The Blood, Sweat & Tears Story
What happened after they left the band. (You can also look up them on Wikipedia)
Chris Albert
Joined:1978 Left:1978
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Work as a session-musician. The name comes up every now and then on other
people's albums.
Don Alias
Joined:1975 Left:1976
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Is a much-sought after musician playing with all the greatest musicians.
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In the 1980's, played with Joni Mitchell and Jaco Pastorius. Alias and
bassist Gene Perla co-founded the group Stone Alliance, which included
such players as Kenny Kirkland and Jan Hammer. They released four albums
including Stone Alliance, Marcio Montarroyos, Con Amigos and Heads Up.
In the 1980s, Alias formed the percussion-based band Kebekwa. In 1997 he
appeared with DeJohnette in a video titled Talking Drummers: A Journey
of Music, Friendship and Spirit.
Don Alias died Mar 28th 2006.
Dave Bargeron
Joined:1970 Left:1978
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Played with Jaco Pastorius' Word of Mouth Big Band in early 1980's and
with the Gil Evans Orchestra,
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in which he still plays when it works (led by Gil's son Miles Evans --
see Lew Soloff).
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Is one of the most sought-after studio musicians in New York -- both jazz
and pop/rock -- playing on records of
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Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, Michel Camilo, Bob Mintzer, Pat Metheny, Michael
Gibbs, David Sanborn, Pete Levin,
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Othello Molineaux, just to name a few. Plays and tours with George Russell
Living Orchestra, George Grunz Jazz Orchestra,
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Gravity (the six-tuba-band), and Gil Goldstein's Zebra Coast Orchestra.
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Dave has his first solo album, "Barge Burns -- Slide Flies" (Mapleshade
02832), which features his trombone playing
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and includes Larry Willis.
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He will record a tuba solo album in the near future. He played on many
of Gil Evans' albums in the 1980's.
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HDave Bargeron died on Jan.
Randy Bernsen
Joined:1977 Left:1977
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Randy toured with the Zawinul Syndicate from 1990 to 1992 and recorded
"Lost Tribes" with Zawinul. Bernsen later put out three projects for MCA
records - "Music for People, Planets, and Washing Machines" (1985), "Mo'
Wasabi" (1987), and "Paradise Citizens" (1989). His fourth CD, "Calling
Me back Home" (1993), has been out in Europe for a few years. In the U.S.,
it's available by direct mail only. RANDY BERNSEN appeared in JAZZIZ magazine
as one of the top ten performers in their 1997 APRIL special guitar issue.
For more information: Randy Bernsen
Homepage
Randy Brecker
Joined:1967 Left:1968
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(Too much to write about..!!!)
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(Possibly the most successful former member of BST -- at least one of the
few who have become really big names.) After BST, played with Horace Silver
with his brother Mike Brecker. Established Dreams, a jazzrock band with
Mike Brecker, later on established Brecker Brothers, one of the most successful
fusion/jazzrock bands. Played with Billy Cobham and Larry Coryell in the
1970's. Has played with all jazz and pop/rock greats, recorded hundreds
of albums with artists, has a number of solo albums out, was a member of
Jaco Pastorius' Word of Mouth Band in the early 1980's, had a band with
his former wife, Brazilian pianist Eliane Elias, is one of the most sought-after
studio musicians in the U.S. Reformed the Brecker Brothers a couple of
years ago for a CD and tours worldwide. Tours with several bands and some
of his own. Plays every Thursday, when available, with the Mingus Big Band
at the Fez in New York City. Randy
Brecker Homepage
Forrest Buchtel
Joined:1975 Left:1977
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Work as a session-musician. The name comes up every now and then on other
people's albums.
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He was a member of Jaco Pastorius' Word of Mouth Big Band.
Bruce Cassidy
Joined:1979 Left:1980
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He recently returned to his native Toronto after an extended sojourn in
South Africa, where he played with some of that country's greatest jazz
musicians. He formed his bands: Conversations, The Body Electric, the first
Hotfoot and Timeless.
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Bruce is musical director for David Clayton-Thomas and has created new
arrangements to bring a fresh sound to the compositions that David recorded
during the Blood Sweat and Tears days. The first fruit of Bruce's collaboration
with David is the album "David Clayton-Thomas, a Musical Biography".
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Bruce Cassidy Homepage
Bobby Colomby
Joined:1967 Left:1977
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Bobby Colomby moved to Los Angeles in 1977. Worked around that time with
the Jacksons, Jaco Pastorius (whom he discovered and produced his first
album, which made him famous), Tina Turner, Ian Hunter, Thomas Dolby, for
example. Quit playing drums, although owned them at least still in 1987.
