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Lew Soloff
real name Lewis Michael Soloff (Лев Соловейчик)
New York City, United States
Lew Soloff is credited on 2,503 releases across 552 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,503
Credits
552
Albums
7
Decades active
737
In collections
Biography
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Lew Soloff (born February 20, 1944, Brooklyn, New York, USA – died March 8, 2015, New York City, New York, USA) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player, composer, educator, and actor. He worked with many artists including Blood, Sweat And Tears from 1968 until 1973.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
2,503 releases · 552 albums · active 1966–2025
- Performance · 3,549
- Other credits · 326
- Production · 4
Studios: A&R Studios · Electric Lady Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Clinton Recording Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Graceland
1986

Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984

Blood, Sweat And Tears
1969

AWB
1974

Journeyman
1989

Heads
1977

School Days
1976

One
1974

Blood, Sweat & Tears 3
1970

Music Inspired By Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk
1977

Wanted Dread & Alive
1981

Gold
1982

Three
1976

Sally Can't Dance
1974

Stanley Clarke
1974

Journey To Love
1975

B, S & T 4
1971

Negotiations And Love Songs (1971-1986)
1988

Two
1975

Big Thing
1988

Fame (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
1980

Painted From Memory
1998

20/20
1985

Koyaanisqatsi (Life Out Of Balance) (Original Soundtrack Album From The Motion Picture)
1983
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Manhattan Jazz Quintet
- Gil Evans
- Bob James
- Manhattan Jazz Orchestra
- Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Philip Glass
- Chuck Mangione
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