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Birth name
  
Stanley Levey

Name
  
Stan Levey

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, composer

Role
  
Instruments
  
Genres
  
Years active
  
1942–1973


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Born
  
April 5, 1926PhiladelphiaUnited States (
1926-04-05
)

Labels
  
Bethlehem, Mode, Liberty Records

Died
  
April 19, 2005, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, United States

Movies
  
Stan Levey: Original Original

Albums
  
Grand Stan, Stan Levey Quintet

Similar People
  
Conte Candoli, Richie Kamuca, Frank Rosolino, Leroy Vinnegar, Lou Levy

Stan levey the original original


Stan Levey (April 5, 1926 – April 19, 2005) was an American Jazz drummer.

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Biography

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Born Adolph Stanley Levey in Philadelphia, Levey is considered one of the earliest bebop drummers, and one of the very few white drummers involved in the formative years of bebop. He played in Philadelphia with Dizzy Gillespie's group in 1942, at the age of 16. Soon after, he went to New York City, where he and Gillespie worked on 52nd Street with Charlie Parker and Oscar Pettiford.

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After his tenure with the Stan Kenton Orchestra he moved to the West Coast in 1954, joining Howard Rumsey, Don Joham and the Lighthouse All-Stars, and was a major influence in West Coast jazz. Though "cool" jazz was common on the West Coast, Levey's crisp, melodic style continued to have more in common with bop than cool, and he inspired every group he ever played in. A left-handed drummer, Levey has played on thousands of recordings, including those with musicians Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and with bands such as that of Quincy Jones, and Skitch Henderson and The Tonight Show Band.

Levey retired from the music business in 1973 to become a professional photographer. He died at age 79, two months after surgery for cancer of the jaw, in Van Nuys, California.

Discography

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With Buddy Bregman

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  • Swinging Kicks (Verve, 1957)

  • Stan Levey Bebop Pioneer Stan Levey Modern Drummer Magazine

    With Conte Candoli

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  • Conte Candoli Quartet (Mode, 1957)
  • Little Band Big Jazz (Crown, 1960)

  • Stan Levey Stan Levey The Original Original YouTube

    With Victor Feldman

  • Vic Feldman on Vibes (Mode, 1957)
  • The Arrival of Victor Feldman (Contemporary, 1958)
  • Latinsville! (Contemporary, 1960)
  • With Stan Getz

  • Stan Getz Quartets (Prestige, 1949-50 [1955])
  • The Steamer (Verve, 1956)
  • Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz (Verve, 1957) with Gerry Mulligan
  • With Dizzy Gillespie

  • For Musicians Only (Verve, 1956)
  • With Jimmy Giuffre

  • The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Atlantic, 1956)
  • Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve, 1959) with Herb Ellis
  • With Stan Kenton

  • Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1953)
  • Sketches on Standards (Capitol, 1953)
  • This Modern World (Capitol, 1953)
  • Portraits on Standards (Capitol, 1953)
  • Kenton Showcase (Capitol, 1954)
  • With Lee Konitz
  • Lee Konitz Plays (Disques Vogue, 1953)
  • With Oscar Peterson

  • Soft Sands (Universal/Polygram, 1957)
  • With Warne Marsh

  • Music for Prancing (Mode, 1957)
  • With Red Mitchell

  • West Coast Rhythm (Affinity, recorded 1954-1955, released 1982)
  • With Shorty Rogers

  • Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (RCA Victor, 1957)
  • Portrait of Shorty (RCA Victor, 1957)
  • With Sonny Stitt

  • Previously Unreleased Recordings (Verve, 1960 [1973])
  • References

    Stan Levey Wikipedia