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Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944 – March 8, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter , composer, and actor.

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24-402: Musselwhite is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charlie Musselwhite (born 1944), American musician David Musselwhite (1940–2010), British literary critic Harry W. Musselwhite (1868–1955), American politician Paul Musselwhite (born 1968), English footballer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

48-621: A 1950 Lincoln automobile. This environment was a school for music as well as life for Musselwhite, who eventually acquired the nickname Memphis Charlie. Musselwhite then took off in search of the rumored "big-paying factory jobs" up the "Hillbilly Highway", Highway 51 to Chicago, where he continued his education on the South Side , making the acquaintance of blues musicians Lew Soloff , Muddy Waters , Junior Wells , Sonny Boy Williamson , Buddy Guy , Howlin' Wolf , Little Walter , and Big Walter Horton . Musselwhite immersed himself completely in

72-570: A Grammy Award for Best Blues Album . In 2014 and 2015, he won a Blues Music Award in the category Best Instrumentalist – Harmonicist. At the 40th Blues Music Awards ceremony in 2019, Musselwhite's joint composition with Ben Harper , "No Mercy In This Land", was named as 'Song of the Year'. In 2023, Musselwhite won another Blues Music Award with the 'Acoustic Album of the Year' title for his LP, Mississippi Son . Musselwhite portrays Alvin Reynolds in

96-459: A "white bluesman". Musselwhite was reportedly the inspiration for Elwood Blues, the character played by Dan Aykroyd in the 1980 film, The Blues Brothers . Musselwhite, whose father and paternal grandfather were also named Charlie Musselwhite (making him Charlie Musselwhite III), was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi to white parents. Originally claiming to be of partly Choctaw descent, in

120-740: A 2005 interview he said his mother had told him he was of distant Cherokee descent . His family considered it natural to play music. His father played guitar and harmonica, his mother played piano, and another relative was a one-man band . At the age of three, Musselwhite moved to Memphis, Tennessee . When he was a teenager, Memphis experienced the period when rockabilly , western swing , and electric blues were combining to give birth to rock and roll . That period featured Elvis Presley , Jerry Lee Lewis , Johnny Cash , and lesser-known musicians such as Gus Cannon , Furry Lewis , Will Shade , and Johnny Burnette . Musselwhite supported himself by digging ditches, laying concrete, and running moonshine in

144-568: A modified arrangement of Lauper's signature song, " Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ". In 2012, Musselewhite released the live album Juke Joint Chapel (recorded at the Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale, Mississippi) which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album. Musselwhite also teamed with Ben Harper to record the album Get Up! , which was released in January 2013. In January 2014, it won

168-488: A nearby bar, Mr. Joe's, with the city's blues musicians, and sitting in with Williams and others in the clubs, playing for tips. There he forged a lifelong friendship with John Lee Hooker . Though Hooker lived in Detroit, Michigan , the two often visited each other, and Hooker served as best man at Musselwhite's third marriage to Henrietta Musselwhite. Gradually, Musselwhite became well known around town. In 1965, when working at

192-514: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Charlie Musselwhite Charles Douglas Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944) is an American blues harmonica player and bandleader who came to prominence, along with Mike Bloomfield , Paul Butterfield , and Elvin Bishop , as a pivotal figure in helping to revive the Chicago Blues movement of the 1960s. He has often been identified as

216-418: The surname Musselwhite . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musselwhite&oldid=856219191 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

240-469: The 1965 Vanguard Records album So Many Roads by John Hammond . In time, Musselwhite led his own blues band, and after Elektra Records ' success with Paul Butterfield , he released the album Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band in 1966 on Vanguard Records to immediate success. He took advantage of the clout this album gave him to move to San Francisco, where, instead of being one of many competing blues acts, he held court as

264-620: The 2023 Martin Scorsese film Killers of the Flower Moon . Lew Soloff From his birth place of New York City, United States, he studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. He worked with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 until 1973. Prior to this he worked with Machito , Tony Scott , Maynard Ferguson , and Tito Puente . In the 1980s, he

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288-548: The Jazz Record Mart, Charlie met Vanguard Records producer/writer Sam Charters , who included him in the blockbuster blues trilogy, Chicago/The Blues/Today! (Volume 3 / VRS 9218), in which he played with blues harp legend Big Walter Horton 's Blues Harp Band. At this time Charters signed him to another contract which led to Musselwhite's first solo outing in 1966, Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's South Side Band (VSD 79232). Musslewhite played all harmonica on

