DANIEL LEVIN
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Related Improv, Composition • United States

Daniel Levin is “one of the outstanding cellists working in the vanguard arena” (All About Jazz New York). Born in Burlington, Vermont, he began playing the cello at the age of six. During middle school, he played alto and tenor saxophone also in jazz and concert bands. When he was 15 he began studies at The Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, Massachussetts. After graduating, Daniel attended the Mannes College of Music in New York to study with former Piatigorsky student Paul Tobias. After one year at Mannes, Daniel moved back to the Boston area and, over the next several years, attended the New England Conservatory of Music, interspersed with periods of travelling around the country and abroad. In 2001, Daniel graduated with a degree in Jazz Studies, having worked closely with Joe Maneri, Joe Morris, Hankus Netksy, John McNeil, and others. Since then, Daniel has developed his own unique read more...