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Pete Levin.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Deacon Blues)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
Pete Levin. Deacon Blues. Motema Music MTM-0008, 2007.
Though he is primarily known to the masses, if he is known to them at all, as the brother of Tony Levin (bassist for King Crimson and session player extraordinaire, as well as the bassist without whom Peter Gabriel reportedly refuses to tour), keyboardist Pete Levin has actually been a hugely in-demand player himself for over three decades, most notably as a long-term member of the Gil Evans Orchestra; his career has also included sessions and tours with such artists as Paul Simon, Jaco Pastorius, John Scofield, Robbie Robertson, Jimmy Giuffre, and Annie Lennox. His work as a sideman has left him relatively little time to record as a leader, but this fine Hammond organ set makes up for the wait (and maybe even for some of his more New Age-y offerings of the past). Staying in quartet ...
- Deacon blues.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 10, 2006 700+ words
(From Leicester Mercury) Leicester Tigers will today consider whether to appeal after Louis Deacon was banned for three weeks by a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing. The suspension, which runs from yesterday until May 30, means Deacon will miss Sunday's Guinness Premiership play-off
- Saints suf fer Deacon blues.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 7, 2002 700+ words
(From The Express) ST HELENS 26 BRADFORD 28 WHEN THE PA announcer reads out the teams before the kick-off at the Bulls' home games, Paul Deacon's is always prefaced by the nickname "Babyface". But there is a killer instinct behind the cherubic features as the 23-year-old Great Britain scrum-half
- A new stage: Pete Levin finds room to breathe with Capital Rep's latest show.
- Newspaper article from: Times Union (Albany, NY) March 29, 2007 700+ words
...because I'm just not comfortable playing the same thing the same way every night, night after night," says jazz keyboardist Pete Levin. That's the kiss of death for most jazz musicians, who thrive on the thrill of free-spirited improvisation. "For most...
- Steely Dan: Jazz Harmony in pop songwriting.(WRITING)
- Magazine article from: Canadian Musician Breithaupt, Don March 1, 2008 700+ words
...pull of the harmony in the chorus of "Deacon Blues": not by accident do its nine consecutive...At the top of the double verse in "Deacon Blues," we hear [G.sup.6] and [F...decided I was going to do it anyway." "Deacon Blues" begins with this downgrade sequence...
- Blues festival fundraiser coming to Bessie Smith Hall this weekend.
- Newspaper article from: Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) August 30, 2007 700+ words
...at 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The event includes the Deacon Blues Holy Smoke Band with Clark White, Shabe Potts Wright and...director for the Impressions, and Dr. Clark White with Deacon Blues Band is a former professor at Morehouse College." Proceeds...
- Triumph of the loser: an odd family takes a satisfying road trip.(Movie review)
- News wire article from: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) Lawson, Terry August 11, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Terry Lawson Aug. 11--The Steely Dan song "Deacon Blues" isn't really a blues song. The title pays tribute to...want a name when I lose," sings Donald Fagen, settling on Deacon Blues. Likewise, "Little Miss Sunshine" celebrates the unlucky...
- Practice: Health promotion is just not rock 'n' roll.
- Magazine article from: GP Handysides, Stuart May 13, 2005 700+ words
...striking of a match and the subsequent drag and exhalation. Who was paying these guys? A few years later, in Steely Dan's Deacon Blues, the narrator aspires to 'drink Scotch whisky all night long, and die behind the wheel'. On the same album, Aja, the...
- The Stamford Advocate, Conn.,: Concerts.
- Newspaper article from: Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT) May 17, 2007 700+ words
...cantankerous Becker and Fagen have turned downright prolific compared with their previous standards. And "Hey Nineteen" and "Deacon Blues" continue to live through classic rock radio. $40 and $60; Mohegan Sun Arena, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville; 888-332...
- Rockazos.(Gente)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) February 13, 1999 700+ words
...estos nombres? Rolling Stone Blues de Muddy Waters, Moody Blue de Slim Harpo, Deep Purple de Nino Tempo y April Stevens, Deacon Blues de Steely Dan (saludos, Martn Hernndez). Tambin puede ser la frase en una cancin, como Raspberry Beret de Prince, donde...
- Blues and Arts Festival at Bessie Smith Hall.
- Newspaper article from: Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) August 31, 2007 700+ words
...Saturday and Sunday. Where: Bessie Smith Hall, 200 M.L. King Blvd. Admission: $15. Phone: 266-8658. Saturday Deacon Blues Holy Smoke Band with Clark White Shabe Potts Wright Willie Clayton Sunday David Anthony Billie Soul Bond The Bobby Rush Review...
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