Lenny Solomon, born on September 28, 1952, in Toronto, is a Canadian violinist, composer, and arranger whose career has spanned jazz, pop, classical, and folk music. A highly regarded studio musician, he has contributed to hundreds of recordings and film soundtracks. He was raised in a musical family. His father, Stanley Solomon, was a principal violist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and she studied violin with Albert Pratz and Steven Staryk. He has released several recordings as a bandleader, including the jazz albums After You've Gone and The Gershwin Sessions. He has appeared as a guest soloist with orchestras such as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and has been recognized for his contributions to jazz violin, receiving The Jazz Report's Violinist of the Year award three times. In 1969, he co-founded the folk-pop duo Myles and Lenny with Myles Cohen. The group achieved national success during the 1970s and won the 1976 Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year. Following the duo's breakup, Solomon continued to explore a wide range of musical styles. He formed the pop string quintet Quintessence in 1982 and later led the Lenny Solomon Trio, a group devoted to jazz violin. In 1997, he founded The Galaxy Trio with violinist Moshe Hammer and pianist Bernie Senensky, blending classical and jazz traditions. In 2000, he established Trio Norté and the violin ensemble Bowfire, which gained international recognition and toured extensively until 2015. In later years, he released The Blues Violin and served as the music director of the Elton John tribute band Elton Rohn, continuing his long-standing commitment to innovative violin performance across multiple genres.
