Howard Levy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Howard Levy
Occupation	Pianist
Date Of Birth	Jul 31, 1951(1951-07-31)
Age	73
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Cancer

Howard Levy Biography

Howard Levy is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on July 31, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Pianist, harmonica player and music producer. For his work with Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, he won a Grammy Award.

He often performed on the popular Prairie Home Companion radio program hosted by He frequently performed on radio host Garrison Keillor‘s popular Prairie Home Companion program..

Levy plays in many genres: jazz, classical, rock, folk, Latin, blues, country, and world music. He drew attention for his chromatic playing style on a regular diatonic harmonica. He discovered the overblow and overdraw techniques for chromatic playing in 1970. These allow a harmonica player to obtain all the missing chromatic notes in the Richter-tuned diatonic harmonica.

In 1988, Levy co-founded Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He won a Grammy for Pop Instrumental for the song “The Sinister Minister”. He left the band in

1992. Levy toured with Kenny Loggins and appeared on his album Outside from the Redwoods. Levy returned to the Flecktones in 2011, touring and recording the album Rocket Science (2011).

He was the son of a New York City Jewish family.

Howard Levy Net Worth

Howard Levy is one of the richest Pianist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Howard Levy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Northwestern University in Illinois briefly and was a prominent participant of the Chicago music scene in the 1970s and 1980s.

He was the director of Chevere de Chicago, a Latin and jazz band.

Howard Levy (born July 31, 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist. He was a founding member of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, with whom he won a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the song “The Sinister Minister”. He also won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition in 2012 for “Life in Eleven”, a song written with Béla Fleck for the Flecktones’ album Rocket Science (2011). He has worked with Arab-fusion musician Rabih Abou- Khalil, Latin jazz saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera, Donald Fagen, and Paul Simon.

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Who is Howard Levy Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Howard Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Howard Levy celebrates birthday on July 31 of every year.

Is Howard Levy married?

Amy Karen Bodnick and Howard Adam Levy are to be married Sunday at the Vanderbilt at South Beach, an event space in South Beach, Staten Island.

Where Does Howard Levy live?

Howard Levy: Reinventing The Harmonica Levy’s house in Evanston, Ill., is filled with musical instruments: ocarinas, keyboards, percussion and especially harmonicas.

What harmonica does Howard Levy use?

“I’ve always preferred the sound of a HOHNER. The overblows, overdraws work better on it. They just do.” Howard Levy is an acknowledged master of the diatonic harmonica , a superb pianist, innovative composer, recording artist, bandleader, teacher, producer, and Chicago area resident.

Who plays harmonica with Bela Fleck?

Rocket Science marks the first recording by the first fab four Flecktones in almost two decades, with pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold alongside Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/ Drumitarist Roy “Futureman” Wooten.

Who is Bela Fleck's wife?

Abigail Washburn