Elliot Brett Levine (born September 28, 1963) is an American pianist and keyboardist. He had two record releases on the Nashville-based Artifex records label between 1999 and 2004. His CD projects have been reviewed in the Wall Street Journal Online and the Washington Post. In March 2012 he was the first person to use an iPad Keytar, an iPad with a guitar strap, in a live performance posted to YouTube.
Levine has toured with Wilson Pickett and Heatwave (Always & Forever/Boogie Nights). He has opened for Brian McKnight, Freddie Jackson, McCoy Tyner, and Gerald Albright. He has had the #1 song on mp3.com, receiving over 1,000,000 downloads, which was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal and CNN.
Levine has four internationally released CDs. He has headlined at Blues Alley and the Kennedy Center. His playing has been described by Jazz Times as "showing plenty of talent, though also criticized as having "feather-weight play against heavy-leaden R&B backdrops". In 2003, he scored the music to an Emmy nominated documentary, "Teens in Between". His music was also used on "Inside the NBA" on TBS (TV Channel) (2001), as well as an independent college movie, "Friends With Benefits" (2003). He is also featured on the worldwide Karvavena release "The Abduction of the Art of Noise". He currently tours in the United States as a member of Heatwave. During 2020/2021, he performed a series of streamed backyard performances which raised over $2,000 each for the Maryland Food Bank and Shepherd's Table during the COVID-19 pandemic It was also reported that he is part owner of Authentic (racehorse), the horse that won the Kentucky Derby
Discography
As leader
Sugar Honey Iced Tea (2022) Tilley
347 Live! (2013) Tilley
Live +7 (2007) Tilley
The Funk, The Whole Funk, and Nothin' But the Funk (2004) Tilley
Live Bootleg (2001) MP3.COM
Live at Bayou Blues (2001) MP3.COM
Smash, with Ron Holloway (2000) Tilley
Urban Grooves (1997) Artifex Records
Urban Grooves EP (1997) Artifex Records
With Light Images (1993) Artifex Records
As sideman
Christian "Big New York" de Mesones You Only Live Twice (2023) Independent #50 Billboard Smooth Jazz Keith Mason I Surrender All (2020) Independent Christian "Big New York" de Mesones They Call me Big New York (2020) Independent Christian "Big New York" de Mesones Latin Jive Redux (2017) Independent Christian "Big New York" de Mesones Good Old Days (2016) Independent Kenny Wright Experience Herbie Miles and Me (2010) Knee Deep Records Tony Whitfield Pleasure Sensitive 2 (2004) OASA Records Tony Whitfield New York Hustle, with Onaje Allan Gumbs, Hiram Bullock, and Jerry Hey (2003) OASA Records Eddie Anderson Good Friends (2003) Independent Eddie Anderson Christmas Album (2002) Independent Tony Whitfield Pleasure Sensitive 2 (2000) OASA Records Ski Johnson Ski Supreme (2000) Wide-A-Wake Records Pete Marinovich Second Voice (1999) Eddie Anderson Thick Funk (1999) Independent Moose and the Bulletproof Blues Band Movin On' (1996) Blues Cancer Records Ski Johnson in Your Eyes (1994) Wide-A-Wake Records Ski Johnson Tell Me Something Good EP (1994) Wide-A-Wake Records Ivan Smart Red Nights (1992) Smart-eye Productions
Compilations
The Abduction of the Art of Noise (2004) Karvavena Records
Walking on Pennsylvania Avenue (2001) Open Source Music
MP3.COM 103 of the best songs you've never heard, vol. 4 (2000) MP3.COM
The Best of Artifex Records (1997) Artifex Records
Artifex Records American Express Jazz Sampler (1994) Artifex Records
References
Jewish American musicians
Living people
1963 births
Musicians from Washington, D.C. American jazz pianists American male pianists Musicians Jewish jazz musicians Heatwave (band) members 20th-century American pianists 21st-century American pianists 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians 21st-century American Jews