Howard Levy

“Certainly no one playing jazz harmonica these days approaches the technical wizardry, stylistic breadth or improvisational creativity of Chicagoan Howard Levy.”

“Levy has single-handedly revolutionized the harmonica...”

“Levy’s harmonica playing is startlingly fluid and full of the technical prowess…”

“As a pianist, his relationship with the instrument is so intimate and playful…”

“… single-handedly developed the full jazz potential of the diatonic harmonica… Although he cites McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock as influences, Levy the pianist has a sunnier, more ebullient style than either, enlivened by an unfailing upward momentum... ”

“As Art Tatum was to the piano, so is Levy to the harmonica: a hyper-virtuoso whose feats can be admired and studied but never really replicated.”