Bio

Brooklyn-born Dan Levine grew up in a very musical family and lives in New York City. He plays Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, and Tuba in studios and stages throughout the US and the world. He's a student of Charles Levine, Donald Yaxley, Buddy Baker, Roy Main, and Ralph Sauer of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Shortly after graduating from the University Of Northern Colorado, he headed off for a world tour as lead trombonist for the great Ray Charles.

Upon returning to New York, he's played everywhere from CBGB to Carnegie Hall, and recorded, performed with, or toured with artists as diverse as They Might Be Giants, Miss Velvet And The Blue Wolf, Bruce Springsteen, Blood Sweat and Tears, Frank Sinatra, Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes, Rusty Truck, Jay-Z, Toshiko Akiyoshi, The Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Liza Minnelli, Linda Eder, David Byrne, Rufus Wainwright, Jonathan Coulton, Phillip Glass, Natalie Cole, Bjork, Natalie Merchant, and Tori Amos. Dan's numerous TV and radio appearances include performing on: Late Night with Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, Brave New World, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Good Morning America,The Today Show, Live With Regis and Kelly, The View, Rosie O'Donnell,The Daily Show, The Larry Sanders Show, The Essence Awards, ESPN Nascar Awards, Craig Kilborn,Studio 360, WNYC's New Sounds, Prairie Home Companion, and This American Life.

As a composer, arranger, and producer, his work can be heard in Disney's "Meet The Robinsons", Malcolm In The Middle, A&E, NPR "All Things Considered", Court TV, HBO, BBC, National Geographic, The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, PBS KIDS and Sesame Street. He has also held the 1st trombone chair in several Broadway Shows: The Producers, Hello Dolly, Newsies, Crybaby, Grand Hotel, Showboat, My Fair Lady, Liza's At The Palace, and the bass trombone chair at Ragtime. He's heard on many TV commercials, TV themes and film scores, including The Producers , Philip Glass' Naqoyqatsi, American Psycho, Cremaster 3, Drawing Restraint 9. ..Recent scoring includes horn arrangements for David Byrne's “Here Lies Love” CD, and PBS Kids "GO".

Recent performances include the Rainforest Benefit at Carnegie Hall with Sting, James Taylor, Lady Gaga, and Billy Joel. Dan is currently in the pit orchestra and onstage performing at AIN’T TOO PROUD at the Imperial Theater in NYC. He also performs and tours with recording artist Miss Velvet And the Blue Wolf.

Click here for recording Credits: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dan-levine-mn0000668016/credits

New York HORN AUTHORITY

The NYHA provides recording, remote recording, and live performance of horn sections comprised of NYC’s top recording brass and reed players.

WHAT WE DO:

STUDIO RECORDING: Wanted to add killer real horns to your project? Send us your tracks and we will enhance them with brilliant horn section tracks recorded at our state-of the art recording facilites, and upload the results directly back to you.

WHERE WE DO IT: Granite Hill Recording, NYC. A private state-of-the-art studio with ProTools, Logic, UAD, Neumann, AKG, Lewitt,Royer, RCA, etc. All the goodies!

Of course we will be happy to come to your studio as well.

ARRANGING/ORCHESTRATION: Do you have a basic idea that you’d like to bring to life? We do that. Blank slate? That’s OK too.

If you have an arrangement that is already done, we can bring it to life!

Add anything from a soloist to an entire big band to your recording project or live gig..

RECORDING,ARRANGING,PERFORMANCE CREDITS of NYHA members include a who’s-who of the music industry:

Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Tower Of Power,Ting Tings Frank Sinatra, Miss Velvet And The Blue Wolf, They Might Be Giants, Bjork, Lady Gaga, Faith No More, Gwen Stefani, David Byrne, Ray Charles, Rusty Truck, The DooWop Project, Jeff Lorber, Blood Sweat and Tears, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Natalie Cole, Jay Z, Coheed and Cambria, Jonathan Coulton, Liza Minnelli, Rufus Wainwright, Philip Glass, Cyndi Lauper, Tony Bennett, Bryce Dresser, Nico Muhly,Carlos Santana, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Natalie Merchant, Diana Ross and others.

For more info, contact OnScreenMusic@gmail.com

This site is still under construction. Audio samples coming soon! 

MISS VELVET MUSIC VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/embed/JEAKM-enKEE

SHOWS, GIGS, RECORDINGS

• Tonight SHOW with Jimmy Fallon

Tune in March 21st to see/hear the cast and band of (click here>>) Ain’t Too Proud!

