Tony Levin (drummer)
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Tony Levin (* 30th January 1940 in Much Wenlock , Shropshire , † 3. February 2011 ) was an English drummer of modern jazz .
Live and act
Levin studied drums and improvisation. He first played with Joe Harriott ; In 1965 he became a member of the Tubby Hayes Quartet in London (LP "Mexican Green", 1967). In 1969 he switched to Alan Skidmore's quintet , to which he belonged until the mid-1970s; he also played with the rhythm section of the quintet, the trio by John Taylor (LP Decipher , 1973), but also with the sextet by Stan Sulzmann . He has also worked for Humphrey Lyttelton and guest soloists such as Toots Thielemans , Lee Konitz , Joe Henderson , Zoot Sims , Steve Lacy and Gary Burton . He then played with Elton Dean , Gordon Becks Gyroscope , John Surman ( Moers Festival 1975), or the group Nucleus . For more than two decades he was a member of Keith Tippett's Mujician ( The Journey , 1990). From 1979 he was with the group Third Eye and with the trio of Rob van den Broeck , later also with Ali Haurand and Gerd Dudek as well as the European Jazz Ensemble . He continued to work in the trio of Philip Catherine and the trio of Sophia Domancich . From 1980 he formed a duo with Paul Dunmall (CD Spiritual Empathy , 1994). He also formed a trio with Aki Takase and John Edwards .
"As an imaginative and dynamic drummer, Levin is a sought-after improvised musician and performs regularly with the likes of Evan Parker , Barry Guy , Tony Oxley and the rest of the Mujician ," said Chris Parker in the Jazz Rough Guide .
Levin also ran a jazz club in Birmingham . His son Miles Levin is also a drummer.
Lexical references
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
Web links
- Obituary in The Guardian
- Tony Levin at Allmusic (English)
- Tony Levin at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Notice of death at Birmingham Jazz
- ↑ Quoted from Chris Parker: Biography Tony Levin. In: Carr, Fairweather, Priestley, Jazz Rough Guide . Stuttgart: Metzler 1999
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levin, Tony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Much Wenlock |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 2011 |