Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944–March 8, 2015) was an American jazz

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, composer, and actor.

Biography

From his birth place of New York City, United States, he studied trumpet at the

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and the

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School. He worked with

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from 1968 until 1973. Prior to this he worked with Machito,

Tony Scott Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as '' Top Gun'' (1986), '' Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987), ''D ...

Maynard Ferguson Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often serv ...

, and

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. In the 1980s, he was a member of Members Only, a jazz ensemble who recorded for

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. Soloff was a regular member and sub-leader of

Gil Evans Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role i ...

' Monday Night Orchestra, started from 1983, and trained his ability as band leader. His debut album recording was supported by Gil. His 2010 recording ''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

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's ''Porgy and Bess''. Soloff was also a longtime member of the Manhattan Jazz Quintet and 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 Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Award ...

) 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. Soloff died in 2015, at the age of 71, after suffering a heart attack in New York City.

Discography

As leader

*''Air on a G String'', 2003 - Larry Willis (piano), Francois Moutin (bass),

Victor Lewis Victor Lewis (born May 20, 1950) is an American jazz drummer, composer, and educator. Early life Victor Lewis was born on May 20, 1950 in Omaha, Nebraska. His father, Richard Lewis, who played saxophone and mother, Camille, a pianist-vocalist ...

(drums) *''Rainbow Mountain'', 2000 -

Lou Marini Louis William Marini Jr. (born May 13, 1945), known as "Blue Lou" Marini, is an American saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his work in jazz, rock, blues, and soul music, as well as his association with The Blues Brot ...

(saxophones, flute), Joe Beck (guitar), Mark Egan (bass), Danny Gottlieb (drums). Also with special guests: Delmar Brown (synthesizers, vocal), Hiram Bullock (guitar),

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(bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums), Miles Evans (trumpet),

Paul Shaffer Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both ''Late Ni ...

(Hammond B-3 organ) *''With a Song In My Heart'', 1999

Rob Mounsey Rob Mounsey (born December 2, 1952) is an American musician, composer, and arranger. Music career Mounsey was born in Berea, Ohio, and grew up in Seattle, Washington, spending a few years each in Findlay and Granville, Ohio. At the age of 17 ...

(arranger),

(drums), Emily Mitchell Soloff (harp), Mulgrew Miller (piano),

George Mraz George Mraz (born Jiří Mráz; 9 September 1944 – 16 September 2021) was a Czech-born American jazz bassist and alto saxophonist. He was a member of Oscar Peterson's group, and worked with Pepper Adams, Stan Getz, Michel Petrucciani, Stephan ...

(bass) *''Little Wing'', 1991 - Ray Anderson (trombone),

Gil Goldstein Gil Goldstein (born November 6, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American jazz pianist and accordionist. He has won 5 Grammy Awards and he was nominated 8 time Biography He began studying accordion at age 5 after noticing it in The Lawrence ...

(piano, synthesizers, accordion),

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(organ, synthesizers, vocoder), Mark Egan (bass),

Kenwood Dennard Kenwood Marshall Dennard (born March 1, 1956, New York City) is an American jazz drummer. Dennard learned piano as a child and took up drumming at nine years of age. He attended the Manhattan School of Music from 1972 to 1973 and Berklee College o ...

(drums),

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(percussion). Produced by

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*''My Romance'', 1989 - Mark Egan (bass), Janis Siegel (vocal), Danny Gottlieb (drums),

(synthesizers),

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(percussion),

(piano, synthesizers), Emily Michell Soloff (harp) *''Speak Low'', 1987 - Kenny Kirkland (piano), Richard Davis (bass),

Elvin Jones Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...

(drums) *''Yesterdays'', 1986 -

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(guitar),

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(bass),

(drums) *''Hanalei Bay'', 1983

(electric piano),

(synthesizer), Hiram Bullock (guitar),

Adam Nussbaum Adam Nussbaum (born November 29, 1955) is an American jazz drummer. Early life Nussbaum was born in New York City on November 29, 1955. He grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut, and first played the drums at the age of four. After five years of piano ...

