14 Facts About Howard Levy

Howard Levy was born on July 31,1951 and is an American musician.

In 1988, Levy was a founding member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, with whom he won a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the song "The Sinister Minister".

Howard Levy won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition in 2012 for "Life in Eleven", a song written with Bela Fleck for the Flecktones' album Rocket Science.

Howard Levy has worked with Arab-fusion musician Rabih Abou-Khalil, Latin jazz saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera, Donald Fagen, and Paul Simon.

Howard Levy was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied piano and pipe organ.

Howard Levy plays in many genres: jazz, classical, rock, folk, Latin, blues, country, and world music.

Howard Levy drew attention for his chromatic playing style on a regular diatonic harmonica.

Howard Levy discovered the overblow and overdraw techniques for chromatic playing in 1970.

Howard Levy composed a concerto for harmonica in 2001 and performed it with orchestras in the US and Europe.

Howard Levy won a Grammy for Pop Instrumental for the song "The Sinister Minister".

Howard Levy toured with Kenny Loggins and appeared on his album Outside from the Redwoods.

Howard Levy returned to the Flecktones in 2011, touring and recording the album Rocket Science.

Howard Levy leads another band, Acoustic Express and is music director of the Latin jazz group Chevere de Chicago.

Howard Levy has toured or recorded with Kenny Loggins, John Prine, Ben Sidran, Bob Gibson, Bobby McFerrin, Bryan Bowers, Chris Siebold, Chuck Mangione, Claudio Roditi, David Bromberg, Styx, Dennis DeYoung, Dolly Parton, Donald Fagen, Holly Cole, Jerry Butler, Mark Nauseef, Miroslav Tadic, Paquito D'Rivera, Pete Seeger, Steve Goodman, Terry Callier, and Tom Paxton.