RIP Lew Soloff ?

khedger · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:03 am Post subject: RIP Lew Soloff ?

Facebook has a posting apparantly by Monette....can anyone confirm?

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Tal Katz · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:32 am Post subject:

This is from his daughter's facebook page:

"Tonight I lost my dad. We flew to New York to spend the week with him and my sister, enjoyed the day together, had dinner at our favorite grub spot. On the way home, he suffered a massive heart attack and collapsed into my arms on the sidewalk in front of my husband and children. I performed CPR with the help of a passerby and continued to assist after EMTs arrived. He died at the scene, was resuscitated, made it through an angioplasty but couldn't stabilize afterward and passed away just before 1:00 AM.

My dad was amazing. He could drive me f***ing crazy, but that didn't make him any less essential to my life. He loved his grandkids. He loved my sister and me. He was one of the greatest trumpet players in the world and I'm so proud to be his daughter. I'm so happy to carry on a fraction of his musicality in the now rare moments that I pick up my violin.

Dad had more friends than anyone I know. He was always on the phone. Always. Even when it was totally inappropriate. He was so loved by so many. His life overflowed with people who cared for him. I am so thankful for you all.

I am devastated. I can't picture my life or my kids' lives without him in it. It doesn't seem real. It's definitely not fair. But I am so grateful to have spent my dad's last day on Earth together in New York City.

Please keep my family in your thoughts and respect our privacy during this awful time. We're hurting badly.

We will release details about a Memorial as we're able to piece things together."

Very sad

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tubbs831 · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:33 am Post subject:

Wow....very sad news. RIP Lew

dstdenis · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:53 am Post subject:

Wow, we saw him perform at a club outside Atlanta just a few months ago. This is sad, surprising news. RIP Lew. Thanks for your wonderful music.
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bach_again · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:20 am Post subject:

One of the greats. I loved his playing with Carla Bleys big band. Very inspiring.

I'm sure the mods can remove the question mark from the title, out of respect.
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Kslice · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:01 am Post subject:

I am truly heartbroken over the loss of this great trumpet artist. He was a big influence on my own playing from his days with Blood, Sweat & Tears to the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra. What sad news indeed.
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qcm · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:02 am Post subject:

This is terrible news! Very, very sad to learn this, he was a true legend!

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Fuzzy Dunlop · Heavyweight Member Joined: 25 Jun 2011 Posts: 630

RIP

I listened to Spinning Wheel today in his memory.

rmch · Regular Member Joined: 20 Sep 2012 Posts: 94

I'm a little shocked. I had a lesson with him on Friday evening and he was doing fine. He was a sweetheart and I am very lucky to have been his student.
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Mac Gollehon · Veteran Member Joined: 27 Feb 2014 Posts: 256

So sorry to hear this. Many years ago we played together on some recording sessions ,one that immediately comes to mind was the movie 'Coming to America" with Eddie Murphy but there were several other sessions during the eighties. He was an enthusiastic and funny guy,and I dont think he even knew he was funny. He will be missed.

John Mohan · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:14 am Post subject:

This is such sad news. Lou Soloff had such an influence on so many of us. My condolences to his friends and family. I'll be thinking about him as I play my show today.

Sincerely,

John Mohan

Bill Ortiz · Heavyweight Member Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 904

Devastating news. Enjoy your life and savor every moment-life is fleeting.
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jhatpro · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:56 am Post subject:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Soloff
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EdMann · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:12 am Post subject:

He was my teacher and friend and I miss him. The world will always have what he did, but we won't have the benefit of his musical inventions ever again. Miss you Lew, RIP

Ed

jadickson · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:14 am Post subject:

In my freshman year of high school, our marching band halftime show was 1960's / 70's rock themed. One of the songs we played was Lucretia MacEvil by Blood, Sweat and Tears. It inspired me and my friends to go out and get the BS&T greatest hits album.

If it were possible to wear out a CD, I would've worn that one out. And of course Lew was one of the trumpet players in that band. That is one of the albums that made me want to study music for the rest of my life, and try to figure out this instrument that constantly gets the better of me, but constantly leaves me wanting more.

Thanks, Lew. Rest in peace.

giakara · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:13 pm Post subject:

Sad news , i met him back in 2011 here in Athens when he comes for a concert , great guy and monster player R.I.P.

Regards

deleted_user_02066fd · New Member Joined: 03 Apr 1996 Posts: 0

Lew was simply one of the very best. A guy I know roomed with him at Julliard and always had good things to say about him. When I was at Berklee way back in the late 70's he did a clinic/concert. Lew had also studied with Caruso as I had and we talked about Carmine a little during the clinic.
Lew was a bit eccentric and quirky as I recall, but in a nice way.
I met and heard him a few other times and his playing was flat out fabulous. Heard him play a piece called Solo For Soloff as a soloist with a college band at Quinnipiac University.
My condolences to his family and close friends.

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Tuningbell · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 3:56 pm Post subject:

I met Lew a few times and considered us friends. One time comes to mind early in our relationship in the early 80's at the New York Brass Conference. I was 14 at the time and introduced to Lew at that time with reverence I called him Mr. Soloff.. It was John Faddis and Alan Colin who introduced us. I can't remember which person said it it but I was told "Lew is first call for everything but the MET" Many years later we played next to each other on Broadway on the same show. Both as subs, I knew I was not "the first call"

Clark terry and Lew Playing some amazing duets in heaven tonight. Gabriel is taking a lesson in that masterclass.
RIP

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One of my first serious transcriptions was this 24 second clip of Lew Soloff tearing up the blues on piccolo trumpet. Man, he sounds great.

He was one of the most recorded players around, but this unknown little clip is my personal favorite.

RIP, Lew.
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