Blood Sweat Tears Chuck Winfield
Trumpet/flugelhorn
Blood Sweat and Tears
February 5, 1943
Happy birthday
Blood Sweat Tears Chuck Winfield
Dear Chuck Winfield,
You were born on February 5, 1943 in Monessen, PA.
You played trumpet and flugelhorn for Blood, Sweat and Tears and were with them at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair.
Blood Sweat Tears Chuck Winfield
Jazz professor
You taught music at the University of Maine, Augusta and may live in Maine. Your students liked you. One said in 2005:
Chuck is the****!!! Plus he likes my guitar playing, which helps…This guy has played on hit records, played at (the real)Woodstock, a master of trumpet….and STILL has enough time to be one of the nicest men you’ll meet…(wife is cute too)…A+ from me!
Another Said
Another said of the course you taught:
It was pretty decent. Great man. I found the class pretty boring, though I’m not really into music. Don’t ever ask him about his past as one of the members of Blood Sweat and Tears (it seemed as if he got upset at a student for asking about it).
And a third said:
Chuck is smart and has a great sense of humor, makes the class more interesting than it already is!!!
And in 2008 in response to a post on a trumpet board asking about your whereabouts, someone posted:
Being from Maine as a kid I hung a bit with Chuck. He really likes living in Maine and relaxing in the area. I’m not sure how much performing he’s doing but I do see him occasionally (every few years). That reminds me I need to drop him … a note.
But even with the infinite internet, I cannot find anything else about your current status.
Does anyone know?
Here is a picture of Blood Sweat and Tears horn section. You are the second from the right.
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Went to grade school & graduated from Monessen High School with Sonny. He was always such a sweet down-to-earth guy. Married another beautiful classmate – also a sweet down-to-earth woman.
Unfortunately he has never come to our class reunions even tho I sent him a personal invitation. No, I told him – you don’t have to talk about your years with BST – just would love to see and talk with you.
Christine (Mykovich) Coates – MHS 60
Thanks for sharing.
Met him while he was living in Maine & knew his family well. He went to my congregation. Loved going to their house & hearing him play. God has blessed him with a beautiful gift of music
I think of Chuck often now, 45 years later. Every time I pick up my trumpet. He was my teacher, at UMA, in the later 70’s when I realized I wasn’t as committed as my classmates. He was so straight, so gentle. I wish I had half his integrity, half his humanity. Chuck, if you read this, thank you. I will always be grateful for having known you. Thank you for introducing me to Wrong Key Donkey, and Carla Bley. Thank you for Some Skunk Funk and the Brecker Brothers. You may be gratified that I can now play some of what you were trying to teach me. Sometimes it takes a while for the lessons to sink in. Thank you.
Thanks for such a personal story.