Results for "Howard Levy"

Howard Levy

Born: July 31

Howard Levy is a musician without limits. His musical adventures include journeys into jazz, pop, rock, world music, Latin, classical, folk, blues, country, theater, and film. He has appeared on hundred of cd’s, won a Grammy (1997), won a Joseph Jefferson Award (1986) for Best Original Music for a Play, and has performed many times on American and European television and radio.

Universally acknowledged as the world’s most advanced diatonic harmonica player, Howard developed a fully chromatic style on the standard 10 - hole diatonic harmonica, revolutionizing harmonica playing and taking the instrument into totally new territory. He is also an accomplished pianist and composer, and plays many other instruments as well, including flute, ocarina, mandolin, saxophone, and percussion.

Heavy World

By Howard Levy

Label: Balkan Samba Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Niccolò's Notion; Are You There?; Yu Pei's Smile; Taking Flight; Eliyahu HaNavi / Dayenu; Amazing Grace; Triptych; The Swan; Nervous Squirrel; Any Questions?; Danny Boy; Zion Hört Die Wächter Singen

Howard Levy: Heavy World

by Jeff Cebulski
November 4, 2026

The multi-instrumentalist Howard Levy--author, educator, and master of the diatonic harmonica--has released a solo album, Heavy World, the title being an anagram of his name and perhaps a representation of his current thoughts and feelings. Yet, the music within is bright and spirited enough to lift the souls of his listeners, especially his regional fans who ...

Take Five with Pianist Jon Gold

by AAJ Staff
May 18, 2026

Meet Jon Gold Jon's story begins in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jon's brother (Jay Gold) was an avid music fan who introduced Jon, as a child, to Delta blues, then r&b, and later jazz. Jon's brother Jay was a producer for Mushroom Records, the label for the pop group Heart. Jon started playing slide blues ...

[Inside]

By Scott Routenberg

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Introduction; Light Smasher; Pentamerous; Flower Moon; Hidden Stars; Home Sweet Home; Native Land; Fireflies; Meltdown; Days of Wrath; The Way We Went Away

Branford Marsalis, Jennifer Madsen, Johnny Vidacovich, Howard Levy & Brian Culbertson

by Joe Dimino
November 2, 2025

We kick off the 930th episode of Neon Jazz with the ever-evolving jazz chameleon, Brian Culbertson, spinning sounds from his brand-new 2025 album Day Trip. From there, we flow into a groove featuring one of Culbertson's collaborators--the legendary Branford Marsalis. The journey continues with an eclectic mix of artists, from Richard Carr to Jimbo Ross, each ...

April & Joanie Sing!

By Joanie Pallatto

Label: Southport Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: 1. I Feel Free 2. Samba Do Soho 3. True 4. It Ain't Necessarily So 5. Brazilian Rats 6. Antonio's Song (The Rainbow) 7. Two Sparrows 8. Little Sparrow (Gorrión) 9. Improv Sparrows 10. Simone 11. Live! 12. Bebê 13. Have a Merry Christmas 14. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

I Feel Free

September 6, 2024

Album: April & Joanie Sing!
By Joanie Pallatto
Label: Southport Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 4:52

Celebrating The Third Story at 10 with Will Lee and Amanda Sidran

by Leo Sidran
February 4, 2024

Ten years ago, on a bit of a whim, I invited bassist Will Lee to come over to my home studio in Brooklyn to do an interview with me for a new project I was starting: a podcast. A year or two earlier, my friend had turned me on to Marc Maron's WTF podcast, and I ...

Dewa Budjana: Joged Kahyangan

by John Kelman
May 12, 2023

Dewa Budjana may not be a household name outside of his native country, Indonesia, but with MoonJune Records picking up this exciting guitarist and composer, all that could be about to change. He's already garnered some serious attention with his first recording for the label, Dawai in Paradise, released earlier this year (2013), but at home, ...