Elliot Brett Levine (born September 28, 1963) is an American pianist and keyboardist.Musician Elliot Levine (Keyboard) @ All About Jazz 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.Elliot Levine Ipad 3 synth Keytar keyboard solo, Can't Hide Love, 3/30/12 City View Baltimore MD – YouTube
Levine has toured with Wilson PickettJazz Review Magazine and is a member of HeatwaveSmooth Jazz Germany magazine article on Elliot Levine (Always & Forever/Boogie Nights). He has opened for Brian McKnight, Freddie Jackson, McCoy Tyner,Musician Elliot Levine (Keyboard) @ All About Jazz and Gerald Albright. He has had the #1 song, "Urban Groove" on mp3.com, receiving over 1,000,000 downloads,CNN.com – Your stories: How the Net changed us – Nov 15, 2005 which was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal and CNN.
Levine has four internationally released CDs. He has headlined at Blues AlleyElliot Levine – Blue in Green, Blues Alley, 1993 – YouTube 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".Jazz Albums: Urban Grooves Elliot Levine – By Hilarie Grey — Jazz Articles In 2003, he scored the music to an Emmy nominated documentary, "Teens in Between".Teens in Between – from Virginia Department of Education His music was also used on "Inside the NBA" on TBS (TV Channel) (2001),CNN.com – Your stories: How the Net changed us – Nov 15, 2005 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".Various Artists – The abduction of The Art Of Noise – Review – Stylus Magazine He currently tours in the United States as a member of Heatwave.Review from Smooth Jazz Daily Magazine 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 pandemichttps://www.mymcmedia.org/silver-spring-artist-raises-money-in-his-backyard-to-help-others/ It was also reported that he is part owner of Authentic (racehorse), the horse that won the Kentucky DerbyReference from CNBCReference from WTOP Since 2016, Elliot Levine has provided a scholarship each year to Wheaton_High_School jazz ensemble members accepted into an accredited college. The scholarship is funded to continue for 100 years as long or as long as the school is open.Heatwave's ELLIOT LEVINE Interview: Funk and R&B Keyboardist – YouTube
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 Keith Mason, All Things Made New (2026) Independent Devon Howard, I Couldn't Love You More (DocSonny House Remix) (2026) Independent Christenelle Diroc, Think that I'm Sorry (2026) Independent Teddy Douglas, I'm Here (2024) Nervous_Records_(US) Devon Howard, Treat You Right (2024) Independent 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
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