American jazz trumpeter, composer, and actor
Musical artist
Lewis Michael Soloff [ 1] [ 2] trumpeter , composer, and actor. He was a founding member of the band Blood, Sweat & Tears .
Biography
From his birth place of New York City, United States,[ 1] Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. He worked with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 until 1973.[ 1] Machito , Tony Scott , Maynard Ferguson , and Tito Puente .[ 3]
In the 1980s, he was a member of Members Only , a jazz ensemble who recorded for Muse Records .[ 4]
Soloff was a regular member and sub-leader of Gil Evans ' Monday Night Orchestra beginning in 1983, gaining him experience as a band leader.[ 1] [ 5] Sketches of Spain is a tribute to the classic 1959–60 Miles Davis-Gil Evans collaboration, and he has performed the reconstructed Evans arrangements of George Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess . Soloff was also a longtime member of the Manhattan Jazz Quintet [ 4] Mingus Big Band .
Soloff made frequent guest appearances with jazz orchestras all over the world such as the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (directed by Wynton Marsalis ) and the Magic City Jazz Orchestra (directed by Ray Reach ).
He was among a handful of trumpeters capable of playing demanding lead trumpet parts while also contributing improvisational solos and of playing baroque, classical, and later orchestral and chamber music styles, which made him an in-demand session player for commercials and soundtracks.[citation needed
Soloff died in 2015, at the age of 71, after suffering a heart attack in New York City.[ 6] [ 2]
Discography
As leader
Air on a G String , 2003 - Larry Willis (piano), Francois Moutin (bass), Victor Lewis (drums)Rainbow Mountain , 2000 - Lou Marini (saxophones, flute), Joe Beck (guitar), Mark Egan (bass), Danny Gottlieb (drums). Also with special guests: Delmar Brown (synthesizers, vocal), Hiram Bullock (guitar), Will Lee (bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums), Miles Evans (trumpet), Paul Shaffer (Hammond B-3 organ)With a Song In My Heart , 1999 Rob Mounsey (arranger), Victor Lewis (drums), Emily Mitchell Soloff (harp), Mulgrew Miller (piano), George Mraz (bass)Little Wing , 1991 - Ray Anderson (trombone), Gil Goldstein (piano, synthesizers, accordion), Pete Levin (organ, synthesizers, vocoder), Mark Egan (bass), Kenwood Dennard (drums), Manolo Badrena (percussion). Produced by Steve Swallow My Romance , 1989 - Mark Egan (bass), Janis Siegel (vocal), Danny Gottlieb (drums), Pete Levin (synthesizers), Airto Moreira (percussion), Gil Goldstein (piano, synthesizers), Emily Michell Soloff (harp)Speak Low , 1987 - Kenny Kirkland (piano), Richard Davis (bass), Elvin Jones (drums)Yesterdays , 1986 -Mike Stern (guitar), Charnett Moffett (bass), Elvin Jones (drums)Hanalei Bay , 1985 Gil Evans (electric piano), Pete Levin (synthesizer), Hiram Bullock (guitar), Adam Nussbaum (drums), Mark Egan (bass), Manolo Badrena (percussion)
As sideman
With Franco Ambrosetti
With Ray Anderson
With George Benson
With Carla Bley
With Blood, Sweat & Tears
With Hank Crawford
With Gil Evans
The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix There Comes a Time Parabola Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) Live at Sweet Basil Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2 Bud and Bird Farewell Live At Umbria Jazz Vol. 1 & 2 , 2001With Maynard Ferguson
With Ricky Ford
With Michael Franks
With Dizzy Gillespie
With Jimmy Heath
With O'Donel Levy
With Herbie Mann
With Helen Merrill
With Tisziji Muñoz
The Paradox of Completion (Anami Music, 2015)With Bobby Previte
With Dakota Staton
With Jeremy Steig
With Sonny Stitt
With Stanley Turrentine
With others
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra , A Love Supreme , 2005Cold Feet, Cold Feet plays Jazz Feet , 2003
Bob Belden , Black Dahlia Aretha Franklin , Aretha Manhattan Jazz Quintet , I Got Rhythm , 2001Teo Macero , Impressions of Miles Davis , 2001Ray Anderson , Don't Mow Your Lawn , 1999Trumpet Legacy — Various Artists featuring Lew Soloff, Nicholas Payton , Tom Harrell and Eddie Henderson , 1998Giovanni Hidalgo , Time Shifter , 1996Rob Mounsey 's Flying Monkey Orchestra, Mango Theory , 1995Flying Monkey Orchestra , Back In The Pool , 1995Various Artists, Jazz At Lincoln Center — They Came to Swing , 1994
Frankie Valli , Closeup Ray Anderson's Pocket Brass , Where Home Is , 1994Giovanni Hidalgo , Worldwide , 1993Daniel Schnyder , Mythology , 1992Marlena Shaw , Take a Bite , 1979Chaka Khan , What Cha' Gonna Do for Me Manhattan Jazz Quintet , Manteca , 1992Charlie Musselwhite , Signature , 1991Teresa Brewer , Memories of Louis , 1991Marianne Faithfull , Blazing Away 1990Joss Stone , Colour Me Free! Danny Gottlieb , Whirlwind , 1989Hilton Ruiz , Strut , 1988Hilton Ruiz , Something Grand , 1986Tramaine Hawkins , In the Morning Time, 1985Frank Sinatra , L.A. Is My Lady Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature George Russell Sinéad O'Connor , Am I Not Your Girl? Grant Green , Easy Various Artists, The Atlantic Family Live in Montreaux
Barry Miles , Barry Miles , 1970Art Garfunkel , Scissors Cut Paul Simon , Graceland Joe Beck , Back to Beck Fred Lipsius , Better Believe It [ 7] Betty Carter , The Music Never Stops
References
External links
Dave Gellis Glenn McClelland Jon Ossman Carl Fischer Barry Danielian Charley Gordon Ken Gioffre Joel Rosenblatt Bo Bice Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Soundtracks Singles
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