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The John Levy Archive. The John Levy Archive is a primary ethnomusicological resource of international importance, consisting of nearly 700 original field recordings of music from various parts of the world, several thousand photographs, and about 20 cine films. There is also Levy's personal collection of approximately 400 commercial LP discs ...
Jan 24, 2012 · The Extraordinary Career Of A Man Who Managed Jazz Musicians : A Blog Supreme The late John Levy was many things — African American, a bass player, nearly 100 years old when he died last weekend ...
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Jan 14, 2005 · John Levy, a jazz bassist and original member of the Stuff Smith Trio and George Shearing Quintet whose deal-making skills, insider's knowledge and warm personality enabled him to become jazz and pop's first successful black personal manager, died on January 20. He was 99. Starting in the early 1950s, John managed George Shearing not just as an ...
Jan 23, 2012 · John Levy, a jazz bassist and original member of the Stuff Smith Trio and George Shearing Quintet whose deal-making skills, insider's knowledge and warm personality enabled him to become one of jazz and pop's first successful black personal manager, died on January 20. He was 99.
John Levy was born in New Orleans on April 11, 1912, and raised in Chicago. His father was a stoker on the railroad, his mother a midwife. ... Inside Gustavo Santaolalla’s new Spanish ‘Dracula ...
Oct 7, 2004 · John Levy. Biography. Renowned music manager John Levy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 11, 1912. His mother was a midwife and nurse and his father was an engine stoker on the railroad. At the age of six, the Levy family moved to Chicago, and as he went through school, a teacher encouraged him to find a stable job at the post office.
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Jan 24, 2012 · John Levy, the first prominent African-American personal manager in the jazz or pop music field, whose clients included Nancy Wilson and Ramsey Lewis, died Friday in his sleep at his home in ...
