Lew Gluckin

Lewis "Lew" Gluckin (also Lou Gluckin , born September 5, 1930 ; † October 29, 2017 in Sarasota , Florida ) was an American jazz and studio musician ( trumpet , arrangement , composition ).

Live and act

Lew Gluckin was taken by his father to a Louis Armstrong concert as a child ; twelve he got a first own trumpet, whose game he autodidact learned. From the early 1960s he worked as a jazz trumpeter and arranger . a. with Larry Elgart ( Elgart au Go-Go / Sound of the Times ), for whom he composed and arranged the swing number “Jackie's Tune” (1961). In the following years he was a member of the orchestras of Peter Duchin , Woody Herman , Art Mooney and Rusty Dedrick ; he also performed with Don Heckman and Ed Summerlin at a summer workshop. Gluckin also played with Chuck Speas & The American Jazz Septet ( The New Sounds of College Jazz , including with Dave Frishberg and Sam Brown ) and with Dave Carey & The Baroque Jazz Ensemble ( Jazz for Bach Buffs ; Impulse ! , 1962, including with John Murtaugh , Barry Galbraith ). He also recorded jingles and worked on Broadway , as a studio and accompanist for Jackie Paris and Liza Minnelli ( Live at the Winter Garden , 1974). In the field of jazz he was involved in ten recording sessions between 1960 and 1969. In the 1980s he still performed with the pianist Moe Wechsler in New York.

Web links

• Interview with Trumpet Player, arranger, composer, copyist Lew Gluckin. The Lynne Show, April 25, 2017, accessed July 29, 2018 . 
• Lew Gluckin at Allmusic (English)
• Lewis Gluckin at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lewis Gluck Obituary. November 1, 2017, accessed July 29, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 29, 2018)
3. ^ New York Magazine April 5, 1982