Sol Schlinger

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Sol Schlinger (born September 6, 1926 in New York City , † November 2017 ) was an American jazz musician ( baritone saxophone ) who emerged as a studio musician in big band productions in the 1950s .

Live and act

Schlinger grew up in the New York borough of the Bronx and initially learned the tenor saxophone . He had lessons from Bill Sheiner, who also taught Stan Getz . Through the mediation of Bernie Glow (another Sheiner student) he got his first job at the age of 16 in Dick Himber's band . In 1941, after dropping out of school, he played with Henry Jerome & His Stepping Tones; The band was arranged by Sid Cooper . During the Second World War he toured with Shep Fields , with whom the first recordings were made and with whom he also appeared in the context of troop support in Europe.

After the war ended, Schlinger worked again at Fields and also became his contractor. In 1948 he was a member of Charlie Barnet's band . Then he switched to the baritone saxophone when Buddy Rich was looking for a baritone player for his big band. In the late 1940s he played in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, in which he remained until 1952; in the early 1950s he worked a. a. with the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra ( New Directions in Music , 1952), Neal Hefti , Red Norvo and Benny Goodman .

As a session musician, Schlinger worked in the following years (together with the East Coast Sax section from Hal McKusick , Gene Quill , Zoot Sims and Al Cohn ) in numerous jazz productions on the RCA Victor label , such as Billy Byers , Quincy Jones , Ernie Wilkins , Manny Albam , George Dale Williams , Coleman Hawkins , Harry Belafonte , Urbie Green , Bob Brookmeyer , Richard Maltby , Peanuts Hucko and Chuck Wayne , in the late 1950s also with John LaPorta , George Russell (in New York, NY and Jazz in a Space Age ) and Bill Potts ( The Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess ). In the 1960s he also played with Gary McFarland , Freda Payne , Jimmy Rushing , Mundell Lowe , Bobby Short , Joe Morello , Tony Bennett , Michel Legrand , Jimmy Smith , Rusty Dedrick , Marvin Stamm and Dizzy Gillespie . In the mid-1970s he also worked as a theater musician on Broadway . In the field of jazz he was involved in 239 recording sessions between 1941 and 1992, most recently with John Pizzarelli ( All of Me ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Marc Myers: Sol Schlinger: 1926-2017 (obituary & interview). November 18, 2017, accessed November 18, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 18, 2017)
  3. ↑ Entry in the Internat Broadway database
personal data
SURNAME Schlinger, Sol
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schlinger, Saul?
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH November 2017