MIKE LEVINE
Genres: Pop, Art Song, Folk, RnB • United States

Pianist Mike Levine is a man of many talents whose career is a blend of different aspects of music. He attended the University of Miami where he studied piano with Vince Maggio. Here at the UM, that Mike formed a group with Billy Ross.  They released their first album “That Summer Something” in 1981, which featured Pat Metheny as a guest artist. Mike wrote the majority of the bands compositions.  The recording earned national recognition for them and stayed on the top ten contemporary Jazz (AOR) charts for six weeks.  Subsequently they recorded “Humidity” which also did well.  The Ross-Levine Band was the opening act for Michael Franks, Gato Barberi, Dionne Warwick, and many others. read more...