Lew Soloff

Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944 – March 8, 2015)

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

Soloff was a regular member and sub-leader of Gil Evans' Monday Night Orchestra beginning in 1983, gaining him experience as a band leader. 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 George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Soloff was also a longtime member of the Manhattan Jazz Quintet,

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 Tentets (Enja, 1985) With Ray Anderson Big Band Record (Gramavision, 1994) with the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band Don't Mow Your Lawn (Enja, 1994) With George Benson Tell It Like It Is (A&M/CTI, 1969) Big Boss Band (Warner Bros., 1990) With Carla Bley Fleur Carnivore (Watt, 1989) The Very Big Carla Bley Band (Watt, 1990) Big Band Theory, 1993 The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (Watt, 1996) 4 x 4 (Watt, 1999) Looking for America (Watt, 2003) With Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears, 1969 Grammy Award for Album of the Year Blood, Sweat & Tears 3, 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears 4, 1971 New Blood, 1972 No Sweat, 1973 With Hank Crawford Night Beat (Milestone, 1989) Groove Master (Milestone, 1990) With Gil Evans The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (RCA, 1974) There Comes a Time (RCA, 1975) Parabola (Horo, 1979) Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (RCA, 1979) Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) (Trio, 1981) Live at Sweet Basil (Gramavision, 1984 ) Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2 (Gramavision, 1984 ) Bud and Bird (Electric Bird/King, 1986 ) Farewell (Evidence, 1986 ) Live At Umbria Jazz Vol. 1 & 2, 2001 With Maynard Ferguson Ridin' High (Enterprise, 1967) With Ricky Ford Hot Brass (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 Cornucopia (Solid State, 1969) With Jimmy Heath Little Man Big Band (Verve, 1992) With O'Donel Levy Simba (Groove Merchant, 1974) Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (Groove Merchant, 1974) Windows (Groove Merchant, 1976) With Herbie Mann Brazil: Once Again (Atlantic, 1977) With Helen Merrill Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown (Verve, 1994) With Tisziji Muñoz The Paradox of Completion (Anami Music, 2015) With Bobby Previte The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró (Tzadik Records, 2002) With Dakota Staton I Want a Country Man (Groove Merchant, 1973) With Jeremy Steig Firefly (CTI, 1977) With Sonny Stitt Stomp Off Let's Go (Flying Dutchman, 1976) With Stanley Turrentine The Man with the Sad Face (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, Black Dahlia, 2001 Aretha Franklin, Aretha, 1980 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, 1998 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 Frankie Valli, Closeup, 1975 Ray Anderson's Pocket Brass, Where Home Is, 1994 Giovanni Hidalgo, Worldwide, 1993 Daniel Schnyder, Mythology, 1992 Marlena Shaw, Take a Bite, 1979 Chaka Khan, What Cha' Gonna Do 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 Me Free!, 2009 Danny Gottlieb, Whirlwind, 1989 Hilton Ruiz, Strut, 1988 Hilton Ruiz, Something Grand, 1986 Tramaine Hawkins, In the Morning Time, 1985 Frank Sinatra, L.A. Is My Lady, 1984 Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (1980) with George Russell Sinéad O'Connor, Am I Not Your Girl?, 1992 Grant Green, Easy, 1978 Various Artists, The Atlantic Family Live in 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 mja Records 1996 Betty Carter, The Music Never Stops, 2019