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British jazz drummer, bandleader, and teacher.

Born: 30 January 1940 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK.
Died: 3 February 2011 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK (aged 71).

Levin worked with: Alan Skidmore, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Taylor, Ian Carr, Stan Sulzmann, Gordon Beck, European Jazz Ensemble, Third Eye (5), Rob Van Den Broeck, Philip Catherine, Sophia Domancich Trio, Philippe Aerts, et al.

Father of Miles Levin

ALBUMS


Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers (2), Tony Levin
The Good Feelings
2024
Stan Sulzmann, John Taylor (2), Ron Mathewson, Tony Levin (2) With Chris Laurence
On Loan With Gratitude
2023, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Mike Osborne Trio with Harry Miller & Tony Levin
The Birmingham Jazz Concert
2012, 2xCD, Album, Cadillac Records, ,
Free Jazz
Paul Dunmall, Sophia Domancich, Tony Levin (2), Miles Levin
Golden Ocean
2012, CD, Album, Rare Music
Dick Morrissey, Jim Mullen, Chris Bolton (9), Tony Levin
Live At Jazz Club Friday / Barton's Arms 1986
2012, CD, Album, Rare Music
Tony Levin (2) / Paul Dunmall / Johannes Bauer / Paul Rogers
Bold Times
2011, CD, Album, Rare Music, Rare Music
Evan Parker / Kenny Wheeler / Paul Dunmall / Tony Levin (2) / John Edwards
Live At The Vortex, London
2011, CD, Album, Rare Music, Rare Music
Tony Levin (2) / Paul Dunmall / John Edwards
Language Of The Spirit
2011, CD, Album, Rare Music, Rare Music
Tony Levin (2) / Paul Dunmall / Ray Warleigh / Evan Parker
Life Of Dreams
2011, CD, Album, Rare Music, Rare Music, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Tony Levin (2) / Rob van den Broeck / Lee Goodall / John Edwards
Joyology
2011, CD, Album, Rare Music, Rare Music, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Philip Gibbs, Paul Dunmall, Tony Hymas, Paul Rogers (2), Neil Metcalfe, Tony Levin
Mumuksuta
2010, CD, Album, Ltd, DUNS
Simon Picard, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers (2), Christian Weber (2), Tony Levin
London Meets Altbüron
2008, 3xCDr, Album, Ltd, DUNS
Paul Dunmall, Tony Levin (2), Miles Levin
The Golden Lake
2007, CDr, Album, Ltd, DUNS, ,
Free Jazz
Kenny Wheeler, Philipp Wachsmann, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers (2), John Edwards, Tony Marsh, Tony Levin
Free Zone Appleby 2005
2006, CD, Album, psi (3), ,
Free Improvisation
Elton Dean . Paul Dunmall . Paul Rogers (2) . Tony Levin
Elton
2006, CDr, Album, Ltd, DUNS
Dunmall*, Rogers*, Gibbs*, Levin*
Thankyou Dorothy
2005, CDr, Album, Ltd, DUNS
Tony Levin (2), Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers
Deep Joy
2005, 4xCDr, Album, Ltd, DUNS
Evan Parker, John Edwards, Tony Levin
Appleby 26 July 2003
2003, CDr, Album, Promo, Not On Label
Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Paul Rogers (2), Tony Levin
Simple Skeletons
2001, CDr, Album, Ltd, DUNS
Paul Dunmall, Tony Levin
Essential Expressions
1997, CD, Album, Cadence Jazz Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Gerd Dudek • Rob van den Broeck • Ali Haurand • Tony Levin
Crossing Level
1997, CD, Album, Konnex Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Elton Dean, Paul Dunmall, Tony Levin (2), Paul Rogers (2), Roswell Rudd, Keith Tippett
Bladik
1997, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Evan Parker • Paul Dunmall • Barry Guy • Tony Levin
Birmingham Concert
1996, CD, Album, Rare Music, Rare Music
Tony Levin (2), Paul Dunmall
Spiritual Empathy (Duets 1994)
1994, CD, Album, Rare Music
Rob van den Broeck, Harry Emmery, Tony Levin
Reflections
1983, LP, View Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
