Lew Soloff (born February 20, 1944 in New York City) is a jazz trumpeter,composer and actor. He studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. He is likely best known for his work with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 to 1973. Prior to this, he worked with Machito, Gil Evans, Tony Scott, and Tito Puente.^[1] Since his stint with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he has worked with Clark Terry, Mongo Santamaria, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, the Gil Evans big band, Stanley Clarke, Jon Faddis, Sonny Stitt, Spyro Gyra, George Russell, Stanley Turrentine, Bill Evans, Carla Bley, Ray Anderson (musician), Franco Ambrosetti, Ornette Coleman, Tony Bennett, Louie Bellson, Hiram Bullock, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Magic City Jazz Orchestra and the Bohuslän Big Band. He has also been a longtime member of the Manhattan Jazz Quintet. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Discography as a bandleader

• Air on a G String, 2003 - Lew Soloff (trumpet, flugelhorn), Larry Willis (piano), Francois Moutin (bass), Victor Lewis (drums)
• Rainbow Mountain, 2000 - Lew Soloff (trumpet), 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), Lew Soloff (trumpet), Victor Lewis (drums), Emily Mitchell Soloff (harp), Mulgrew Miller (piano), George Mraz (bass)
• But Beautiful, 1993 - Lew Soloff (trumpet), Kenny Kirkland (piano), Richard Davis (bass), Elvin Jones (drums)
• Little Wing, 1991 - Lew Soloff (trumpet), 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 and Lew Soloff.
• My Romance, 1989 - Lew Soloff (trumpet), Mark Egan (bass), Janis Siegel (vocal), Danny Gottlieb (drums), Pete Levin (synthesizers), Airto Moreira (percussion), Gil Goldstein (piano, synthesizers), Emily Michell Soloff (harp)
• Yesterdays, 1986 - Lew Soloff (trumpet), Mike Stern (guitar), Charnett Moffett (bass), Elvin Jones (drums)
• Hanalei Bay, 1983 Lew Soloff (trumpet, flugelhorn), Gil Evans (electric piano), Pete Levin (synthesizer), Hiram Bullock (guitar), Adam Nussbaum (drums), Kenwood Dennard (drums), Manolo Badrena (percussion)

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Discography as a sideman

• Carla Bley, Looking For America, 2003
• Cold Feet, Cold Feet plays Jazz Feet, 2003
• Bob Belden, Black Dahlia, 2001
• Gil Evans Orchestra, Live At Umbria Jazz Vol. 1 & 2, 2001
• Manhattan Jazz Quintet, I Got Rhythm, 2001
• Teo Macero, Impressions of Miles Davis, 2001
• Ray Anderson, Don't Mow Your Lawn, 1999
• Trumpet Legacy — Various Artists featuring Lew Soloff, Nicholas Payton, Tom Harrell and Eddie Henderson (Musician), 1998
• Carla Bley, Big Band Goes To Church, 1996
• Giovanni Hidalgo, Time Shifter, 1996
• Rob Mounsey'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
• Ray Anderson's Pocket Brass, Where Home Is, 1994
• Giovanni Hidalgo, Worldwide, 1993
• Daniel Schnyder, Mythology, 1992
• Manhattan Jazz Quintet, Manteca, 1992
• Charlie Musselwhite, Signature, 1991
• Teresa Brewer, Memories of Louis, 1991
• Marianne Faithfull, Blazing Away 1990
• Hilton Ruiz, Strut, 1988
• Hilton Ruiz, Something Grand, 1986
• Frank Sinatra, L.A. Is My Lady, 1984
• Michael Franks, Tiger In The Rain, 1979
• Various Artists, The Atlantic Family Live in Montreaux, 1977
• Gil Evans, Priestess, 1977
• Gil Evans, Orchestra Plays The Music of Jimi Hendrix, 1974
• Barry Miles, Barry Miles, 1970
• Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blood, Sweat & Tears 3, 1970 Grammy Award for Album of the Year
• Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears, 1969

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Grammy Award

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• 1970: Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Blood, Sweat & Tears

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Filmography

• Louie Bellson and His Big Band
• Ed's Next Move
• Two Much
• Koyaanisqatsi

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Family

He currently resides in New York City with his wife Emily Mitchell Soloff, who has also been in numerous albums playing the harp. In Arizona, he has a cousin David J. Silver an American actor, who has minimally broke into the motion picture industry. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...

References

Chart positions

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See also

• List of trumpeters
• 20th century brass instrumentalists
• List of jazz trumpeters

This article lists notable musicians who have played the trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn. ... 20th century brass instrumentalists include: Trumpet (see also list of trumpeters and List of jazz trumpeters. ... This is an alphabetical list of jazz trumpeters for whom Wikipedia has articles. ...

External links

• Lew Soloff at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website Lew Soloff
• Video: Lew Soloff playing Bach's "Air on a G String"
• Lew Soloff at Allmusic
• Hollywood.com
• Jazz Trumpets
• Artists direct
• Images of Lew
• Batesmeyer
• Jazz Times
• Mtv.com
• VH1 Biography