Howard Levy
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Howard Levy (* July 31st 1951 in Brooklyn, New York City) is a harmonica player. In 1997, at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards he and the rest of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones won the award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, for their 1996 song "The Sinister Minister". A renowned interpreter of the jazz harmonica, he has played with Ben Sidran and Rabih-Abou Khalil among others. In 2006 he appeared as a soloist on Donald Fagen's album, "Morph the Cat".
He developed the overblow and overdraw techniques, in order to obtain all the missing notes in the diatonic harmonica.
He continues to make frequent appearances on Garrison Keillor's acclaimed radio program Prairie Home Companion.
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| Béla Fleck and the Flecktones |
| Béla Fleck - Victor Wooten - Future Man - Jeff Coffin - Howard Levy |
| Discography |
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| Studio releases: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo - UFO Tofu - Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Left of Cool - Greatest Hits of the 20th Century - Outbound - Little Worlds - The Hidden Land |
| Live releases: Live Art - Live at the Quick |
Howard Levy has appeared on over 200 cd's and has played on several movie soundtracks. In 2001 he composed the first concerto written for the diatonic harmonica. He has performed it many times with orchestras in the US and Europe. Also a fine pianist, he is music director of the Latin/Jazz group "Chévere de Chicago", whose first cd, "Secret Dream", is available at www.balkansamba.com. Currently (2006) he also leads the band "Acoustic Express", plays duo concerts with pianist Anthony Molinaro, and tours Europe with Michael Riessler and Jean- Louis Matinier. Howard has recorded and/or toured with Kenny Loggins, Bobby McFerrin, Dolly Parton, Paquito D'Rivera, etc.
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