Jed Levy
Jed Levy (born August 12, 1958 in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania ) is an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , flute , composition ) of modern jazz .
Live and act
Levy grew up in New Jersey and worked in the New York jazz scene since the 1980s; his mentor was Jaki Byard , with whom the first recordings were made in 1984. In the following years he played with musicians such as Don Patterson , Jack McDuff , Ron McClure , Mike Clark , as well as with Junior Mance , Eddie Henderson , Jack Walrath , the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Shirley Scott , Kevin Mahogany , Gene Bertoncini , Don Friedman , Cedar Walton , Curtis Fuller , Chico O'Farrill , Attila Zoller , Groove Holmes and Tom Harrell . With his own bands he made guest appearances in venues such as Sweet Basil , Blue Note , Birdland , Visiones and Zinc Bar and toured Japan; He also recorded a number of albums under his own name, mostly for SteepleChase Records .
Levy also wrote numerous compositions, recorded by The Headhunters, Don Friedman, Eddie Henderson and Mike Clark. He is currently (2019) leading a quartet that includes Phil Robson (guitar), Peter Slavov (bass) and Clarence Penn (drums). In the field of jazz, he was involved in 34 recording sessions between 1984 and 2018, including a. also with Peter Leitch , Hendrik Meurkens and with the Bill Mobley Big Band.
Discographic notes
- Good People (Reservoir, 1987), with Peter Leitch, Peter Madsen , Rufus Reid , Billy Hart
- Jed Levy / Rich Messbauer / Jeff Brillinger : Three Bridges to Brooklyn (Out in Space, 1992)
- Sleight of Hand (SteepleChase, 1995), with George Colligan , Ron McClure, Gerry Gibbs
- Round and Round (SteepleChase, 2002), with Bill Gerhardt , Mike McGuirk , Jeff Brillinger
- Mood Ellington (SteepleChase, 2004), with Jack Walrath, Bill Mays , Martin Wind , Jeff Brillinger
- Gateway (SteepleChase, 2006), with George Colligan, Ugonna Okegwo , Billy Drummond
- Evans Explorations (SteepleChase, 2007), with François Moutin , Eliot Zigmund
- One Night at the Kitano (SteepleChase, 2008), with Bill Mays, Ugonna Okegwo, Billy Drummond
- Travelogue (2011), with Misha Tsiganov , Thomson Kneeland , Alvester Garnett
- Rain (SteepleChase, 2011), with George Colligan, Ron McClure, Adam Nussbaum
- The Italian Suite (SteepleChase, 2012), with Misha Tsiganov, Thomson Kneeland, Alvester Garnett
Web links
- Web presence
- Jed Levy at Allmusic (English)
- Jed Levy at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jed Levy, Tenor Sax.Smalls, August 1, 2019, accessed August 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 17, 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levy, Jed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (tenor saxophone, flute, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania |