Howard Levy's - the world's greatest diatonic harmonica player?

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The concert will go ahead this evening unless the weather gets worse and this does not appear likely at the moment (12:00 Thursday). Come along - it will be a great night !! More details of the Howard Levy concert and workshop run by the Racc Jazz School at Richmond Adult Community College on 8 Feb 2007 will be posted here as soon as they are available. It is his first ever solo appearance in the UK. Who: Howard Levy accompanied by Geoff Castle (piano), David Jones (bass) and Chris Dagley (drums). Howard Levy revolutionized diatonic harmonica playing, taking the instrument into totally new territory. His playing and composing encompasses jazz, pop, folk, Latin, blues and classical. A founder member of Bela Fleck. When: Workshop Thursday 8 February 2007 at 7pm When: Concert      Thursday 8 February 2007 at 8pm. Where: The Studio Theatre, Richmond Adult and Community College (RACC), Parkshot, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey TW9 2RE. Click here for directions Ticket price: £10 on the door Thanks to Seydel Harmonicas for making this concert possible. Further details: www.harmonica.co.uk/levy Click on the poster image to download or print the poster Press Clippings "...Playing an extended solo that somehow merged quasi- baroque techniques with swing rhythms, snippets of hokey holiday tunes with passages of brilliant jazz improvisation, Levy unleashed more ideas in this opening solo than many musicians do in an entire set." Howard Reich, The Chicago Tribune, Dec. 1996 "...Howard Levy is a revelation; there are times when it is hard to believe he is playing only a harmonica, for he has the expressive range and depth of a saxophonist." Geoff Dyer, The London Observer, March 1994 "... may be the most radical single technical innovator in the history of his instrument..." Kim Field, Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers, Simon & Schuster 1993 Howards past and present musical associations Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Kenny Loggins, Trio Globo with Eugene Friesen and Glen Velez . Howard has also performed and/or recorded with Dolly Parton, Styx, Bobby McFerrin, Paul Simon, John Prine, Paquito D’Rivera, Ken Nordine, and many others, as well as touring and recording extensively in Europe with artists such as Rabih Abou Khalil and Michael Riessler. In 2003, Howard released a jazz duo cd with Naumberg Award-winning pianist Anthony Molinaro, entitled The Molinaro/Levy Project “Live”. In 2002, he performed “On the Other Side...” (a triple concerto composed for him, a clarinetist and an accordianist) with The Bavarian State Radio Orchestra in Munich, Germany. In 2001, Howard was commisioned by The Illinois Philharmonic to compose a Harmonica Concerto, the first ever written for diatonic harmonica. Since the debut, he has performed it 9 times, with more perfomances scheduled. Howard is music director of Chévere, Chicago’s hottest Latin-Jazz-Fusion Band, whose first cd will be released soon. He also leads a 4 piece band called “Howard Levy’s Accoustic Express”, also with a cd to be released soon. Useful Links Howard Levy's web site Howard Levy's new DVD Howard Levy's biography Howard Levy's music samples Howard Levy's discography Richmond Adult Community College Return to the Friends of the NHL page. Bookmark and revisit http://harmonica.co.uk for the latest details of these and other events. A Diary of Harmonica Events Return to top