John Surman / Tony Levin Duo*
Live At Moers Festival
1976, ,
Free Jazz
Joe Harriott
Live At Harry's 1963
2006, CD, Rare Music
Tubby Hayes Quartet
Addictive Tendencies
2005, 2xCD, Album, Rare Music, Rare Music
Mujician
10 10 10
2021, CD, Album, Ltd, Cuneiform Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Tubby Hayes Quartet
Free Flight
2020
Tubby Hayes Quartet
A Little Workout ('Live' At The Little Theatre)
2018
Deep Joy Trio
Live In Austria
2011, CD, Album, FMR Records (2)
Tony Levin Quartet
Live In Viersen (International Jazz Festival, Germany, 1987)
2011, CD, Album, Rare Music, Rare Music
Tubby Hayes Quartet
Lament (Tubby Hayes Archive Volume 01)
2010, CD, Album, Savage Solweig
Paul Rogers Freedom Orchestra
Live At The Rudersdorf Jazz Festival
2009, 2xCD, Album, FMR Records (2), ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
European Jazz Ensemble
30th Anniversary Tour 2006
2009, CD, Album, Konnex Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Keith Tippett Tapestry Orchestra
Live At Le Mans
2007, ,
Free Jazz/Big Band
Tubby Hayes Quartet
Live At The Dancing Slipper
2006, 2xCD, Album, Harkit Records
Mujician
There's No Going Back Now
2006, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Paul Dunmall Moksha Big Band
I Wish You Peace
2004, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records, Cuneiform Records, Cuneiform Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Big Band/Experimental
Paul Dunmall Octet
Bridging
2003, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Free Jazz
Philippe Aerts Quartet
Back To The Old World
2002, CD, Album, Igloo,
European Jazz Ensemble
25th Anniversary
2002, CD, Album, Konnex Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Mujician
Spacetime
2002, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Paul Dunmall Octet
The Great Divide
2001, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Paul Dunmall Octet
Bebop Starburst
1999, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Mujician
Colours Fulfilled
1998, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Paul Rogers Quartet
Time Of Brightness
1997, CD, Album, Rare Music, Rare Music
Paul Dunmall Octet
Desire And Liberation
1997, CD, Album, Slam Productions, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Sophia Domancich Trio
La Part Des Anges
1997, CD, Album, Gimini Music
Elton Dean Quintet
Silent Knowledge
1996, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Mujician
Birdman
1996
Philippe Aerts Trio
Cat Walk
1995, CD, Album, Igloo
European Trumpet Summit
European Trumpet Summit
1995, CD, Album, Konnex Records
Sophia Domancich Trio
L'Année Des Treize Lunes
1995, CD, Album, Seventh Records
Mujician
Poem About The Hero
1994
Sophia Domancich Trio
Rêve De Singe
1993, CD, Album, Gimini Music
The Quartet
The Quartet Live In Prague
1992, CD, Album, P&J Music, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Mujician
The Journey
1992
Tubby Hayes Quartet
For Members Only - '67 Live
1990
European Jazz Ensemble
At The Philharmonic Cologne
1989, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Keith Tippett Septet
A Loose Kite In A Gentle Wind Floating With Only My Will For An Anchor
1986, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Rob van den Broeck Trio
Heavy Duty
1986, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Third Eye
Third Eye Live!
1982, LP, Album, View Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop/Post Bop
John Taylor Sextet
...Fragment
1975, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Gyroscope
One, Two, Three_ _ _ Go!
1974, Cass, Album, Jaguar (17)
John Taylor Trio
Decipher
1973
The Alan Skidmore Quintet
TCB
1970, ,
Post Bop/Free Jazz
Mujician
Birdman
2004
Mujician
Spacetime
2002

