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Sol Schlinger, Baritone Sax Extraordinaire
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the 1950s, when the 12-inch album became dominant, many studios recording jazz LPs needed musicians who could record perfectly in the fewest number of takes. Such skills included top-notch sight reading, the ability to play multiple instruments flawlessly and artists who could blow beautiful solos. To streamline their operations, producers began forming groups of musicians who could come in and make magic together. In Los Angeles in the 1960s, one such team specializing in pop rock was known as ...
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Sol Schlinger: 1926-2017
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Sol Schlinger, a baritone saxophonist who played in several major big bands in the 1940s and was part of the East Coast sax section that handled a sizable amount of studio recording in the 1950s and beyond, died last week. He was 91. Among producers, contractors, arrangers and musicians, Sol was considered a rock-solid anchor in reed sections that recorded jazz and pop in New York in the 12-inch LP era, starting in 1955. Back then, many orchestral record dates ...
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Interview: Sol Schlinger (Part 3)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Sol Schlinger is a modest big-band legend. At first he was surprised I had tracked him down. Then he didn't quite understand why I or anyone else would care about his career. When it finally dawned on him that he must be worthy given my enthusiasm, he said, “Gosh, if I knew then I was going to be interviewed by you today, I would have kept a journal." That's the Schlinger touch. Other touches include saying, “Goodbye, babe" when getting ...
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Interview: Sol Schlinger (Part 2)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the 1950s, the two baritone saxophonists who were mostoften called for studio sessions on the East Coast were Sol Schlinger and the late Danny Bank. Though Bank was a studied musician and tended to play forcefully in the lower register, Sol was a spirited swinger and sharp reader who favored playing a little higher. Both were section players, meaning they were hired because their particular sounds would mesh beautifully with the rest of the assembled section. [Photo, from left, ...
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Interview: Sol Schlinger (Part 1)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Mention the “East Coast sax section" to fans of '50s jazz, and you'll be talking about one of the most in-demand and prolific studio saxophone units of the era. It comprised of Phil Woods and Gene Quill on alto saxophones, Zoot Sims and Al Cohn on tenor saxophones, and Sol Schlinger on baritone saxophone. Often times, Hal McKusick and Sam Marowitz subbed for Woods or Eddie Wasserman might be in for Sims. [Photo of Sol Schlinger in the mid-'50s, courtesy ...
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Sol Schlinger
Instrument: Saxophone
Born: September 6, 1926
Died: November, 2017
