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Within Vinony's link graph, Hank Levy is referenced by 41 other articles, and connects out to Baltimore, United States and Washington, D.C..
Vinony files it under 1927 births, 2001 deaths and 20th-century American jazz composers.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Music Minus One Bass: 2+2=5
- Music Minus One Drums: 2+2=5
- Music Minus One Piano: 2+2=5
- Music Minus One Tenor Sax: 2+2=5
- Music Minus One Trombone: 2+2=5
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1964-04-30
Discography
- Bounty Hunter1979
- Englishman1979
- Shaolin Temple1979
- Shine Eye Gal1979
- Doh Ray Me1980
- Robin Hood1980
- Run Come Ya!1981
- 21 Girls Salute1982
- Poor Man Style1982
- Life Style1983
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 240,440
- Total plays
- 1,587,617
Tags
Henry Jacob "Hank" Levy (September 27, 1927 – September 18, 2001) was a Jewish American jazz composer and saxophonist whose works often employed unusual time signatures. He is best known as a big band composer for Stan Kenton and the Don Ellis Orchestra, as well as the founder and long-time director of Towson University’s Jazz Program. Levy was born in Baltimore. His interest in odd meters pre-dated Dave Brubeck's Time Out album. He studied composition with George Thaddeus Jones at Catholic Uni
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Levy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baltimore
- Place of death
- Baltimore
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Educated at
- The Catholic University of America
- Employer
- Towson University
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
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- date of birth
- 1927-09-27
- date of death
- 2001-09-18
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