Worked in A & R Vice President positions at Epic and Capitol Records.
On TV, worked as music reporter for Entertainment Tonight (early 1980´s),
as music reporter for CBS Morning Program (around 1987) and as announcer-host
for In Person from the Palace (summer 1987), which was a TV program showcasing
new, rising talents. Discovered Richard Marx and helped Harry Connick Jr.
get the score-writing job for the movie "When Harry Met Sally," which made
him famous (Connick even wrote a tune, "Colomby Day," which is on his "Lofty's
Roach Souffle" CD.) He has also worked with the Manhattan Transfer, Branford
Marsalis (Buckshot LeFonque CD), among others. He left his latest music
business position as VP at Columbia Records a year and a half ago. Has
recently been involved in various consulting projects and writes books.
He still maintains a financial interest in BST name as one owner of the
rights to the name.
Vern Dorge
Joined:1979 Left:1980
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After leaving B,S&T he has been working as a sessionmusician.
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Has been working with Gordon Lightfoot, Bill King, New Regime and many
others.
Bobby Economou
Joined:1979 Left:1980
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Work as a session-musician. The name comes up every now and then on other
people's albums.
Jim Fielder
Joined:1967 Left:1973
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Has been playing with Neil Sedaka for the last 24 years.
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Lives in Connecticut.
Barry Finnerty
Joined:1978 Left:1978
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Plays here and there with New York musicians, has at least one solo album
out.
Jerry Fisher
Joined:1972 Left:1975
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After leaving BS&T, Jerry and his wife Melva spent the next couple
of years biking and
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backpacking their way across the country. Planning on staying on the Mississippi
Coast
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for about six weeks to produce an album, Jerry and Melva never left.
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On September 30, 1976 they bought the Dock of the Bay restaurant,in Bay
St. Louis, Ms,
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He performs there with his band ”Jerry Fisher and the Music Company”.
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They have an album out called ”In An' Outta Da Blues”.
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Jerry & Melva's "Dock of The Bay" Nightclub & Restaurant was sold
to a San Francisco
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entrepreneur in the Spring of 2005. Hurricane Katrina hit in August
and there is NOTHING
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to indicate that it ever was, or that it ever will be again. Another
era gone forever.
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As of February of 2006, I have heard nothing about Jerry and Melva
Joe Giorgianni
Joined:1975 Left:1975
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Has been working as a sessionmusian with artists like Terence Trent Darby.
Dick Halligan
Joined:1967 Left:1972
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Writes music and arrangements for films and commercials in Los Angeles.
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Most recently, Dick has devoted his time to composing concert music and
playing jazz.
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The Dick Halligan Quartet incudes Peter Donald, drums, Joel DiBartolo,
bass and Bob Sheppard, sax.
- Dick Halligan died from natural causes in Rome on January 18, 2022, at the age of 78.
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Dick Halligan.
Jerry Hyman
Joined:1968 Left:1972
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After leaving BS&T he worked freelance, salsa bands, Broadway pit work,
brass ensembles, on the road with the OJays,
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JCSuperstar (the original road company) etc. He moved to the Pocono's in
Pennsylvania and worked the hotel bands there
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and in the Catskills. He studied with Carmine Caruso for about two years
in that time frame. In 1974 Mike Post called him
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for what was the first American Song Festival, televised from upstate New
York and as a result of that gig he was invited to
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work the studios in Los Angeles. That lasted until he contracted Bell's
Palsey, a facial paralysis. Not such a good thing for a
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brass player. He worked a variety of jobs for several years. Jerry is now
a Chiropractor in Los Angeles in the Silverlake area.
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He travels the world lecturing at conferences and such. He doesn't play
anymore.
Steve Katz
Joined:1967 Left:1972
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After leaving B, S & T, he went on to produce Lou Reed.
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In 1976 he joined Craig Fuller, Eric Kaz and Doug Yule, for a
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recording-project called American Flyer. It was far away from
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the music represented by B, S &T. They were influenced by band
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such as America, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
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They were short lived and did only two albums.
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Worked with Elliot Murphy in late 1970's.
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After that he went on to an A&R position at Mercury records.
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After Mercury (I do not have any years), he worked in management positions
at Green Linnet Records,
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a Connecticut company specializing in Celtic and other ethnic music.
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He got interested in Irish music after working with Horslips in 1980.
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Recently, he has taken an active role in his wife's very successful ceramics
business.
