Lenny Revell's musical roots started in Buffalo, NY where at the age of nine, he started piano lessons. Only seven years later, he wrote his first song, and at nineteen, began singing lessons. While playing various piano recitals in nursing homes, churches, and institutions in the WNY area, his love for audience grew. In his late teens, he played at the Lewiston Art Fest in Western New York, and at the Canal Fest of the Tonawandas (NY); where he returned for other performances. During these performances, he was brandished as the "next Elton John." Many cities followed, with a concert in Branson, MO, a TV appearance in Nashville, TN, and opening for a model show in Toronto, Canada. Lenny's become a familiar face at the most popular piano bars and clubs on the NYC circuit, including "Don't Tell Mama," "Rosa's Turn," "George Keeley's," "Duplex," and many more. Having acted in two operas within the Greater Buffalo Opera Company under world renowned opera director Gary Burgess: "Carmen" and "The Flying Dutchman", and modeled for Rova in NYC. Lenny released his Debut Album 'Lessons' in September 2006, preparing for his move to The Big Apple.
Lenny and/or his cd: Lessons have been reviewed in The Buffalo News, ArtVoice (Buffalo newspaper), Keyboard Magazine, Teen Ink Magazine, Time Out Magazine (timmage.com), NYCool.com, Rochesterathome.com, Buffaloathome.com, The UB Spectrum (University at Buffalo newspaper), Nightlife Magazine (Buffalo), and radio stations with great interest. His song "Who Am I?" was played throughout Regal, Lowes, and AMC theatres across the country through the Month of May 2007, in celebration of Spider-Man 3. His track, "Love Is Just Her Fix" was chosen as the theme song for independant actress and filmaker Angie Gregory's indie-short "Gone Like Solomon." Traveling frequently between his basecamp in NYC and Buffalo, he's won 1st place in Buffalo's own "Spy Guy Talent Show," run by Rick Rhodes and Norm Skulski. He has performed at numerous charity events including the March of Dimes Walk, City Harvest Feed the Homeless (The Krystal Auto Mall in Brooklyn), and has been a repeated, and requested guest on the Ebony and Ivory show (93.5 FM in NYC), and the Joey Reynolds show in New York City.
In the summer of 2008, he was the first to put together with the help of local promoter Susan Marie and bands McCarthyizm and Scott Celani, a fund raiser concert that helped support the historical Colored Musicians Club, and the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. In addition, he was the first pop/rock act to ever play the Colored Musicians Club in November of the same year, creating history for himself, and the venue. On June 22, 2009, Lenny participated in the first ever Tunes for Food festival held on the steps of City Hall in Buffalo. This event was captured by the local media, news stations, and newspapers, and it was an attempt to bring food to the homeless and needy in Buffalo, by exchanging people's generocity with an all day 24 hour/2 day event of free concerts that ran half an hour an act. In 2009, he offered his services to the first ever "Artists United For Human Rights" show held at Pearl Street Grill in Buffalo, NY. This all day event brought musicians and artists from all over to play and display their work to help fight sexual trafficking of children and women around the world. Aside from his musical accomplishments, Lenny is also into nutrition, alternative medicine, eastern philosophy, and a certified instructor in Bruce Lee's art of Jeet Kune Do under Sifu Shane Dixon.
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