APPEARANCES +


Various
Talking The Groove: Jazz Against Racism
2024, 2xCD, Jazz In Britain, Jazz In Britain,
Elton Dean's Unlimited Saxophone Company
Elton Dean's Unlimited Saxophone Company - Second Edition
2024, CD, Album, Dig, Ogun
Gordon Beck's Gyroscope*
Progress
2024, 3xCD, Ltd, Jazz In Britain, ,
Free Improvisation
Alan Skidmore
A Supreme Love
2023, 6xCD + Box, Ltd, Confront, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Free Improvisation/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Big Band/Fusion/Free Jazz
Tubby Hayes Quartet
Mexican Green (Live In London 1967)
2020, File, FLAC, Mono, Jazz In Britain
Barbara Thompson
Live At The BBC
2020, 14xCD, RM + Box, Repertoire Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Latin Jazz
Nucleus (3) & Ian Carr
Torrid Zone (The Vertigo Recordings 1970 - 1975)
2019, 6x CD, Box Set, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Prog Rock
Alan Skidmore Quartet
Naima
2017, 2xCD, Album, itm
Various
Turtle Records (Pioneering British Jazz 1970 - 1971)
2015, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, RPM Records (2), ,
Free Jazz/Modal/Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Bruce Broughton
The Boy Who Could Fly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2015, CD, ,
Score/Soundtrack
S. O. S.
Looking For The Next One
2013
Aki Takase
A Week Went By
2010, CD, Album, psi (3), ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Paul Rogers
An Invitation
2010, CD, Album, Rare Music
The Gordon Beck Trio*
Appleby Blues
2007, CD, Album, Ltd, Art Of Life Records, ,
Post Bop
European Jazz Ensemble
30 Years On The Road
2006, DVD-V, PAL, Konnex Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Various
Cuneiform Story
2005, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Art Rock/Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Jazz-Rock
Ali Haurand & Friends
Ballads
2005, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
JUCE
Rich Core
2004, CD, Album, JUCE Records (2)
Nucleus
Alleycat / Direct Hits
2004, CD, CD, All Media, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Kenny Wheeler
Dream Sequence
2003, CD, Album, psi (3)
Gerd Dudek
'Smatter
2002, CD, Album, psi (3), ,
Contemporary Jazz
Ian Carr With Nucleus
Labyrinth / Roots
2002
Mujician And The Georgian Ensemble
The Bristol Concert
2000, CD, Album, What Disc?, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Rob Van Den Broeck And Friends
Halloween Time
1999, CD, Album, VIA Records
European Jazz Ensemble , Special Guest's: Charlie Mariano, Rolf* & Joachim Kühn, Daniel Humair
20th Anniversary Tour
1997, CD, Album, Konnex Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra*
The Enchanted Messenger
1995, CD, Album, Soul Note
Elton Dean
Two's And Three's
1995,
Paul Dunmall
Quartet And Sextet / Babu Trio
1994, 2xCD, Album, Slam Productions, ,
Free Improvisation
Various
Silence - A Quiet Manifestation Of The Future
1993, CD, Album, Comp, Wacoal Art Center, ,
Abstract/Speech/Contemporary/Ambient
Various
Passed Normal Volume 5
1992, CD, FOT Records, ,
Avantgarde
Elton Dean
The Vortex Tapes
1992, CD, Album, Slam Productions, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
European Jazz Ensemble Meets The Khan Family
European Jazz Ensemble Meets The Khan Family
1992, CD, Album, M•A Music, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Tubby Hayes
200% Proof
1992, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Elton Dean's Unlimited Saxophone Company
Elton Dean's Unlimited Saxophone Company
1990, CD, Album, Ogun, ,
Free Jazz
Danny Thompson And Whatever
Elemental
1990,
EDQ*
Live
1989, Cass, Elton Dean Tapes
Peter King Quartet*
Brother Bernard
1988, ,
Bop
Stan Sulzmann
On Loan With Gratitude
1977, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Piano Power Vol.2 (A Panorama Of Jazz Piano Styles)
1976, LP, Comp, MPS Records, BASF,
Nucleus
Direct Hits
1976, Vinyl, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Neil Ardley / Ian Carr / Mike Gibbs* / Stan Tracey
Will Power (A Shakespeare Birthday Celebration In Music)
1975, 2x Vinyl, ,
Modal/Free Improvisation/Jazz-Rock
Ian Carr With Nucleus
Labyrinth
1973
Norma Winstone
Edge Of Time
1972, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Various
2. Internationales New Jazz Meeting Auf Burg Altena
1971, 2xLP, Comp, JG-Records, ,
Free Jazz/Modal
John Taylor
Pause, And Think Again
1971, ,
Post Bop
Humphrey Lyttelton
Duke Ellington Classics
1971,
The Tubby Hayes Quartet*
Mexican Green
1968
Tubby Hayes Quartet, The Tony Coe Quintet, The Frank Evans Trio
Peter Burman's Jazz Tete A Tete
1966
Various
International Jazz Festival Varna Summer
3xCDr, Album, AVA (2), ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Anatoly Vapirov
Back To The Future
2xCDr, Album, AVA (2), ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Ian Carr With Nucleus
Labyrinth
2000, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Elton Dean
Two's And Three's
2000
John Taylor
Pause, And Think Again
1995
Various
The First Gale Of Spring (Elton Dean Memorial Concert, 100 Club, London, U.K. May 9, 2005)
2xCDr, Album, Unofficial, CLL
Keith Tippett
Consciousness
2xCDr, Album, Unofficial, Not On Label (Keith Tippett), ,
Free Jazz/Prog Rock
Keith Tippett
Identity
2xCDr, Album, Unofficial, Not On Label