HOWARD LEVY

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Howard Levy (born July 31, 1951) is an American harmonicist, pianist, composer, and producer. He is probably best known as a founding member of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, with whom he won a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for their live recording of their 1991 song "The Sinister Minister". Levy more recently won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition in 2012 for "Life In Eleven", a song which he co-wrote with Bela Fleck, featured on the Flecktones' 2011 release "Rocket Science".

Levy was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He attended Poly Prep Country Day School and graduated in 1969. He was the first to use the overblow and overdraw techniques for chromatic playing on the diatonic harmonica in the 1970s[citation needed]. These allow a harmonica player to obtain all the missing chromatic notes in the Richter-tuned diatonic harmonica. In 1988, Levy co-founded the Flecktones, leaving the group in
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HOWARD LEVY Cappuccino (with Fox Fehling) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cappuccino (with Fox Fehling)
Third Stream 2004
HOWARD LEVY Howard Levy & Paul Sprawl album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Howard Levy & Paul Sprawl
Blues 2005
HOWARD LEVY Howard Levy, Frank Gambale ‎: Jazzin' Around album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Howard Levy, Frank Gambale ‎: Jazzin' Around
Fusion 2007
HOWARD LEVY Tonight and Tomorrow album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tonight and Tomorrow
Post Bop 2009
HOWARD LEVY Alone and Together album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Alone and Together
Blues 2009
HOWARD LEVY First Takes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
First Takes
Post Bop 2014
HOWARD LEVY Howard Levy & Chris Siebold : Art + Adrenaline album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Howard Levy & Chris Siebold : Art + Adrenaline
Blues 2018
HOWARD LEVY From the Vaults, Vol. 1: Harmonica Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
From the Vaults, Vol. 1: Harmonica Jazz
Hard Bop 2018
HOWARD LEVY From the Vaults, Vol. 2: The NBV Quintet (1980-1983) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
From the Vaults, Vol. 2: The NBV Quintet (1980-1983)
Post Bop 2018
HOWARD LEVY Looking Inward- solo piano improvisations album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Looking Inward- solo piano improvisations
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2020

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HOWARD LEVY The Old Country album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Old Country
Post-Fusion Contemporary 1995
HOWARD LEVY Concerto For Diatonic Harmonica & Orchestra album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Concerto For Diatonic Harmonica & Orchestra
Third Stream 2011
HOWARD LEVY Tango & Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tango & Jazz
Latin Jazz 2016

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