Steve Khan
Joined:1975 Left:1975
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Plays here and there, has a number of solo albums out, probably also active
as a studio musician.
Tony Klatka
Joined:1974 Left:1978
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Has been working as a sessionmusician and arranger. Some ofthe artists
that he has been working with are:
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James Davis, Blues Pajama Party, Flash Cadillac and Suzy Nelson.
Al Kooper
Joined:1967 Left:1968
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Al Kooper still performs rather often, at least in New York City, where
he usually plays at the Bottom Line. He has played gigs with his own band,
with the Rockbottom Remainders (consisting of top-notch authors like Stephen
King, Amy Tan and Matt Groenig, among others), with Jimmy Vivino (his "protegee"
-- Al plays on Vivino Brothers' Chitlins Parmigiana album, too), various
versions of the Blues Project, and most recently, he has put up two concerts
where his blues band (consisting of Jimmy Vivino, Harvey Brooks and Anton
Fig) have competed against another blues band. Kooper's gigs are always
great: excellent music and his superb humor combined -- he is in a great
shape. In March, 1993, Kooper had two nights at the Bottom Line with the
"Child Is Father to the Man Band," as he calls it, celebrating the 25th
anniversary of the "Child..." album. The band included Kooper, Jim Fielder,
Steve Katz, Fred Lipsius, Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff, Tom Malone plus Anton
Fig on drums, Jimmy Vivino on guitar in some tunes, and John Simon (producer
of that album) on piano in one tune, plus a two-girl chorus and a string
quartet in those certain tunes. (Kooper could not call the band BST for
understandable reasons!) In February, 1994, Kooper celebrated his 50th
birthday at the Bottom Line with the "Child..." band (Fielder was replaced
by Will Lee), the Blues Project, and Rekooperators (playing music from
a recent album by that name). Rekooperators included also Lou Marini playing
with the Uptown Horns hornsection. The album, "Soul of a Man: Al Kooper
Live" (MusicMasters 01612 65113-2) was recorded at the gig, but is a strange
album, because Steve Katz' parts have been erased and replace by another
guitarist, and Jim Fielder plays a bass solo even though he was not at
the gig. Also, Marini is not mentioned even though he was there...The double
CD includes a killer trumpet duel between Soloff and Brecker...They were
incredible at the concert. The most recent news about Kooper is that in
August this year he will move to Boston to teach at the famous Berklee
College of Music. He will teach songwriting and record production. (Lipsius
also teaches there.) Kooper has not produced an album for eight years,
except his own and Vivino's albums. Released "Black Coffee" 2005.
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Al Kooper Homepage
Jerry LaCroix
Joined:1974 Left:1974
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He has two solo album out, "La Croix" and "Second Coming." both on Epic
records.
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Just as quickly as he left the band, he joined another: Rare Earth’s manager soon came calling,
and as LaCroix recalled in the same interview, “He flew me out to L.A. and we talked a little bit
and he said, ‘Oh, by the way, tomorrow we’re going to be on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert. You want
to sing with us?’ No rehearsal, no nothing. I just got on live TV and sang ‘Get Ready.’ He said
and then, day after tomorrow, we’re going on tour. So I had to learn all of their songs in two days.
” While LaCroix continued to enjoy local legend status in the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast region,
he turned his back on the music industry after the ’80s; at one point, he told Swampland, “I was
living up in Oregon cutting wood. A guy had a 2000-acre ranch. It was just pristine but it wasn’t music.
” Returning to Texas to care for his ailing father, he started a new band, but he harbored no delusions
of grandeur regarding that stage of his career. “I’m doing a compilation tape of things I’ve recorded
in the past. A little package to give more or less as souvenirs to people who come to see us. Demos,
if somebody wants to hear something,” he mused in one late interview. “I’m also working on an anthology.
I’m getting my own CD burner so I can make my own CDs and do them out of the back end of the Winnebago.”
After the turn of the century, LaCroix dedicated himself to caring for his elderly mother, but in the summer
of 2010, his own health took a turn for the worse. Local musicians banded together to help raise money
for his medical care after he suffered congestive heart failure; he recovered enough to perform at his
induction into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in January of 2012, but over time, his condition continued
to deteriorate.
He died on May 8, 2014, at the age of 70. .
Fred Lipsius
Joined:1967 Left:1971
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Teaches at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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His first solo album, "Distant Lover(s)," which includes Larry Willis,
came out in 1984 (ITI JL 014),
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and it has now been re-released n MJA Records as "Dreaming of Your Love,"
CDMJA509.
