New review of Inner Landscape

Review: The Flower and The Bear

From HurdAudio:

Daniel Levin and Tim Daisy each work within an expansive sensibility respective to their instruments. Ready to switch up the timbral qualities of the moment in a manner that balances the reactive and the pro-active aspects of duo improvisation. Daisy's drumming takes on a particular urgency in this set as he alludes to, plays within or provides a parallel sense of time with plenty of fractured subdivisions of the organic pulse at hand. Daniel Levin's cello work takes this temporal material and stitches in his own contribution into the overall texture. The ears can almost sense the elasticity of this musical fabric as these master improvisers apply their push and pull to the elusive instant when they create this sound. There are many great duo recordings that feature great musicians at work such as this one. But this disc comes highly recommended as one of the more relentlessly listenable sets you're likely to find.

Review: Inner Landscape

Brian Morton's review of my solo record, "Inner Landscape" in Point of Departure.

Click HERE to read.

Review: The Flower and The Bear

A new review of my duo record with Tim Daisy, "The Flower and the Bear", was published in Jazzwrap.

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Three Reviews of Inner Landscape

Reviews of "Inner Landscape":

Free Jazz (click HERE to read)

The New York City Jazz Record (click HERE to read)

JazzWrap (click HERE to read).

Review of Solo Concert in Coimbra

Review from PUBLICO.PT of solo concert in Coimbra:

A 3 de Junho, o violoncelista Daniel Levin apresentou-se também a solo. Aproveitando as características acústicas do histórico local (Mosteiro de Santa Clara-a-Velha), Levin apresentou material do seu novíssimo disco Inner Landscape, combinando uma abordagem classicista com técnicas contemporâneas. Se por vezes o arco delineava melodias doces, outras vezes as cordas expressavam uma rugosidade atípica. A exuberância técnica foi particularmente exposta nos momentos em que Levin trabalhava em simultâneo o arco e o pizzicato.

- Nuno Catarino

Organic Modernism reviews in All About Jazz Italia and Squid's Ear

A four-star review of Organic Modernism was published in All About Jazz Italia. Click HERE to read.

Also, a new review in The Squid's Ear. Click HERE to read.

JazzWrap reviews Organic Modernism

From JazzWrap:

Daniel Levin's Modern World

YOU NEED TO KNOW DANIEL LEVIN.

Daniel Levin has been on the rise since his Don't Go It Alone debut in 2003. And while there have been plenty before him that have set the groundwork for the cello as a major instrument in jazz--including Eric Friedlander, Daniel Pezzotti, Hank Roberts, and David Darling, among others--Daniel Levin is one artist who is quickly making the cello a prominent force in jazz composition. (READ MORE)

New CD: "The Flower and the Bear"

RELAY RECORDS 003
Relay Records is proud to announce the latest recording in its catalog:

"The Flower And The Bear"
Daniel Levin - cello, Tim Daisy - Percussion

Limited Edition of 200/$15 each

Solo Concerts in Portugal

I will be playing some solo concerts in Portugal this June to support the release of "Inner Landscape", my solo cd on Clean Feed (due out in May). June 2nd in Lisbon, June 3rd in Coimbra, and June 4th in Fundão.

See CONCERTS for complete listings.