LEVIN BROTHERS
Pete & Tony Levin on tour in March
with their jazz band
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Dear MoonJune Friends
It's
my personal privilege to work as a booking representative for two great
guys, two legendary musicians, two brothers, Pete and Tony Levin, and
their very special project LEVIN BROTHERS. Their self-titled album Levin Brothers was officially released in September 2014 (liner notes by one and only and unimitable Anil Prasad) by Seattle based Lazy Bones Recordings on CD and limited edition gold vinyl LP with smoky swirls. (The CD includes 14 tracks + 2 bonus cuts exclusive gto the CD)
Please visit Lazy Bones website for more info: www.lazybones.com/bands/
LEVIN BROTHERS
MARCH 2015 TOUR
PETE LEVIN - piano
TONY LEVIN - upright bass
ERIK LAWRENCE - sax
JEFF SIEGEL - drums
March 15, Sun - Piermont, NY (The Turning Point)
March 17, Tue - East Aurora, NY (Medici House) March 18, Wed - Rochester, NY (Lovin' Cup) March 20, Fri - Schenectady, NY (The Van Dyck) March 21, Sat - Dunellen, NJ (Roxy & Dukes) March 24, Tue - Northampton, MA (Iron Horse) March 25, Wed - Natick, MA (The Center For Arts Natick) March 26, Thu - Norfolk, CT (Infinity Hall) March 27, Fri - New York, NY (The Iridium) March 28, Sat - New York, NY (The Iridium) March 29, Sun - New Hope, PA (Havana New Hope)
* more dates to be added soon, stay tuned
For more info, please check Levin Brothers website: www.thelevinbrothers.
Leonardo MoonJune: noanoamusic at moonjune dot com
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Few reviews on Levin Brothers album
"... a hearty portion of tightly cohesive songs that merge the best of Bach with the pace of bop."
– Ira Kantor's, Elmore Magazine (USA)
"... every single cut qualifies as a standout!"
– Peter Thelen', Exposè (USA)
"... This is pure jazz, inspired by the music that the brothers heard in the fifties and came to love."
– Wolfgang Giese's, RockTimes (Germany)
"
... there is a remarkable purity and innocence to this music. THE LEVIN
BROTHERS manages to be both serious and playful without ever losing the
passion and edge that comes from pairing two masters of their
instruments playing a style of music they both love. A terrific album
not just for fans of classic jazz, but for fans of music, period."
– Jason Warburg, The Daily Vault (USA)
"...
a player from the Jazz league has teamed up with one from the
Progressive league and they both show just how they can swing. 'Cool'
doesn’t come close to fully describing this album."
– Travis Rogers, Jazz Times Magazine
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As a French Horn major, Pete Levin earned a master’s degree from the Juilliard School. In the early ‘70s he switched
to keyboards, becoming a synthesizer specialist in the New York City
recording studio scene. Over the years, he has graced hundreds of jazz
and pop recordings and performances by the likes of Miles Davis, Gil
Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, Dave Brubeck, David Sanborn, Joe Louis Walker, Don
Elliott, Freddie Hubbard, Annie Lennox, Paul Simon, Brian Ferry, Hiram
Bullock, Gerry Mulligan, Chuck Mangione, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius,
John Scofield, Wayne Shorter, Dave Stryker, Lenny White, and man y
others. He currently leads The Monday Night Orchestra featuring
internationally known New York musicians, core alumni members of the
seminal freewheeling Grammy-winning Gil Evans Orchestra of the mid and
late '70s, reunited recently to celebrate the band's legendary "Monday
Night At Sweet Basil" era.
Since graduating from the Eastman School of music, Tony Levin
has become the bass and Chapman Stick voice for Peter Gabriel and King
Crimson. In addition, he has played on notable recordings for John
Lennon, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Dire Straits,
Carly Simon, Judy Collins, Peter Frampton, James Taylor, Stevie Nicks,
Todd Rundgren, Warren Zevon, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Laurie
Anderson, Liquid Tension Experiment, Bruford Levin Upper Extremities,
Bozzio Holdsworth Levin Mastelotto and many others. Tony has major jazz
credentials, having worked with Buddy Rich, Steps Ahead, L'Image, Gary
Burton, Chuck Mangione, Herbie Mann, and many others. He currently
records and tours with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Stick Men, and The
Crimson ProjeKCt.
Recently Tony Levin has recorded two sessions for MoonJune Records for the upcoming albums of the Indonesian guitar icon Dewa Budjana, with Jack DeJohnette on drums and piano and Gary Husband on piano, keyboards and drums.
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STAY TUNED FOR SOME EXCITING STICK MEN NEWS !!!
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