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John Levy (April 11, 1912 – January 20, 2012) was an American jazz double-bassist and businessman. Life. Levy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jan 24, 2012 · The late John Levy was many things — African American, a bass player, nearly 100 years old when he died last weekend. But it was his work behind the scenes, as a businessman, which defined his ...
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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 25, 2012 · John Levy was born on April 11, 1912, in New Orleans. His father, John, was a railroad engine stoker; his mother, Laura, a midwife and nurse. Mr.
Jan 20, 2012 · Renowned as a leading representative of jazz musicians, and as the first African American to work in the music industry as a personal manager, John Levy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1912. His mother was a midwife and nurse, and his father was an engine stoker on the railroad. When Levy was six, his family moved to Chicago, where a ...
Jan 14, 2005 · Who is John Levy, you ask? Born in New Orleans in 1911, Levy grew up in Chicago taking in some of the finest music ever to grace the ears of America. He was raised on big band, jazz, blues, and anything else he heard on the radio. A good student, he received counsel at a young age from an elementary school teacher.
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Jan 24, 2012 · 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. Dropping out of high school, he played piano before ...
