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He worked with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 until 1973. [ 1 ] Prior to this he worked with 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, started ...
Mar 9, 2015 · Lew Soloff, a trumpet player who was an early member of Blood, Sweat and Tears and whose jazz career included performances with his own ensembles and with Gil Evans, Ornette Coleman, Chuck ...
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Mar 10, 2015 · Lew Soloff, a jazz trumpeter who reached a broader audience with the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears, especially with a memorable solo on the original version of the 1969 hit “Spinning Wheel ...
Apr 28, 2023 · Lew Soloff dies at 71; trumpet player for Blood, Sweat and Tears. Lew Soloff, a trumpet player who was an early member of Blood, Sweat and Tears and whose jazz career included performances with his own ensembles and with Gil Evans, Ornette Coleman, Chuck Mangione, Maynard Ferguson and other giants of the genre, has died. He was 71.
May 7, 2015 · But Lew Soloff meant much more than his immortal trumpet solo on “Spinning Wheel,” which led off Side B of the 1968 LP Blood, Sweat & Tears. A consummate lead player, a surefooted improviser, an impeccable technician and a generous mentor, Soloff occupied an important place in the New York jazz firmament for more than 40 years.
Soloff was also the lead trumpeter of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band under the direction of Jon Faddis during its entire tenure and spent six years as first trumpet in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Born in Brooklyn, on February 20, 1944, Soloff was raised in Lakewood, New Jersey and started studying piano at an early age.
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Mar 20, 2016 · Randy Brecker Remembers Lew Soloff. Each year, in our March issue, we ask prominent musicians to pay tribute to fellow artists who have passed in the previous year. This piece appeared in the March 2016 edition of JazzTimes. Simply put, Lew was one of my dearest friends for close to 50 years. I first heard him play at the home of Barry Miles ...
