Pete Levin
Peter "Pete" Levin (* 20th December 1942 in Boston ) is an American jazz - and fusion - keyboardist (piano, organ, synthesizer).
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Levin became known as a long-time member of the Gil Evans Orchestra , with whom he performed regularly until the mid-1980s and recorded several albums, such as 1973 Svengali , 1974 The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix , 1975 There Comes a Time , 1980 Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) and 1985 Live at Sweet Basil . In the 1980s he worked with Jimmy Giuffre 4 , heard on the album Quasar . In 1984 he played in the fusion band of John Scofield , from 1988 with Lew Soloff ( Little Wing, 1991). Levin also worked in the trio with his brother, bassist Tony Levin , and drummer Danny Gottlieb ; from 1990 he recorded a number of albums under his own name, mainly on the Gramavision label. In 2007 Levin performed with Joe Beck , Harvey Sorgen and Ernie Colon at the New York Knitting Factory .
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| SURNAME | Levin, Pete |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Levin, Peter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz keyboardist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |