Daniel LEVIN
cellist improviser
composer
“One of the outstanding cellists working in the vanguard arena”
(All About Jazz New York)
“Very much the man to watch”
(The Penguin Guide to Jazz)
Upcoming Concerts
Coelacanth
Wednesday, 11 September, 8pm
Shapeshifter Lab
18 Whitwell Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11215
shapeshifter lab
Daniel Levin - cello
Russ Lossing - wurlitzer
Gerald Cleaver - drums
The coelacanths, which are related to lungfishes and tetrapods, were believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. The discovery of a specimen off the east coast of South Africa in 1938 makes the coelacanth the best-known example of Lazarus taxon, an evolutionary line that seems to have disappeared from the fossil record, only to reappear much later.
Levin/Carletti
Saturday, 14 September, 8pm
Uncertainty Music Series
810 State Street, New Haven, CT
uncertainty music
Daniel Levin - cello
Juan Pablo Carletti - drums
Rob Brown - Daniel Levin Duo
Saturday, 5 October
First Street Green
33 E. 1st Street, New York, NY
first street green
Rob Brown - alto saxophone
Daniel Levin - cello
Attias/Levin/Carletti
Friday, 11 October, 8:00 pm
Williamsburg Music Center
367 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
williamsburg music center
Michael Attias, alto saxophone
Daniel Levin, cello
Juan Pablo Carletti, drums
News
Three Reviews of Inner Landscape
Reviews of "Inner Landscape":
Free Jazz (click HERE to read)
The New York City Jazz Record (click HERE to read)
JazzWrap (click HERE to read).
Organic Modernism reviews in All About Jazz Italia and Squid's Ear
A four-star review of Organic Modernism was published in All About Jazz Italia. Click HERE to read.
Also, a new review in The Squid's Ear. Click HERE to read.
JazzWrap reviews Organic Modernism
From JazzWrap:
Daniel Levin's Modern World
YOU NEED TO KNOW DANIEL LEVIN.
Daniel Levin has been on the rise since his Don't Go It Alone debut in 2003. And while there have been plenty before him that have set the groundwork for the cello as a major instrument in jazz--including Eric Friedlander, Daniel Pezzotti, Hank Roberts, and David Darling, among others--Daniel Levin is one artist who is quickly making the cello a prominent force in jazz composition. (READ MORE)
Review of Krakow Concert
Rob Brown and I did a duo tour of Poland and Germany in March. HERE is a link to a review from our Krakow concert at The Alchemia.
Latest recordings
The Flower And The Bear
Daniel Levin - cello
Tim Daisy - percussion
2011, Relay Records
Inner Landscape
Daniel Levin - cello
2011, Clean Feed Records
Organic Modernism
Daniel Levin Quartet:
- Daniel Levin - cello
- Nate Wooley - trumpet
- Matt Moran - vibraphone
- Peter Bitenc - bass
2011, Clean Feed Records
Natural Disorder
Rob Brown - alto saxophone
Daniel Levin - cello
2011, Not Two Records
Bacalhau
Daniel Levin Quartet:
- Daniel Levin - cello
- Nate Wooley - trumpet
- Matt Moran - vibraphone
- Peter Bitenc - bass
2010, Clean Feed Records
Soulstorm
Ivo Perelman - tenor saxophone
Daniel Levin - cello
Torbjorn Zetterberg - bass
2010, Clean Feed Records
WKCR NY radio interview
Daniel Levin
Ben Young, radio host
2011, WKCR NY FM