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1. Stan moved to Los Angeles in and worked with the Lighthouse All-Stars. He was a drummer for movie and television soundtracks including five Disney documentaries. He retired from music in and became a photographer. A documentary, "Stan Levey: The Original Original" was released in Musician. He was a drummer for Dizzy Gillespie's.

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2. Acoustic Sounds Online Store. The excellent bop drummer Stan Levey, who retired from playing in the s to become a full-time photographer, led five record dates during of which this set for Mode was the last one.

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3. May 15,  · Stan Levey, one of the first drummers to master the complex form of jazz known as bebop, died on April 19 in Van Nuys, Calif. He was 79 and .

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4. Stan Levey, one of the strongest drummers of his generation, was born in Philadelphia in He was one of the very few white drummers involved in the formative years of bebop and accepted as one of bop's most important drummers, along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach. He played in Philly with Dizzy Gillespie's group in , at the tender age.

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5. Stan Levey Quintet, Category: Artist, Singles: Stan Levey Quintet, Top Tracks: What Can I Say, Old Folks, Lover Come Back to Me, Stan Still, Ole Man Rebop, Monthly.

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6. STAN LEVEY QUINTET [LP VINYL] Stan Levey Format: Vinyl. out of 5 stars 5 ratings. See all 10 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Listen Now with Amazon Music: Stan Levey Quintet "Please retry" Amazon Music Unlimited: Price New from Used from MP3 Music, December 8, "Please retry"/5(5).

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7. Stan Levey is one of the most influential drummers in the history of modern jazz. During his extraordinary career, the self-taught Levey played alongside a who’s who of twentieth century jazz artists: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Lester Young, Thelonius Monk, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, El/5(2).

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8. Dec 19,  · Stan Levey was a significant bebop drummer who brought stimulation and innovation to such bands as the Gillespie/Parker Quintet (), the Stan Kenton Band () and the Lighthouse All-Stars () where he was anchoring the rhythm section at the time of this recording.

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