Elliot Levine
| Elliot Levine | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Elliot Brett Levine |
| Born | September 28, 1963 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Genres | Funk Smooth Jazz Jazz pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Piano Electric Piano |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Labels | Artifex records |
| Associated acts | Heatwave Wilson Pickett |
| Website | elliotlevine |
| Notable instruments | |
| iPad Keytar | |
Elliot B. Levine (born September 28, 1963, Washington, D.C., United States)[1] is an American pianist and keyboardist.[2] He has had 2 record releases on the Nashville-based Artifex records label, which received national airplay and distribution between 1999 and 2004. His CD projects have been reviewed in the Wall Street Journal Online and the Washington Post.[1] In March 2012 he was the first person to use an iPad Keytar, an iPad with a guitar strap, in a live performance posted to YouTube.[3] Elliot Levine has toured with Wilson Pickett[4] and Heatwave[5] (Always & Forever/Boogie Nights). He has opened for Brian McKnight, Freddie Jackson, McCoy Tyner,[2] and Gerald Albright.[6] He has had the #1 song on mp3.com, receiving over 1,000,000 downloads,[7] which was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal[2] and CNN.[7] Elliot Levine has four internationally released CD's. He has headlined at Blues Alley[8] and the Kennedy Center. His playing has been described by Jazz Times as "showing plenty of talent, though also criticized as having "feather-weight play against heavy-leaden R&B backdrops".[9] In 2003, he scored the music to an Emmy nominated documentary, "Teens in Between".[10] His music was also used on "Inside the NBA" on TBS (TV Channel) (2001),[7] as well as an independent college movie, "Friends With Benefits" (2003). He is also featured on the worldwide Karvavena release "The Abduction of the Art of Noise".[11] He currently tours in the United States as a member of Heatwave.[12]
Discography
As leader
- 347 Live! (2013) Tilley
- Live +7 (2007) Tilley
- The Funk, The Whole Funk, and Nothin' But the Funk (2004) Tilley
- Live Bootleg (2001) MP3.COM
- Live at Bayou Blues (2001) MP3.COM
- Smash, with Ron Holloway (2000) Tilley
- Urban Grooves (1997) Artifex Records
- Urban Grooves EP (1997) Artifex Records
- With Light Images (1993) Artifex Records
As sideman
- Kenny Wright Experience Herbie Miles and Me (2010) Knee Deep Records
- Tony Whitfield Pleasure Sensitive 2 (2004) OASA Records
- Tony Whitfield New York Hustle, with Onaje Allan Gumbs, Hiram Bullock, and Jerry Hey (2003) OASA Records
- Eddie Anderson Good Friends (2003) Independent
- Eddie Anderson Christmas Album (2002) Independent
- Tony Whitfield Pleasure Sensitive 2 (2000) OASA Records
- Ski Johnson Ski Supreme (2000) Wide-A-Wake Records
- Pete Marinovich Second Voice (1999)
- Eddie Anderson Thick Funk (1999) Independent
- Moose and the Bulletproof Blues Band Movin On' (1996) Blues Cancer Records
- Ski Johnson in Your Eyes (1994) Wide-A-Wake Records
- Ski Johnson Tell Me Something Good EP (1994) Wide-A-Wake Records
- Ivan Smart Red Nights (1992) Smart-eye Productions
Compilations
- The Abduction of the Art of Noise (2004) Karvavena Records
- Walking on Pennsylvania Avenue (2001) Open Source Music [1]
- MP3.COM 103 of the best songs you've never heard, vol. 4 (2000) MP3.COM
- The Best of Artifex Records (1997) Artifex Records
- Artifex Records American Express Jazz Sampler(1994) Artifex Records
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Levine, Elliot (Brett) – Jazz.com | Jazz Music – Jazz Artists – Jazz News
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Musician Elliot Levine (Keyboard) @ All About Jazz
- ↑ Elliot Levine Ipad 3 synth Keytar keyboard solo, Can't Hide Love, 3/30/12 City View Baltimore MD – YouTube
- ↑ Jazz Review Magazine
- ↑ Smooth Jazz Germany magazine article on Elliot Levine
- ↑ Montgomery County Maryland Website
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 CNN.com – Your stories: How the Net changed us – Nov 15, 2005
- ↑ Elliot Levine – Blue in Green, Blues Alley, 1993 – YouTube
- ↑ Jazz Albums: Urban Grooves Elliot Levine – By Hilarie Grey — Jazz Articles
- ↑ Teens in Between – from Virginia Department of Education
- ↑ Various Artists – The abduction of The Art Of Noise – Review – Stylus Magazine
- ↑ Review from Smooth Jazz Daily Magazine
