Tabnik studied with jazz alto saxophonist
Lee Konitz from 1970 to 1972. From 1975 through 1979, he lived in Buffalo, N.Y. and played lead alto sax in
Frank Foster's Big Band at
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. He has written for and performed in many capacities in
Houston, Texas,
Atlanta, Georgia, and
Providence, Rhode Island. He had studied and performed with
Connie Crothers from January 1980. Tabnik performed with the quartet CCQt with Connie Crothers on piano, Roger Mancuso on drums, and
Sean Smith on bass. ==Discography==