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Lew Soloff

Lew Soloff

Lew Soloff (Jan 20,1944 - March 8, 2015) started playing trumpet at the age of ten. After studying at Juilliard, Soloff played jazz trumpet with several leaders, notably Maynard Ferguson and Gil Evans and the Latin groups of Machito, Tito Puente, and Chuck Mangione.

He first came to prominence in 1968 with the Grammy Award winning jazz/rock band Blood Sweat & Tears where he remained for five years.

More about Soloff here: JazzTrumpetSolos.com

Soloff played with Bohuslan Big Band at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in 2005. Here are a few photos I took:

Lew Soloff

Lew Soloff

Lew Soloff

o.j. 2005 / March 2015