Results for "Pete Levin"

Pete Levin

Born: December 20, 1942

In a diverse music career spanning several decades, keyboardist/arranger Pete Levin has performed and recorded with hundreds of Jazz and Pop artists - including Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, Miles Davis, David Sanborn, Lenny White, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Robbie Robertson and John Scofield - receiving critical accolades for his work during a 15 year association with the legendary Gil Evans, and his 8 year stint with jazz icon Jimmy Giuffre. Says Levin, “What I got from Gil was the unshakable notion that playing music was to create from a place where there are no boundaries. If it can be imagined then it can be done.” With “DEACON BLUES,” for Motema Music, Pete re-emerged in 2007 as a band leader and master of reinvention, embracing his roots and first love, the Hammond Organ

Jazz Dreams

By Kathy Ingraham

Label: Peirdon Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Dream On: House Of The Rising Sun: Little Things Redux: Melusina: Ruby Tuesday: Eli's Comin: Stairway To Heaven.

Melusina

June 14, 2026

Album: Jazz Dreams
By Kathy Ingraham
Label: Peirdon Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 03:20

Levin Brothers Band

Gil Evans Remembered (Live At The Cutting Room, NYC)

By Gil Evans Remembered

Label: Dot Time Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: La Nevada; Goodbye Pork Pie; Teen Town; London; Little Wing; Nana; Stone Free.

Gil Evans Remembered: Gil Evans Remembered (Live At The Cutting Room, NYC)

by Jack Kenny
November 26, 2024

Few people have a better right to remember Gil Evans than these musicians. The serrated wail of this band enraptured, touched and torched the listeners. It is easy to see why musicians from the Monday Night Band would want to play, creating under Evans' beatific musical vision. It must have been inspiring. Most of the musicians ...

Visioneers, T.K. Blue, 45trio, Work Money Death, Gil Evans Remembered, And More

by Tony Poole
November 1, 2024

Tony Poole selects his favourite new releases and pre-releases. 12 new tracks you need to hear! Playlist Gil Evans Remembered “Teen Town" from Live at the Cutting Room, NYC (Dot Time Legends) 00:00 Edgar Van Asselt “Samba Pra Mim ft. Lilian Viera" from Celebracao! (Left To Right Music) 06:13 Dora Morelenbaum “VW Blue" from ...

Umbria Jazz Festival 2024

by Giulia Bianchi
September 6, 2024

Umbria Jazz FestivalVarious VenuePerugia, Italy July 14-20, 2024 Nestled in the picturesque city of Perugia, Umbria Jazz has become renowned for showcasing extraordinary talent and musicianship. For more than 50 years, the festival has preserved its vibrant spirit and tradition of hosting historic performances by some of jazz's most iconic figures, ...

Umbria Jazz 2024

by Libero Farnè
July 24, 2024

Varie sedi Umbria Jazz 2024 Perugia 12--21 luglio 2024 Partecipare a Umbria Jazz significa per me affrontare un'esperienza non solo frastornante, per la molteplicità di stimoli che si ricevono nei diversi luoghi della città e in ogni ora del giorno, ma anche anomala, per certi versi schizofrenica. Da un lato ci ...

Introducing Vocalist Dani Assis

by Sanford Josephson
June 1, 2024

Vocalist Dani Assis' bio points out that he was born into a musical family. That is an understatement. “When I was younger," he said, “I didn't know there was anything else to life other than music because both my parents were musicians. My mom, Adriana Quadros, is a wonderful singer, and my father, Nanny Assis, is ...