MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Mono
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Stan Levey - drums
Sonny Clark - piano
Conte Condoli - trumpet
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Richie Kamuca - tenor sax
Frank Rosolino – trombone
hit that thing - 5:15
why do i love you? - 3:31
blues at sunrise - 6:25
angel cake - 5:44
a gal in calico - 6:20
grand stan - 7:18
yesterdays - 5:18
tiny's tune – 6:07
Mr. Levey worked with Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin and many other singers, and with the big bands of Benny Goodman, Woody Herman and Stan Kenton
He was also a ubiquitous presence in Los Angeles recording studios for many years
But he earned his place in jazz history primarily through his work with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, the leading lights of bebop
A self-taught drummer who played left-handed even though he was naturally right-handed, Mr. Levey was still a teenager when he began attracting attention for the ease with which he handled the breakneck tempos and tricky accents of the modern style
Working with Gillespie and Parker, he also attracted attention for being one of two white musicians (the pianist Al Haig was the other) in an otherwise all-black group, by no means a common sight in the 1940's
Stan Levey was born in Philadelphia on April 5, 1926
The son of a prizefight promoter, he took up boxing about the same time he took up drums, and for a few years pursued both careers
But boxing, at which he was never exceptional, soon lost out to drumming, at which he was
His work with Gillespie and Parker in 1945, when bebop was new and controversial, won him the admiration of his peers but not much of a living
Greater success came a few years later when he began working with big bands
In 1954, after two years with Kenton, he settled in Los Angeles, where he spent five years with the Lighthouse All-Stars, the group in residence at a popular local nightclub
He was also in great demand for studio work, recording with many of the best-known musicians in jazz and playing on hit records like Peggy Lee's "Fever"
In addition, his drumming was heard on the soundtracks of hundreds of movies and television shows, including five Disney documentaries for which he wrote the music
RECORDING August 1955 in New York City
ENGINEERING --
LABEL Bethlehem
RE MASTERING Ray Staff
RE RELEASED April 2014
AVERAGE RATING 5 Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas Germany
MADE IN Germany / England
STYLE Jazz / Bop / Cool Jazz
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