(drums), Mark Egan (bass),

(percussion)

As sideman

With Franco Ambrosetti * '' Tentets'' (Enja, 1985) With Ray Anderson * ''

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Concert Jazz Band * ''

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* '' Tell It Like It Is'' (A&M/CTI, 1969) * ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1990) With

Carla Bley Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera '' Escalator over the Hill'' ...

* ''

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'' (Watt, 1989) * ''

The Very Big Carla Bley Band ''The Very Big Carla Bley Band'' is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley released on the Watt/ECM label in 1991.

'' (Watt, 1990) * ''

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'', 1993 * ''

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'' (Watt, 1999) * '' Looking for America'' (Watt, 2003) With

* ''

'', 1969

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* ''

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'', 1970 * '' Blood, Sweat & Tears 4'', 1971 * '' New Blood'', 1972 * '' No Sweat'', 1973 With

Hank Crawford Bennie Ross "Hank" Crawford, Jr. (December 21, 1934 – January 29, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist, arranger and songwriter whose genres ranged from R&B, hard bop, jazz-funk, and soul jazz. Crawford was musical director for Ray Charl ...

* '' Night Beat'' (Milestone, 1989) * '' Groove Master'' (Milestone, 1990) With

* ''

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'' (RCA, 1974) * '' There Comes a Time'' (RCA, 1975) * ''

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'' (Horo, 1979) * ''

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'' (RCA, 1979) * ''

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'' (Trio, 1981) * '' Live at Sweet Basil'' (Gramavision, 1984 986 * ''

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'' (Gramavision, 1984 987 * ''

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'' (Electric Bird/King, 1986 987 * '' Farewell'' (Evidence, 1986 992 * ''Live At Umbria Jazz Vol. 1 & 2'', 2001 With

* '' Ridin' High'' (Enterprise, 1967) With

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* ''

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'' (Candid, 1991) With Michael Franks * '' Tiger in the Rain'' (Warner Bros., 1979) * '' Objects of Desire'' (Warner Bros., 1982) * '' The Camera Never Lies'' (Warner Bros., 1987) With

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but a ...

* ''

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'' (Solid State, 1969) With Jimmy Heath * ''

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'' (Verve, 1992) With

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* '' Simba'' (Groove Merchant, 1974) * '' Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky'' (Groove Merchant, 1974) * ''

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'' (Groove Merchant, 1976) With

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* '' Brazil: Once Again'' (Atlantic, 1977) With

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* '' Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown'' (Verve, 1994) With Tisziji Munoz * ''The Paradox of Completion'' (Anami Music, 2015) With

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* ''The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró'' (

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, 2002) With Dakota Staton * ''

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* ''

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'' (CTI, 1977) With

Sonny Stitt Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982), known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/ hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of h ...

* '' Stomp Off Let's Go'' (Flying Dutchman, 1976) With

Stanley Turrentine Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion ...

* ''

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'' (Fantasy, 1976) * '' Nightwings'' (Fantasy, 1977) With others * Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, ''A Love Supreme'', 2005 *Cold Feet, ''Cold Feet plays Jazz Feet'', 2003 *

Bob Belden James Robert Belden (October 31, 1956 – May 20, 2015) was an American saxophonist, arranger, composer, bandleader, and producer. As a composer he may be best known for his Grammy Award winning orchestral jazz recording, ''Black Dahlia'' (2001) ...

, ''

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'', 2001 *

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, '' Aretha'', 1980 * Manhattan Jazz Quintet, ''I Got Rhythm'', 2001 *

Teo Macero Attilio Joseph "Teo" Macero (October 30, 1925 – February 19, 2008) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. He was a producer at Columbia Records for twenty years. Macero produced Miles Davis' ''Bitches Brew'', and ...

