"Jazz Gets a Great New Spin with Leonid Levin"
(review from iTunes)
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schon ":TOP RATED iMIXES (iTunes)
In released CD"Yesterdays" Leonid Levin Violin Jazz Quartet
presents arrangements of great american songs and new
tunes composed by L.Levin.
Leonid Levin received honors as violin -soloist at the State Moscow Music Gnesins Academy. After emigrating to the USA,
he became concertmaster of Savannah and Omaha Symphony Orchestras and was a winner at the International Violin Competition in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil
A former member of the Chicago Lyric Opera and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,he performed under the baton of the great guest conductors as Eugene Ormandy,Robert Shaw,Curt Mazur.
L.Levin appeared as
guest concertmaster of Americas Symphony(Florida).
As 1st violinist of the Elysium String Quartet he made New York Debut at the
Weill Recital Hall at the Carnegie Hall.
Mr Levin gave numerous recitals across USA and Europe
Leonid Levin toured the USA with Eric Clapton,Luther Vandross,
featuring on recently released CD,s by American composer David Heckendorn with violin solo piece"Nostalgia"-dedicated by composer to Mr Levin.
Also performed at UN and recently was invited to Brazilian Cultural Institute in Washington DC to perform Brazilian classical music.Most recently performed at "Steinway Hall"
with showcase of classical,virtuoso,chamber and jazz,
he was leading in violin-piano duo,piano and jazz quartets,
also presented his original tunes in "samba"style.
He won a Siver Medal at Villa-Lobos International Violin
Competition in Rio de Janeiro(Brazil)
Notes and Credits for CD 'Yesterday':
Tracks: 1"Yesterdays" by Jerome Kern
2"Obrigado,Rio"by Leonid Levin
3"So in Love"-Cole Porter
4"Tango" L.Levin
5"Softly,as in a morning sunrise"-Romberg and Hammerstein
6"Summertime" George Gershwin
7"Boardwalk" L.Levin
8"Bei Mir Bist Du Shon"-Sholom Secunda
9"Bossa-Ballad" -L.Levin
10"Valtz"-L.Levin
Leonid Levin -violin(tracks 1-6,8-10); Yaron Gershovskiy,Music Director of Manhattan Transfer ,piano(1,2,4-7,9,10);
Mike Hall,bass(1,2,4-7,9,10);Joe Ascione,drumms(1,2,4-7,9,10)
Garry Gregory,piano(3,8),Martin Confurius,bass(3,8);Nodar Rode,drumms (3,8)
Recorded :Nola Recording Studio,Dec.2006,
Engineers:John Post,Johanna Granich;
Lofish Rec.Studio,Dec.2006(tracks 3,8)
Engineer:John Hopkins
Producer:Leonid Levin
CoProducer:Gregory Singer
Cover drawing:Oma Orell
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