada Michael WaldenI Cry, I Smile
  • 1980: Carlos Santana & Herbie HancockThe Swing of Delight
  • 1980: Premik Russell Tubbs - 'Transformation Dawn'
  • 1982: Premik Russell Tubbs - 'Run To Tomorrow's Sun'
  • 1984: Lonnie Liston SmithSilhouettes
  • 1985: Lonnie Liston SmithRejuvenation
  • 1985: Clarence ClemonsHero
  • 1985: Whitney HoustonWhitney Houston
  • 1985: Premik Russell Tubbs - Endless Energy, Sleepless Speed
  • 1985: Premik Russell Tubbs - Jharna-Kala, Song-Garland
  • 1986: Jermaine StewartFrantic Romantic
  • 1986: Premik Russell Tubbs & Shambhu - 'Equinox'
  • 1986: Premik Russell Tubbs & Clarence Clemons - 'BODY, HEART & SOUL
  • 1987: Whitney HoustonWhitney
  • 1987: Premik Russell Tubbs - 'A New World Of Peace'
  • 1989: Yoko OginomeVerge of Love
  • 1989: Regina BelleStay with Me
  • 1989: Kid 'N PlayFace the Nation
  • 1992: Calverly – Avalon
  • 1999: Edgar Paterson Mills - "Buddha on Mars'
  • 1999: John Caraberis - 'Boundless'
  • 2000: Luiz Simas - Recipe For Rhythm
  • 2001: Premik Russell Tubbs – Equinox
  • 2002: Ali Appel – Crooked Line
  • 2004: Premik Russell Tubbs – Mission-Transcendence
  • 2005: Kristin Hoffmann - 'Real'
  • 2006: Gerald Jay Markoe – Celestial Music for Sitar
  • 2006: Gerald Jay Markoe - 'Evening Star Meditation'
  • 2006: Mission On Mars - 'Tarana Sessions'
  • 2007: [The Mahavishnu Project] –'Return to the Emerald Beyond'
  • 2008: Premik Russell Tubbs & Uli Geissendoerfer - 'Bangalore Breakdown, Diary'
  • 2009: Pavaka - 'Sabar Sathe'
  • 2010: Premik Russell Tubbs & Steve Booke – Pratyavartana
  • 2010: Shambhu - 'Sacred Love'
  • 2011: Dean Boland - 'Soul Whispers'
  • 2011: Sri Chinmoy - Aum Meditation with Flute
  • 2011: Fiona Joy HawkinsChristmas Joy
  • 2012: Fiona Joy HawkinsSensual Journeys
  • 2012: Ronnda Cadle – Will's Embrace
  • 2012: Dan Kennedy – Intuition
  • 2012: Heidi Anne Breyer – Beyond the Turning
  • 2012: Rebecca Harrold – The River of Life
  • 2012: Ronnda Cadle - 'Will's Embrace'
  • 2012: Masako - Masako
  • 2013: Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon - 'Soul March'
  • 2013: Asher Barkin – Birchos Avicha
  • 2013: Shambhu – Dreaming of Now
  • 2013: David Gale, Ken Doma - 'Cold Summer'
  • 2014: Masako – Call of the Mountains
  • 2014: Premik Russell Tubbs & Uli Geissendoerfer - 'Passport to Happyness'
  • 2014: Ryan Michael Richards - 'Experiences'
  • 2014: Andrew Kutt - 'Eagle Medicine'
  • 2015: Ikhlaq Hussain - Destiny
  • 2015: Neil Tatar - Learning To Fly
  • 2015: Lynn Yew Evers - 'Elysian'
  • 2015: Jeffrey Seeman - 'Everything In Between'
  • 2015: Andrew Kutt - 'Earth Songs'
  • 2016: Patrick Carmichael - 'Sanctuary'
  • 2016: Kelly Andrew - 'Rendezvous'
  • 2016: Lawrence Blatt - 'Longitudes & Latitudes'
  • 2016: David Clavijo - 'Sitting on The Seawall'
  • 2017: Shambhu - 'Soothe'
  • 2017: Neil Tatar - 'After The Rain'
  • 2017: Gina Leneé - 'Red Diamonds'
  • 2017: Andrew Kutt - 'Bridge To Happiness'
  • 2017: Alan Matthews - 'The Ineffable'
  • 2017: Jennifer DeFrayne - 'Sisu'
  • 2017: Bobby Rozario - Rudra
  • 2018: Shambhu - Lilac Skies
  • 2018: Wivajoy, Fiona Joy Hawkins - 'Fair and White'
  • 2019: Masako - Underwater Whisperer
  • 2019: Todd Mosby - 'Open Waters'
  • 2019: Robert Linton - 'Adrift in Wonder'
  • 2019: Todd Mosby - 'Eagle Mountain'
  • 2019: Ann Sweeten - Before Today, Beyond Tomorrow
  • 2020: Masako - Hidden Flowers
  • 2020: Todd Mosby - Aerial Views
  • 2020: Robert Linton - 'In The Calm of Christmas'
  • 2021: Ryan Michael Richards - 'More Than Time'
  • 2022: Laila Faerman - Awake Arise!
  • 2022: Shambhu - 'Life Passage'
  • 2023: Masako - ASCENT- Call of the Mountains II
  • 2023: Kristin Hoffmann - Rain Shine
  • 2023: The Folklorkestra - A Strange Day In June
  • 2023: Ann Sweeten - Love Walks Through Rain
  • 2023: Jon Perl's Dark Light - 'Link In The Chain'
  • 2023: Laila Faerman - 'Beauty Came To Me'
  • 2024: Luiz Simas - Simpatia Total
  • 2024: Masako - Lost there Found here
  • 2024: David Lindsay - With You
  • 2024: Margee Minier-Tubbs - Pathways
  • 2025: Margee Minier-Tubbs - 'Oneness-World'
  • 2025: Masako - 'Dreaming Northern'
  • 2025: Assia Ahhatt - 'Born in Kyiv'
  • 2025: Jonathan Perl - 'Universal Return'
  • 2025: Alex Kaufman - 'Father'
  • 2025: Charu Suri - 'Shayan'
  • 2025: Ann Sweeten - 'Still'
  • 2025: Shambhu - Transcendence
  • 2025: Robert Linton - Away Into A Memory
  • 2025: Bobby Rozario - Healer
  • 2025: David Belmont - Castillo Music: 2001-2010, Mask

References

  1. ^ In December 1974, Premik Russell Tubbs performed on John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu’s album Visions of The Emerald Beyond. Then in January 1975 Premik became an official member of The Mahavishnu Orchestra and toured all of Continental Europe and the United States with them.Discography Deprecated link archived 2013-09-14 at archive.today. premik.com
  2. ^ Short Bio Archived 2020-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. premik.com