, ''Impressions of Miles Davis'', 2001 * Ray Anderson, ''Don't Mow Your Lawn'', 1999 *''Trumpet Legacy — Various Artists'' featuring Lew Soloff, Nicholas Payton,

Tom Harrell Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...

and Eddie Henderson, 1998 *

Giovanni Hidalgo Giovanni Hidalgo a.k.a. "Mañenguito" (born November 22, 1963) is a Latin jazz percussionist. Early years Hidalgo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he received his primary education. His grandfather was a musician, and his father, José ...

, ''Time Shifter'', 1996 *

's Flying Monkey Orchestra, ''Mango Theory'', 1995 * Flying Monkey Orchestra, ''Back In The Pool'', 1995 *Various Artists, ''Jazz At Lincoln Center — They Came to Swing'', 1994 *

Frankie Valli Francesco Stephen Castelluccio (born May 3, 1934), better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer, known as the frontman of the Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice. ...

, ''

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'', 1975 * Ray Anderson's Pocket Brass, ''Where Home Is'', 1994 *

, ''Worldwide'', 1993 *

Daniel Schnyder Daniel Schnyder (born March 12, 1961 in Zurich) is a Swiss jazz reedist and composer of both jazz and classical music. Schnyder learned to play cello before saxophone. He attended Berklee College of Music and the Conservatory of Winterthur. He ...

, ''Mythology'', 1992 *

Marlena Shaw Marlena Shaw (born Marlina Burgess, September 22, 1942) is an American jazz, blues and soul singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music has often been sampled in hip hop music, and used in television ...

, ''Take a Bite'', 1979 *

Chaka Khan Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (), is an American singer. Her career has spanned more than five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Known as the " Q ...

, '' What Cha' Gonna Do For Me'', 1981 * Manhattan Jazz Quintet, ''Manteca'', 1992 *

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, ''Signature'', 1991 *

Teresa Brewer Teresa Brewer (born Theresa Veronica Breuer; May 7, 1931 – October 17, 2007) was an American singer whose style incorporated pop, country, jazz, R&B, musicals, and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of th ...

, ''Memories of Louis'', 1991 *

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, ''Blazing Away'' 1990 *

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, '' Colour Me Free!'', 2009 * Danny Gottlieb, ''Whirlwind'', 1989 *

Hilton Ruiz Hilton Ruiz (May 29, 1952 – June 6, 2006) was an American jazz pianist in the Afro-Cuban jazz mold, but was also a talented bebop player. He was of Puerto Rican descent. Biography Born in New York City, Ruiz began playing piano at the age of ...

, ''Strut'', 1988 *

, ''Something Grand'', 1986 * Tramaine Hawkins, ''In the Morning Time,'' 1985 *

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the " Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and ...

, '' L.A. Is My Lady'', 1984 *'' Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature'' (1980) with George Russell *

Sinéad O'Connor Shuhada Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor on 8 December 1966; ) is an Irish singer-songwriter. Her debut album, '' The Lion and the Cobra'', was released in 1987 and charted internationally. Her second album, ''I Do Not Want Wha ...

, '' Am I Not Your Girl?'', 1992 *

Grant Green Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms ...

, '' Easy'', 1978 *Various Artists, '' The Atlantic Family Live in Montreaux'', 1977 *

Barry Miles Barry Miles (born 21 February 1943) is an English author known for his participation in and writing on the subjects of the 1960s London underground and counterculture. He is the author of numerous books and his work has also regularly appeare ...

, ''Barry Miles'', 1970 * Art Garfunkel, ''

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'', 1981 *

Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk roc ...

, ''

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'', 1986 * Joe Beck, '' Back to Beck'', 1988 *

Fred Lipsius Fred Lipsius (born 19 November 1943 in the Bronx) is an American musician who is the original saxophonist and arranger for the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears, for which he played alto saxophone and piano. He was with the band from 1967 to 197 ...

, ''Better Believe It mja Records 1996)

References

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