After five decades of glorious careers - playing with a virtual "who's who" in jazz, fusion, rock, pop and world music, and guesting on each other’s projects - Pete and Tony Levin finally decided to create their own jazz band. As "The Levin Brothers" they have released three albums: the self-titled first album in 2014, and two live albums - "Special Delivery" in 2017, and "Live at Daryl's House" in 2020. The band has toured across the USA, and has performed internationally in Mexico, El Salvador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Japan. Since 2014, the core group has been the trio of Tony, Pete, and Jeff "Siege" Siegel, with rotating guests including David Spinozza, Erik Lawrence and Jeff Ciampa....
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After five decades of glorious careers - playing with a virtual "who's who" in jazz, fusion, rock, pop and world music, and guesting on each other’s projects - Pete and Tony Levin finally decided to create their own jazz band. As "The Levin Brothers" they have released three albums: the self-titled first album in 2014, and two live albums - "Special Delivery" in 2017, and "Live at Daryl's House" in 2020. The band has toured across the USA, and has performed internationally in Mexico, El Salvador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Japan. Since 2014, the core group has been the trio of Tony, Pete, and Jeff "Siege" Siegel, with rotating guests including David Spinozza, Erik Lawrence and Jeff Ciampa.
On this tour their special guest is the phenomenal jazz flutist, Ali Ryerson. Internationally known and consistently placing on the Downbeat Readers' Poll for years, Ali has released several solo albums and has performed with a long list of jazz greats, including Kenny Barron, Joe Beck, Mike Mainieri, Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, and Luciano Pavarotti.
A veteran of the New York Jazz scene, Jeff ‘Siege’ Siegel has worked with a virtual who’s-who of jazz artists. A member of Sir Roland Hanna’s Trio from 1994-1999, Jeff has performed and recorded with Jazz legends including Ron Carter, Kenny Burrell, Lee Shaw, Jack DeJohnette, Benny Golson, Frank Foster, Helen Merrill and Mose Allison.
Since graduating from the Eastman School of Music, Tony Levin, one of the most recorded bass players in history of music, has been the bass and Chapman Stick voice for Peter Gabriel and King Crimson for decades. He has played on notable recordings for John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Carly Simon, and many others, as well jazz artists Buddy Rich, Gary Burton and Chuck Mangione. He currently records and tours with Stick Men, Levin Brothers, King Crimson and Peter Gabriel.
After graduating from the Juilliard School, Pete Levin became a synthesizer specialist in the New York City recording studio scene. Over the years, he has graced hundreds of jazz and pop recordings and performances with many artists, including Gil Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, David Sanborn, Annie Lennox, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, Lenny White and Paul Simon. He has released nine solo albums.
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