312-765: The Monterey Blues Festival and the San Javier Jazz Festival, in San Javier, Spain, and received the Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. In 1979, Musselwhite recorded The Harmonica According to Charlie Musselwhite in London for Kicking Mule Records , intended to accompany an instructional book; the album became so popular that it was released on CD. In June 2008, Blind Pig Records reissued

336-518: The album on 180-gram vinyl with new cover art. In 1990 Musselwhite signed with Alligator Records , a step that led to a resurgence of his career. In 1998, Musselwhite appeared in the film Blues Brothers 2000 . He played the harmonica in the Louisiana Gator Boys , which featured many other blues and R&B musicians, such as B.B. King , Bo Diddley , Eric Clapton , Koko Taylor , Jimmie Vaughan , Dr. John , and Jack DeJohnette . Over

360-523: The beginning of the song "Chocolate Jesus" saying "I love it". Waits has mentioned that this is his favorite part of the song. In 2002, he was featured on the Bo Diddley tribute album Hey Bo Diddley: A Tribute! , performing the song " Hey Bo Diddley ". Musselwhite lost both of his elderly parents in December 2005, in separate incidents. His mother, Ruth Maxine Musselwhite, was murdered. Musselwhite joined

384-501: The judging panel of the 10th annual Independent Music Awards, to assist independent musicians' careers. He was also a judge for the 7th and 9th Independent Music Awards. Musselwhite was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2010. The same year, he appeared on the JW-Jones recording "Midnight Memphis Sun", along with Hubert Sumlin . Also in 2010, he released the album The Well . In

408-806: The king of the blues in the exploding countercultural music scene, an exotic and gritty figure to the flower children. Musselwhite convinced Hooker to move to California. Since then, Musselwhite has released over 20 albums and has been a guest performer on albums by many other musicians, such as Bonnie Raitt 's Longing in Their Hearts and the Blind Boys of Alabama 's Spirit of the Century , both winners of Grammy Awards . He also performed on Tom Waits 's Mule Variations and INXS 's Suicide Blonde . He has won 14 Blues Music Awards , has been nominated for six Grammy Awards, received Lifetime Achievement Awards from

432-404: The musical life, living in the basement of and occasionally working at Jazz Record Mart (the record store operated by Delmark Records founder Bob Koester ) with Big Joe Williams and working as a driver for an exterminator, which allowed him to observe what was happening around the city's clubs and bars. He spent his time hanging out at the Jazz Record Mart, at the corner of State and Grand, and

456-604: The reconstructed Evans arrangements of George Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess . Soloff was also a longtime member of the Manhattan Jazz Quintet and Mingus Big Band . Soloff made frequent guest appearances with jazz orchestras all over the world such as the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (directed by Wynton Marsalis ) and the Magic City Jazz Orchestra (directed by Ray Reach ). He was among

480-434: The title song he credits Jessica McClure 's ordeal as a child trapped in a well for over 58 hours in 1987 for inspiring him to quit drinking, stating, She was trapped in there with a broken arm in the dark, in a life-and-death situation she was singing nursery rhymes to herself and being brave... It made my problems seem tiny. So as a prayer to her and myself, I decided I wasn't going to drink till she got out of that well. It

504-638: The years, Musselwhite has branched out in style. His 1999 recording, Continental Drifter , is accompanied by Cuarteto Patria , from Cuba's Santiago region, the Cuban music counterpart of the Mississippi Delta . Because of political differences between Cuba and the United States, the album was recorded in Bergen, Norway, with Musselwhite's wife handling the details. Musselwhite believes the key to his musical success

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528-408: 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, started from 1983, and trained his ability as band leader. His debut album recording was supported by Gil. His 2010 recording Sketches of Spain is a tribute to the classic 1959-60 Miles Davis-Gil Evans collaboration, and he has performed

552-439: Was finding a style in which he could express himself. He said, "I only know one tune, and I play it faster or slower, or I change the key, but it's just the one tune I've ever played in my life. It's all I know." His two albums, Sanctuary (which saw a guest appearance by Hooker) and Delta Hardware , were released by Real World Records . Musselwhite played on Tom Waits ' 1999 album Mule Variations . He can be heard at

576-536: Was like I was tricking myself, telling myself that I wasn't going to quit for good, just until she got out. It took three days to get her out, and I haven't had a drink since. For the first half of 2011, Musselwhite toured with the acoustic-electric blues band Hot Tuna . In the latter half of 2011, he went on tour with Cyndi Lauper , having played harmonica on her hit album Memphis Blues . While on this tour, he appeared with Lauper on Jools Holland 's television program Hootenanny on New Year's Eve 2011, performing

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