Bill bruford tony levin with david torn chris botti. He also regularly plays live and occasionally records with the california guitar trio when schedules permit. The album is significantly different from levin s previous solo efforts mainly due to the introduction of lead vocals on most of the tracks as well as an overall more rockoriented sound. Hear the morning edition program for april 18, 2006. Morning edition for august 24, 2006 hear the morning edition program for august 24.
Tony levin resonator coverdesign tony levin resonator. This band consists of jerry marotta, jesse gress, larry fast, and tony levins brother, pete levin. The song utopia originally appeared on an earlier levin album waters of eden as an instrumental piece. I asked tony this several years ago and a that time he was using stock ernie ball slinky strings. Bass legend tony levin, who is the only bass player peter gabriel will take with him on tour and who has also toured and recorded with paul simon, sarah mclachlan, peter frampton, and many others, as well as occupying the bass chair with king crimson for over 25 years, has released music under his own name before. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. At age ten, he began studying upright bass, also playing tuba in his highschool marching band and even forming his own barbershop quartet. Listen free to tony levin resonator break it down, places to go and more. Levin brothers tony levin to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Bass player tony levin has maintained this website since 1996, giving behind the scenes views of life on the road and featuring his. Dgm live offers music for download with photographs, diary archives and audience.
In the 1970s, tony and pete collaborated with steve gadd in the comedy band the clams. Anthony frederick tony levin 6 juni 1946 i boston massachusetts er en amerikansk bassist. But we are grading a recording here, not a lifetime achievement. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. If bass genius tony levin had done nothing more than create the stuttering funkprog opening to king crimson s elephant talk from 1981 s landmark. Tony levin is a talented and interesting musician, dont have to tell you of his extraordinary bass playing and creativity.
The focus of moonjune is to discover and release music by artists from a variety of international settings the ongoing goal of moonjune is to support music that transcends stylistic pigeonholing, but operates within an evolutionary progressive musical continuum that explores boundaries of jazz, rock, avant, ethno, the unknown and anything in. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Famed for his work with peter gabriel and king crimson, bass virtuoso tony levin was born in boston on june 6, 1946. Bassist tony levin has been sharing his road experiences here since 1996 which sounds fairly recent, but in the internet world, it isnt. Tony levin born june 6, 1946, boston, massachusetts is an american rock musician, specializing in bass guitar, chapman stick and upright bass although he also sings, plays tuba and synthesizer. Juni 1946 in boston, massachusetts ist ein rockbassist. Resonator is a music studio album recording by tony levin jazz. Levin also continued producing albums with his own band, the tony levin band. Home forums discussions music corner tony levinwhat to getneed advice. Levin has stated that some of the clams material may eventually be released. Tony is best known for his work with peter gabriel, king crimson, support on many legendary. Sabre dance is levins rocking, almost metallic take on the old khachaturian classic, while fragile as a song is a tender piano, bass and voice ballad about connections, which brings the album to a beautiful close. As a new beginning in peters career, which it is, its a somewhat impenetrable work that eventually reveals itself to be. Piezoelectric resonator disambiguation splitring resonator.
But resonator is the first album to feature his vocals and lyrics, and while. Equipboard is the worlds largest database of artists and the gear they use. Free download tony levin stick man 2007 retail cd covers and album art available on allcdcovers. Tony is best known for his work with peter gabriel, king crimson, support on many legendary albums, and his own solo albums. Us is a tasteful, big fucking budget release that attempts to compile all things peter gabriel 19861992 into one album.
In high school, he picked up tuba, soloing with the concert band. Progressive rock, jazzrock cd tony levin resonator. Working with a group of iconic jazz sidemen joe beck, danny gottlieb, tony levin, mike demicco levin and company demonstrated an uncanny chemistry that was immediate and infectious. A resonator is a device or system that exhibits resonance or resonant behavior, that is, it naturally oscillates at some frequencies, called its resonant frequencies, with greater amplitude than at others.
Tony levins brother, pete levin, is a new york keyboardist and writer who is best known for his work with gil evans. As a sequel to so, it largely fails us doesnt have an iota of the freewheeling creativity or energy that infused every cut of its predecessor. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Here he is performing live with his own band, the tony levin band, the lineup of which also includes jerry marotta on drums, jesse gress on guitars, and larry fast on synthesizers. Provided to youtube by universal music group break it down tony levin resonator. Discussion in music corner started by gkella, apr 15, 2017. With deacon blues for motema music, pete reemerged in 2007 as a band leader and master of reinvention, embracing his roots and first love, the hammond organ.
King crimson bolero tony levin bass 50th anniversary frame by frame boxed set 1991 duration. The focus of moonjune is to discover and release music by artists from a variety of international settings the ongoing goal of moonjune is to support music that transcends stylistic pigeonholing, but operates within an evolutionary progressive musical continuum that explores boundaries of jazz, rock, avant. Levin is bestknown for his work with progressive rock pioneers king crimson and peter gabriel. The album is significantly different from levins previous solo efforts mainly due to the introduction of lead vocals on most of the tracks as well as an overall more rockoriented sound. We have over 400 archived tour pages on the site with about 6,800 photos and were happy to. Includes unlimited streaming of resonator via the free bandcamp app, plus high quality download in mp3, flac and more.
Tony levin is best known for being part of king crimson in the 80s and 90s, but he has also played with peter gabriel, anderson bruford wakeman howe, and others. The official website and road diary of bass player tony levin. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. World diary resonator any opinions or other suggestions. Tony levinwhat to getneed advice steve hoffman music. The guy is and has been involved in such great works. A fellow bass player loaned this book to me, figuring i would enjoy it. Resonator tony levin from the caves of the iron mountain steve gorn, tony levin, jerry marotta.