"RUE LEVINSON" by Danielle Bennignus http://www.bennignus.com/

DAN LEVINSON NOVEMBER-JANUARY PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
http://www.danlevinson.com/

LEVINSON'S QUICKLIST™
New York, NY
Clifton, NJ
Morristown, NJ
Barcelona, Spain
Agen, France
Montpellier, France
Bordeaux, France
Toulouse, France
Aarau, Switzerland
Bethlehem, PA
Munich, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Potsdam, Germany
Palermo, Italy

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks


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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
featuring
Jordan Sandke, Scott Black, Matt Musselman, Dan Levinson,
Ken Salvo, Sue Fischer, and Vince Giordano

Join the Morris County Historical Society
and the Metropolitan Vintage Dance & Social Club
for the 90th Anniversary of the end of WWI

ARMISTICE BALL

Community Recreation Center in the American Legion
1232 Main Ave.
Clifton, New Jersey
Period Dance Workshop from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Vintage 1910s-'20s formal clothing or military uniform requested (no jeans)
Tickets/Info: (973) 267-3465 or acornhall@juno.com
http://www.armisticeball.com/

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks

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HUBERT ROSTAING AND DJANGO REINHARDT

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16

The New Jersey debut of

Fête Manouche

featuring
Dan Levinson, clarinet
Tom Landman, guitar
Ted Gottsegan, guitar
Cassidy Holden, bass
and Molly Ryan, vocals

Jazz manouche - literally "gypsy jazz" - is the name given to a kind of music born in France in the early 1930s. But for the huge mass of devoted performers and followers throughout the world today, it's more than a kind of music - it's a way of life; it's a religion. The Lord and Master of jazz manouche was Django Reinhardt, a gypsy born in Belgium in 1910. He began playing guitar when he was very young, but at the age of eighteen, his left hand was severely burned when his caravan caught on fire. His third and fourth fingers were deformed and virtually useless. When he finally began performing again, he emerged a better guitar player than he was before the accident. The violinist Itzhak Perlman once said, "You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left."

In 1934 Django began a series of recordings with a group called the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. These recordings have become the foundation for a massive legacy of Django aficionados throughout the world. I was bitten by the Django bug while living in Paris in the early 1990s, and since then have been searching for opportunities to play jazz manouche. In 2004 I met guitarist Tom Landman, who introduced me to other members of the gypsy jazz community, and Fête Manouche was born. Since then, we have been making Django's music accessible to the New York audience. Our performance at the Bickford Theatre will mark our first New Jersey appearance.

8:00 p.m.
The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum
Morristown, NJ
Tickets: (973) 971-3706
Info: www.morrismuseum.org/static/bickford/jazz.html
Contact: Bruce Gast (908) 755-5037 tekhouse@aol.com

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THE DOC SCANLON TRIO

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Time TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Hotel Casa Fuster
Passeig de Gràcia 132
08008 Barcelona, Spain
(34) 93 255 30 00
http://www.hotelcasafuster.com/
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26
Time TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Restaurant Côté Sud
36, Cours Gambetta
47000 Agen, France
(33) 5 53 96 16 67
cotesud@dbmail.com http://www.restau-cotesud.com/
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27
Time TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Apollo Jazz Café129, Avenue de Palavas
34000 Montpellier, France
(33) 4 67 64 64 66
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28
Time TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Salle La Chartreuse
184, Avenue Maréchal de Lattre Tassigny Bordeaux Caudéran
Bordeaux, France
Reservations/Info: (33) 6 15 75 77 76 / (33) 6 19 16 44 96 or swingtime@free.fr
http://www.swingtime.fr/
www.myspace.com/swingtimebordeaux
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29
Time TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Restaurant le 55, Allées de Tourny
33000 Bordeaux, France
(33) 5 57 87 36 50 contact@le-cinq.frhttp://www.le-cinq.fr/http://www.le-cinq.fr/le5_bordeaux_en.html
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
8:30 - 11:00 p.m.
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Rest'Ô Jazz Restaurant
8, Rue Amélie
Info: (33) 0 6749 759 78
Toulouse, France
http://www.restojazz.com/
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5
Time TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Frenchie Balboa Festival Dance Party
Studio Hop!
18, Impass St. Roch
Toulouse, France
33 0 6749 759 78
http://bernard.cavasa.free.fr/stages/index.php?stage=6
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10
8:00 p.m.
RETO RENFER'S TRANS-ATLANTIC SWING CONNECTION:
Strictly Goodman
featuring Olivier Lancelot (piano), Volker Fry (vibes), Reto Renfer (drums), and Viola Manigk (vocals)
Aarau, Switzerland

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12
10:00 a.m. - Noon

A Gypsy Jazz Holiday Concert
with
Fête Manouche

featuring
Dan Levinson, clarinet
Tom Landman, guitar
Ted Gottsegan, guitar
Molly Ryan, guitar/vocals
Cassidy Holden, bass

Empire State Building Lobby
Fifth Avenue and 34th Street
New York, NY

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
with Drew Nugent, piano
The Historic Hotel Bethlehem
437 Main St.
Bethlehem, PA 18018
(610) 625-5000
http://www.hotelbethlehem.com/
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=127947070

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks

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In case you missed us on December 12…

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19
10:00 a.m. - Noon

A Gypsy Jazz Holiday Concert
with
Fête Manouche

featuring
Dan Levinson, clarinet
Tom Landman, guitar
Ted Gottsegan, guitar
Molly Ryan, guitar/vocals
Cassidy Holden, bass

Empire State Building
80th Floor
Fifth Avenue and 34th Street
New York, NY

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 21
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26
6:00 p.m.
In the Mood: The Life and Music of Glenn Miller
with Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Residenz Herkulessaal
Munich, Germany
Info: Andre Hermlin (49) 30-917-1509 mailto:sdoahermlin@aol.comhttp://swingdanceorchestra.de/english/index.htmhttp://swingdanceorchestra.de/english/index.htm
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27
6:00 p.m.
In the Mood: The Life and Music of Glenn Miller
with Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Residenz Herkulessaal
Munich, Germany
Info: Andre Hermlin (49) 30-917-1509 sdoahermlin@aol.comhttp://swingdanceorchestra.de/english/index.htm

MONDAY, DECEMBER 28
3:30 p.m.
The Kings of Swing
with Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt
Berlin, Germany
Info: Andre Hermlin (49) 30-917-1509 sdoahermlin@aol.comhttp://swingdanceorchestra.de/english/index.htm

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29
8:00 p.m.
The Kings of Swing
with Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Nicolaisaal
Potsdam, Germany
Info: Andre Hermlin (49) 30-917-1509 sdoahermlin@aol.comhttp://swingdanceorchestra.de/english/index.htm

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31
Silvesterball (New Year's Eve Ball)
Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Teatro Massimo
Palermo, Italy
Info: Andre Hermlin (49) 30-917-1509 sdoahermlin@aol.comhttp://swingdanceorchestra.de/english/index.htm

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2010

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At the moment, just three public performances, all with Vince Giordano's Nighthawks at Sofia's…

MONDAY, JANUARY 4
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks

MONDAY, JANUARY 11
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks

MONDAY, JANUARY 18
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks


NEW RELEASES

DAN LEVINSON'S TRANS-ATLANTIC SAXTETTE
Invokes the Six Brown Brothers

The Six Brown Brothers were a saxophone-playing vaudeville troupe during the teens and twenties, who enjoyed phenomenal popularity and helped to launch the saxophone craze that swept across America beginning around 1915. As the first saxophone ensemble to make records, they spawned dozens of imitators and inspired a generation of young musicians to take up the instrument.

Ghosts of the Saxophone brings together an all-star aggregation of reedmen from both sides of the Atlantic: Paul Lindemeyer, Vince Giordano and I from the American side; world-renowned jazz legend Bob Wilber and two of his protégés, Nik Payton and Alex Mendham, from the British side (although Mr. Wilber is actually a transplanted American).

With informative liner notes by Bruce Vermazen, the undisputed authority on the Six Brown Brothers and author of That Moaning Saxophone: The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze, Ghosts of the Saxophone is a delightfully entertaining voyage into the world of ragtime saxophone, a vital yet largely unexplored chapter in the instrument's evolution.

These 22 saxophonic melodramas will transport you back to a glorious moment in time when six ghostly figures, their silvery horns gleaming, tripped the light fantastic into the star-studded firmament, before vanishing along with their era into the Sea of Oblivion.

PERSONNEL
Bob Wilber alto and soprano saxophones
Alex Mendham alto saxophone
Paul Lindemeyer tenor saxophone
Nik Payton tenor saxophone
Dan Levinson baritone, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophones
Vince Giordano bass saxophone

TRACKS
Comedy Tom
Egyptland
If Winter Comes
Shivaree
Fatima
Tom Brown's Saxophone Waltz
Smiles and Chuckles
Passion Dance (La Danza Appassionata)
American Patrol
Kismet
My Fox Trot Girl
Bull Frog Blues
Russian Rag
The Concourse March
Saxophone Sam
Dance of the Paper Dolls
Darktown Strutters' Ball
The Ghost of the Saxophone
Saxophone Sobs
Chicken Walk
That Moaning Saxophone Rag
Peter Gink




DAN LEVINSON AND HIS SWING WING
At the Codfish Ball

PERSONNEL
Dan Levinson, clarinet / tenor, C-melody and soprano saxophones / vocals
Randy Reinhart, trumpet
Jim Fryer, trombone
Mark Shane, piano
Matt Munisteri, guitar
Mike Weatherly, bass
Kevin Dorn, drums
Molly Ryan, vocals (eight tracks)

TRACKS
At the Codfish Ball
A Garden in the Rain
Old Man Moon
Hot Club Stomp
The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies, O!
Promenade aux Champs-Elysées
Last Night (Sehnsucht)
Arabian Rhapsody
I Didn't Know About You
Keep Smiling at Trouble (Trouble's a Bubble)
The Milkman's Matinee
Oh Peter (You're So Nice)
Mis'ry and the Blues
Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe
Ten Cents a Dance
Copenhagen
A Brown Bird Singing
The Lorelei

Audio samples of "Ghosts of the Saxophone," "At the Codfish Ball" and other CDs are available at http://www.danlevinson.com/.

Send $16.00 plus $3.00 for domestic shipping, $4.00 to Canada, and $6.00 overseas to:

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