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Nick Levinovsky

Born: December 14, 1944

Special Opinion

By Nick Levinovsky

Label: Butman Music Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Special Opinion; Young Beauty (Here She Is); Loneliness; Uncle Joe; Exodus; Falcon Hunt; Chick's Picks; Procession; In This World; Promised Sunlight.

Nick Levinovsky: Special Opinion

by Edward Blanco
April 2, 2014

Legendary Russian pianist, composer/arranger Nick Levinovsky delivers a masterpiece of an album on Special Opinion superbly supported by friend, saxophonist Igor Butman and his Moscow Jazz Orchestra. The leader offers a non-traditional session of music presenting a taste of Funk, fusion, jazz-rock, a tinge of psychedelic and yes, even good old contemporary straight ahead stuff--all in ...

Kind of Red

By Nick Levinovsky

Label: NLO Records
Released: 2000

Nick Levinovsky Sextet: Kind of Red

by Dave Nathan
September 1, 2000

Although the program appears to be made up of individual compositions, in fact they are all part of a suite which depicts various aspects of composer, pianist Nick Levinovsky's life experiences. Regrettably, in his liner notes, Mr. Levinovsky is quite vague about what these experiences might be. But we know that he emigrated from the former ...

Listen Up!

By Nick Levinovsky

Label: NLO Records
Released: 1999

The Nick Levinovsky Big Band: Listen Up!

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 1999

Pianist Nikolay (Nick) Levinovsky came to the U.S. from Russia nearly a decade ago to seek fame and fortune, but wound up leading a Jazz big band instead (only kidding, Nick!). Listen Up! is the band’s debut recording, and if it doesn’t cause one to listen up, there’s scant hope for big bands anywhere. I don’t ...