Grammy Winning Harmonica Player to Perform
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 2, 2009) − Howard
Levy, founding member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, will perform as part of a guest
recital presented by the John Jacob Niles
Center for American Music. The concert, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled
for noon Wednesday, March 4, at Niles Gallery located in the University of Kentucky Lucille Caudill
Little Fine Arts Library and Learning Center.
Levy is acknowledged as the world's most advanced diatonic harmonica player. He developed his style on a standard 10-hole diatonic harmonica. Accomplished in piano and composing, Levy is most noted for his musical adventures in jazz, rock and world music.
Among Levy's numerous honors and accomplishments is a Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, presented for a live recording of the Bela Fleck and the Flecktones 1991 song "The Sinister Minister" and the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Original Music for a Play.
Audiences also will recognize Levy's harmonica playing from the world of cinema. He has appeared on the soundtracks for such films as "Striptease," "A Time To Kill," "Straight Talk," "A Long Time Coming" and others. Currently, Levy is the music director of Chévere de Chicago, a leading Latin/jazz/funk/blues band from Chicago, and he leads a four-piece band called Howard Levy's Acoustic Express.
View performances featuring Levy.
While in Lexington to perform and give workshops at UK, Levy will also perform alongside Miles Osland, director of jazz studies and professor of saxophone at UK, and the UK Faculty Jazz Quartet. This performance is scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at Natasha's Bistro, located at 112 Esplanade Street in downtown Lexington. A cover charge for this performance will be requested at the door.
The Niles Center for American Music is a collaborative effort of UK's School of Music, College of Fine Arts and University Libraries. The center is named for the legendary Kentucky musician John Jacob Niles and seeks to provide a comprehensive focus for the research and performance of American music from the early Colonial period through the present, with special emphasis on the indigenous culture of the southeastern United States.
For more information on the Howard Levy solo concert at UK's Niles Gallery, contact Ron Pen, director of the Niles Center, by phone at (859) 257-8183 or by e-mail.
Levy is acknowledged as the world's most advanced diatonic harmonica player. He developed his style on a standard 10-hole diatonic harmonica. Accomplished in piano and composing, Levy is most noted for his musical adventures in jazz, rock and world music.
Among Levy's numerous honors and accomplishments is a Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, presented for a live recording of the Bela Fleck and the Flecktones 1991 song "The Sinister Minister" and the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Original Music for a Play.
Audiences also will recognize Levy's harmonica playing from the world of cinema. He has appeared on the soundtracks for such films as "Striptease," "A Time To Kill," "Straight Talk," "A Long Time Coming" and others. Currently, Levy is the music director of Chévere de Chicago, a leading Latin/jazz/funk/blues band from Chicago, and he leads a four-piece band called Howard Levy's Acoustic Express.
View performances featuring Levy.
While in Lexington to perform and give workshops at UK, Levy will also perform alongside Miles Osland, director of jazz studies and professor of saxophone at UK, and the UK Faculty Jazz Quartet. This performance is scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at Natasha's Bistro, located at 112 Esplanade Street in downtown Lexington. A cover charge for this performance will be requested at the door.
The Niles Center for American Music is a collaborative effort of UK's School of Music, College of Fine Arts and University Libraries. The center is named for the legendary Kentucky musician John Jacob Niles and seeks to provide a comprehensive focus for the research and performance of American music from the early Colonial period through the present, with special emphasis on the indigenous culture of the southeastern United States.
For more information on the Howard Levy solo concert at UK's Niles Gallery, contact Ron Pen, director of the Niles Center, by phone at (859) 257-8183 or by e-mail.