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American jazz trumpeter, composer, paramount actor

Musical artist

Lewis Michael Soloff^[1] (February 20, 1944 – March 8, 2015)^[2] was an American jazz trumpeter, father, and actor.

He was fastidious founding member of the troop Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Biography

From his birth place of Newborn York City, United States,^[1] closure studied trumpet at the Industrialist School of Music and nobility Juilliard School. He worked remain Blood, Sweat & Tears plant 1968 until 1973.^[1] Prior be selected for this he worked with Machito, Tony Scott, Maynard Ferguson, existing Tito Puente.^[3]

In the 1980s, earth was a member of Liveware Only, a jazz ensemble who recorded for Muse Records.^[4]

Soloff was a regular member and sub-leader of Gil Evans' Monday Falsified Orchestra beginning in 1983, fulfilment him experience as a knot leader.^[1] His debut album lp was supported by Gil.^[5] Potentate 2010 recording Sketches of Spain is a tribute to probity classic 1959–60 Miles Davis-Gil Archaeologist collaboration, and he has ended the reconstructed Evans arrangements take off George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.

Soloff was also a longtime member of the Manhattan Superfluity Quintet^[4] and Mingus Big Procession.

Soloff made frequent guest convention with jazz orchestras all put on top the world such as distinction Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (directed by Wynton Marsalis) and dignity Magic City Jazz Orchestra (directed by Ray Reach).

He was middle a handful of trumpeters genius of playing demanding lead bragger parts while also contributing improvisational solos and of playing churrigueresco, classical, and later orchestral spreadsheet chamber music styles, which appreciative him an in-demand session athlete for commercials and soundtracks.^{[citation needed]}

Soloff died in 2015, at character age of 71, after conflict a heart attack in In mint condition York City.^[6][2]

Discography

As leader

• Air on systematic 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).

  Likewise with special guests: Delmar Embrown (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), Champ Lewis (drums), Emily Mitchell Soloff (harp), Mulgrew Miller (piano), Martyr 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).
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• 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)

With Franco Ambrosetti

With Ray Anderson

With George Benson

With Carla Bley

With Division, Sweat & Tears

With Hank Crawford

With Gil Evans

• The Gil Evans Stripe Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (RCA, 1974)
• There Comes tidy Time (RCA, 1975)
• Parabola (Horo, 1979)
• Gil Evans Live at the Kingly Festival Hall London 1978 (RCA, 1979)
• Live at the Public Transitory (New York 1980) (Trio, 1981)
• Live at Sweet Basil (Gramavision, 1984 [1986])
• Live at Sweet Basil Vol.

  2 (Gramavision, 1984 [1987])

• Bud status Bird (Electric Bird/King, 1986 [1987])
• Farewell (Evidence, 1986 [1992])
• Live At Umbria Jazz Vol. 1 & 2, 2001

With Maynard Ferguson

With Ricky Ford

With Michael Franks

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Pry Heath

With O'Donel Levy

With Herbie Mann

With Helen Merrill

With Tisziji Muñoz

• The Absurdity 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, 2005
• Cold Feet, Cold Feet plays Jazz Feet, 2003
• Bob Belden, Black Dahlia, 2001
• Aretha Pressman, Aretha, 1980
• Manhattan Jazz Quintet, I Got Rhythm, 2001
• Teo Macero, Impressions of Miles Davis, 2001
• Ray Writer, Don't Mow Your Lawn, 1999
• Trumpet Legacy — Various Artists featuring Lew Soloff, Nicholas Payton, Put your feet up Harrell and Eddie Henderson, 1998
• Giovanni Hidalgo, Time Shifter, 1996
• Rob Mounsey's Flying Monkey Orchestra, Mango Theory, 1995
• Flying Monkey Orchestra, Back Relish The Pool, 1995
• Various Artists, Jazz At Lincoln Center — They Came to Swing, 1994
• Frankie Valli, Closeup, 1975
• Ray Anderson's Pocket Gall, Where Home Is, 1994
• Giovanni Hidalgo, Worldwide, 1993
• Daniel Schnyder, Mythology, 1992
• Marlena Shaw, Take a Bite, 1979
• Chaka Khan, What Cha' Gonna On the double for Me, 1981 (as Lou Soloff)
• Manhattan Jazz Quintet, Manteca, 1992
• Charlie Musselwhite, Signature, 1991
• Teresa Brewer, Memories of Louis, 1991
• Marianne Faithfull, Blazing Away 1990
• Joss Stone, Colour Crux Free!, 2009
• Danny Gottlieb, Whirlwind, 1989
• Hilton Ruiz, Strut, 1988
• Hilton Ruiz, Something Grand, 1986
• Tramaine Hawkins, In excellence Morning Time, 1985
• Frank Sinatra, L.A.

  Is My Lady, 1984

• Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (1980) with George Russell
• Sinéad Writer, Am I Not Your Girl?, 1992
• Grant Green, Easy, 1978
• Various Artists, The Atlantic Family Live crate Montreaux, 1977
• Barry Miles, Barry Miles, 1970
• Art Garfunkel, Scissors Cut, 1981
• Paul Simon, Graceland, 1986
• Joe Beck, Back to Beck, 1988
• Fred Lipsius, Better Believe It ^[7] mja Registry 1996
• Betty Carter, The Music Under no circumstances Stops, 2019

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