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He has a new album out, "Better Believe It," (including Lew Soloff and
the Blues Brothers Horns: Lou Marini & Tom Malone),
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CDMJA510. MJA Records.
Tom Malone
Joined:1973 Left:1973
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Also best known for and remembered from the Blues Brothers Band from the
movie and from touring worldwide with the band.
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He has been a sought-after studio musician and played with numerous bands
in New York, including some of his own (Vertigo and a rhythm & blues
band), Gil Evans Orchestra, and Gil Goldstein's Zebra Coast Orchestra.
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He has a regular gig as a member of the David Letterman Late Night Show
Band (a popular late night talk show on U.S. TV).
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He has one solo album out, "Standards of Living: The Tom 'Bones' Malone
Jazz Septet" (Big World BW 2002).
Lou Marini Jr.
Joined:1972 Left:1973
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Since BST, is best known and remembered as a member of the Blues Brothers
Band from the movie and from touring worldwide with the band. Has been
a studio musician (Donald Fagen's "Kamakiriad" and Michael Gibbs Orchestra's
"Big Music", for example) and played in different orchestras and big bands,
including Michel Camilo, and various bands in New York.
Richard Martinez
Joined:1979 Left:1980
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Has been working as a sessionmusician.
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Some of the artists are.
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Eric Leeds (Things Left Unsaid) 1993.
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Carly Simon (Carly Simon's Romulus Hunt) 1993
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Dan Hill (I'm Doing Fine) 1996.
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Jimmy Ellis (Red, Hot & Blues) 1996.
Ron McClure
Joined:1974 Left:1974
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For years was a member of Quest, a top-notch jazz quartet consisting of
Richie Beirach, David Liebman, and Billy Hart. Has continued to play with
jazz musicians, as a sideman and a leader. Has a number of solo albums
out. Has taught bass playing privately and at Mannes School of Music. Has
also been playing actively in Finland, where he has played and recorded
with Zone orchestra and UMO big band. (He and Randy Brecker also appear
on Finnish saxophonist-composer Eero Koivistoinen's Altered Things album.)
Jaco Pastorius
Joined:1974 Left:1975
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"The World's Greatest Bass Player". After leaving B,S&T he joined Weather
Report where he became world-famous. He totally revolutionized his instrument
and left behind an incredibly rich body of work that will stand the test
of time. In jazz schools and music conservatories all over the world, his
name is spoken by students in the same reverential tones reserved for such
gods as Bird and Mozart. Plagued by wild mood swings and the emotional
difficulties brought on by diagnosed manic depression, a condition only
exacerbated by alcohol and cocaine. Physically beaten, homeless, penniless,
and hopelessly out of touch with reality, he met his tragic death in a
bar in Miami Florida on September 21, 1987, ten weeks short of his 36th
birthday.
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Jaco Pastorius
David Piltch
Joined:1979 Left:1980
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In 1981 David toured with Chuck Mangione in Japan for six months. In 1983,
David formed the group, Strangeness Beauty. This instrumental trio was
an innovative ensemble employing conceptual writing and improvisation,
and was comprised of Ron Allen, saxophone and lyracon (wind synthesiser),
and Michael Sloski, drums.
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Entering the world of singers, David began recording and performing with
Mary Margaret O'Hara, then later k.d. lang and Holly Cole (Trio)
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Presently, David lives in California and can be heard on upcoming recordings
with Holly Cole, k.d. lang, Eddi Reader, Paul Young and Kenny Loggins.
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David Piltch
Robert Piltch
Joined:1979 Left:1980
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After leaving B,S&T he worked with Manteca. He has also worked as a
sessionmusician.
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Has appeared on the following albums Marc Jordan ” Reckless Valentine (!993)
Sharon Lois and Bram ”Let's Dance!” (1995),
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Kim Mitchells ” Aural Fixations” (1995) and many others albums.
Earl Seymour
Joined:1979 Left:1980
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After leaving B,S&T he was working as a sessionmusician.
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Has was working with Arrows, Rosenshontz, Partland Brothers and Red Rider
among others.
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He died on September 28th, 1999 of lung cancer.
Lew Soloff
Joined:1968 Left:1973
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(Also too much to write about...!!) Has been playing with Gil Evans Orchestra
since mid-1960's (also whenever he had a break from BST), now known as
Miles Evans Orchestra playing the music of Gil Evans -- currently not too
active. He is a featured soloist on almost all Gil Evans albums in the
1980's. He has been one of the most sought-after studio musicians in New
York since BST -- both on jazz and pop/rock albums. Has played and still
plays with all jazz greats and most important jazz orchestras -- earlier,
for example, with Mingus Dynasty and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, still
today with Carla Bley Big Band, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, the Manhattan
Jazz Quintet (including David Matthews, Charnett Moffett, and others --
especially popular in Japan), and Ray Anderson Alligatory Band. He was
the lead trumpeter on the Barbra Streisand tour a couple of years ago.
