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Beyond Central Stanley Levey
The interview begins with Levey's childhood in Philadelphia; it continues to the beginnings of his career as a jazz drummer during the genesis of bebop in the forties, which took him to New York City as a teenager. The interview then follows his distinguished music career, including his move to Los Angeles during the fifties and his involvement in the jazz and studio scenes there until his retirement from playing music in 1973. Major topics include the evolution of jazz music and jazz drumming; figures in jazz such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Benny Goodman and John Coltrane; East Coast versus West Coast jazz; the Lighthouse and the popularity of jazz in Los Angeles during the fifties and the challenges of maintaining a career in music.
- "The interview begins with Levey's childhood in Philadelphia; it continues to the beginnings of his career as a jazz drummer during the genesis of bebop in the forties, which took him to New York City as a teenager. The interview then follows his distinguished music career, including his move to Los Angeles during the fifties and his involvement in the jazz and studio scenes there until his retirement from playing music in 1973. Major topics include the evolution of jazz music and jazz drumming; figures in jazz such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Benny Goodman and John Coltrane; East Coast versus West Coast jazz; the Lighthouse and the popularity of jazz in Los Angeles during the fifties and the challenges of maintaining a career in music."@en
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