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,