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Brothers and acclaimed musicians Tony (bass) and Pete (piano) Levin have created an album of original, classic, cool jazz. The self-titled Levin Brothers recording can best be described as sweet, nice, and thoroughly enjoyable. There's an underscore of emotional vibrance between the two main performers.
Standout tunes for me are Cello in the Night, a luxuriously flowing ballad with a hint of Oscar Peterson and a down-tempo redux of King Crimson's Matte Kudasai with beautifully phrased bass taking the lead.
Here's a taste of their work, the bouncy Not So Square Dance. You can also hear other audio samples here.
You can find more about the Levin brothers at their website, www.thelevinbrothers.com.
"Aside from purely technical analysis, nothing can be said about music, except when it is bad; when it is good, one can only listen and be grateful.” -W.H. Auden
Updated 14 Oct 2014 to correct replace the word cello with bass, an error caused by thinking about one song while writing about another.
I received no compensation of any kind for this review.
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