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ICARUS Pete
Levin
Copyright (P)
2006 Pete Levin Music
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| For his first
straight ahead Jazz album in several years, Pete revisits his
first love, the Hammond Organ, for this organ trio set featuring
guitarists Joe Beck and Mike DeMicco. |
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Through more than 30 years on the New York and International
music scenes, Pete Levin has performed and recorded with hundreds of
Jazz and Pop artists - a career highlighted by an 8 year stint with
Jimmy Giuffre's quartet and a 15 year association with the legendary Gil
Evans. Pete's reputation was built in the 70's as a synthesizer
specialist, but with ICARUS he's returned to his roots and his first
love, the Hammond Organ. The mostly straight-ahead mainstream set is a
mixture of original compositions and Jazz treatments of some classic
pieces – Erik Satie's "1st Gymnopedie", Steely Dan's "Deacon
Blues", Ralph Towner's "Icarus" and the Beachboy's "Sail On Sailor."
Pete produced the album close to home - in the Woodstock, NY
area - recording and mixing at Sonart Studio in Mount Tremper, and
featuring performances by guitarists Mike DeMicco and Joe Beck, bassist
Tony Levin, drummer Danny Gottlieb, and percussionists Ken Lovelett and
Carlos Valdez. |
TRACKS:
Click the Tree  to hear an MP3 sample. |
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Eclipse |
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Deacon
Blues |
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Icarus |
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8 |
Uptown |
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| PRODUCTION
CREDITS:
Produced by: PETE LEVIN
Recorded at: SONART RECORDING STUDIO, MOUNT TREMPER, NY
Recording Engineers: PETE LEVIN, TOM MARK, PAUL LEVIN
Mixed and Mastered by CYNTHIA DANIELS at MONK MUSIC EAST
Cover photo: SALLY ANDERSON-BRUCE
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| PERFORMERS:
Pete Levin - organ
Joe Beck - guitar
Mike DeMicco - guitar
Tony Levin - bass
Danny Gottlieb - drums
Ken Lovelett - percussion & drums
Carlos Valdez - percussion |
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ARTIST
BIO:
Pete Levin
Keyboardist/composer Pete Levin has been in the New York music scene for more than 30 years, recording and performing with Jazz and Pop artists including Gil Evans, John Scofield, Jaco Pastorius, Lenny White, David Sanborn, Tony Levin, Sting, Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Simon and Annie Lennox. While majoring in French Horn at Juilliard, he started gigging with Jazz and Rock groups around New York on Hammond Organ, eventually working into the recording scene as a multi keyboardist. In 1974 he got a call to play French Horn with the legendary jazz arranger Gil Evans, an association that lasted 15 years. One night, Pete brought a Moog Synthesizer along to an Evans gig. Gil loved it and Pete's role in the band was permanently changed. As Pete's developed his skills with electronic instruments, music production techniques were changing too, and he found himself a sought after "programmer" - an orchestrator who works with computer-controlled synthesizer sounds. The combination of Pete's eclectic music background and electronic skills have landed him on hundreds of recordings and film scores. Pete released 3 solo albums for Gramavision Records: PARTY IN THE BASEMENT, A SOLITARY MAN, and the original release of MASTERS IN THIS HALL, while leading his own band, "Don't Ask", featuring reedman Alex Foster and bassist Jeff Berlin. He is currently keeps a studio in Woodstock, New York, and tours with
The Tony Levin Band |
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