Lew has five solo albums out, Hanalei Bay, Yesterdays (incl. Mike Stern),
But Beautiful, Speak Low, and Little Wing. He is planning to record a new
album in the near future. He teaches at the Manhattan School of Music in
New York and Purhase College, State University of New York. He is also
a Bach/Selmer clinician. Lew Soloff passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 8, 2015. He suffered an apparent heart attack as he walked down a New York City street Saturday night with his daughter Laura Solomon, her husband, and their children.
Mike Stern
Joined:1975 Left:1977
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After BST, played with Billy Cobham, from where he was discovered to Miles
Davis' band, which made him one of guitar superstars. Played twice, for
a few years, with Miles Davis. After Miles, since mid-1980's, has mostly
concentrated on his own career, but plays on others' albums as well (Jim
Hall's Duets is one). Recorded and toured with the reformed Brecker Brothers
about three years ago. Plays at 55 Bar in New York City Mondays and Wednesdays
when he is in town (and not too busy with something else). Plays and tours
a lot worldwide. Has a new album coming out in September. Mike's earlier
solo albums are: Upside Downside, Time in Place, Jigsaw, Odds or Evens,
Standards (and Other Songs), Is What It Is, and Between the Lines. (Has
great solos also on Finnish drummer Jukkis Uotila's album Live - with Bob
Berg, Lars Jansson and Lasse Danielsson - recorded live in Copenhagen and
Goteborg in 1989.)
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Mike Stern Homepage
Neil Stubbenhaus
Joined:1978 Left:1978
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Work as a session-musician. The name comes up every now and then on other
people's albums.
Bill Tillman
Joined:1973 Left:1977
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After leaving B, S & T he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra. He and
his clarinet toured with the band throughout South America
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and Europe, Making live recordings along the way.
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In 1980 he formed the Bill Tillman Band.
This l0-piece band plays the classical tones of Duke Ellington swing. Get
down Motown soul.
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The intricate scale and augmented chords of a jazz riff. They perform at
Bill's own Seafood House & Sax Club in Ft. Worth, TX..
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He also owns the Entertainment Company a full service booking agency that
are the exclusive booking agent for The Bill Tillman Band
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and numerous other bands and entertainers.
- Bill Tillman, who performed with the group for much of the '70s, passed away in Houston Wednesday Aug. 15 2012 at age 65 after an early morning fall. He slipped in the bathroom and hit his head. He had been waiting for a kidney transplant and was in Houston for medical treatment at the time of the accident.
Georg Wadenius
Joined:1972 Left:1975
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After leaving B, S & T in 1975, he went back to Sweden and reformed
his old band "Made in Sweden".
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The group toured all around Eourpe, but in 1977 the band was separated.
He recorded the solo album "Georg Wadenius". In 1978 he moved back to New
York.
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He started to work as a session-musician and became soon highly regarded.
He's been working with artists like Diana Ross and Simon & Garfunkel.
In 1985 he was playing together with saxplayer Ronnie Cuber in New York.
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Jojje also played on Donald Fagen's "Kamakiriad" and Howard Johnson's "Gravity!!!"
album.
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He has had trouble in getting out music in his own name. Recently he has
done some gigs in New York with his new band GeWaDoKa. They have recorded
a new album that will be relaesed i August.
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In July 1997 he moved back to Sweden. But since 1998 he lives in the U.S.
and spend some of his time in Sweden producing records.
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Georg Wadenius
Jerry Weiss
Joined:1967 Left:1968
Appeared on Al Kooper's ” Al's Big Deal (Unclaimed Freight” in 1975. Reported
to have been in a mental institute.
In 1994 his name came up on Larry Harlow’s ”Me and my Monkey”.
Larry Willis
Joined:1972 Left:1978
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Has been playing in numerous jazz combos with jazz greats (Nat Adderley
for a while at the turn of 1970-80) and on numerous jazz records since
BST. He has a number of solo albums out, which have usually received good
reviews. Currently, he is usually heard either with his own trio or quartet
or with Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apachi Band.He died of an aneurysm in Baltimore September 29, 2019 at the age of 76
Chuck Winfield
Joined:1968 Left:1972
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He is teaching jazz at the University of Maine at Augusta where he founded
the jazz program.
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