• NeW broadway show: Ain’t too proud

Opening night: Imperial Theater NYC March 21, 2019

• BarclayS Center, BrooklyN NY

Performing with the Zombies(!!) for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards. This will be televised on HBO April 27th https://www.hbo.com/specials/2019-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame

• JUNE 9th TONY AWARDS on CBS.

Click here for our performance with Ain’t Too Proud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCjiLbGzcmY

• JUNE 19 with PAUL BRILL at JOE’s PUB

Lafayette Street, Downtown Manhattan

• With JERRY SEINFELD.

10/25 and 10/26 I’ll be taping a Netflix special at the beacon theater NYC as Music Director and Music arranger for this show. Will air TBA Spring 2020!

• TV COMMERCIAL!

THIS ONE WAS WRITTEN/RECORDED/PRODUCE BY MOI AT GRANITE HILL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qURgP6o9m0

• Performing with STING, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN,

SHAGGY,DEBBY HARRY, JAMES TAYLOR, THE EURYTHMICS, RUN DMZ, ROBERT DOWNEY JR. at the 30th Annual Rainforest Benefit. Beacon Theater NYC Monday December 9, 2019

• With Jennifer Nettles:

Dec 15 and 16 2021, NYC and DC

• WITH Darius Rucker:

Beacon Theater NYC Feb 25&26 2022

• With They Might Be giants

June 9-12 and June 16-19 (see TMBG site)

• THE HIPPIE BIG BAND!

  Performing at Chelsea Table and Stage NYC 3PM March 20,2022

• @ JAZZ AT Lincoln Center with Ray Chew and CHOPS HORNS 3/31/22

• One Hundred Black Men of New York 42nd annual Gala and Fundraiser

• TROMBONE QUARTET COncert (Binghamton Philharmonic Concert Series) Saturday April 3, 2022

• Featuring Chris Bill, Melissa Gardiner, and TJ Robinson.

NEW ALBUM from BRUCE!

NEW ALBUM FROM LISA MAXWELL!

NEW ALBUM FROM THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS! BOOK!

https://tmbgshop.com/products/book

EQUIPMENT

I get asked all the time about what equipment I use. Well, not really but I’m going to tell you anyway!

BRASS

I’m a Yamaha Performing Artist and my main ax is the 891Z tenor trombone.

• 882G Large-bore tenor trombone for classical music

• 613H Bass Trombone

• YSL-646 Medium bore Tenor Trombone

• YBL 622 Bass Trombone

• YEP 842 Euphonium

MOUTHPIECE STUFF!

I’ve partnered with PICKETT Brass who have created my signature mouthpiece line. I am beyond impressed with these guys. Their craftsmanship is without parallel.

(1) The “Live 1” model small-shank tenor mouthpiece...This has been my staple for rock, and pop as well as demanding lead parts. The efficiency is unreal, but never at the expense of a fat, brilliant, and rich sound. It has an unabashedly aggressive power curve… It hooks up with the brighter rock-oriented trumpet and sax sounds. When playing in a loud big-band or rock environment, you will hear yourself and be heard.

(2) The “STUDIO A” is also a small-shank tenor mouthpiece. Clear, dense, precise fat sound with projection and efficiency and wonderful flexibility and response in all ranges. This is the mouthpiece I used on the Blood Sweat and Tears Tours, and it’s my go-to for most work around town. It’s designed to be versatile and meet the demands of whatever piece of music is put on the stand!

(3) The “DBLR” Bass trombone mouthpiece. For years I wondered if a bass trombone mouthpiece could be made to address the unique demands of doubling between tenor and bass trombone. It needs to be efficient AND sound great, with no sacrifice in clarity or ease in any register. Another goal was to create a mouthpiece that facilitates ease of the quick-switching which is demanded in a Broadway pit: the mouthpiece needs to have a bit of “purchase” on the face…..not feel too huge or slip around. Pickett did it. This mouthpiece is not huge, yet there is zero panic getting out the (normally) challenging low C’s and B’s. Again, the efficiency is unreal. The sound is an alive, focused, and fat bass voice at ALL volumes. You don’t have to blow the walls down to be heard!

(4) (New!)The “6.7M” is designed specifically to bring your medium-bore .525 horn to life. If you “sort of” like a 6.5A, and maybe a 6 3/4 is too tight, this is in the sweet spot between. Fat clear sound in all registers, and never “tubby”. I use this frequently in the studio where the part is “meaty”, but not full-on orchestral. I use it in Broadway pit orchestras as well, particularly when the book is stylistically “all over the map”

(5) (New!) The “6.7S”. This has he same rim size and feel of the 6.7, however the throat and backbore are tailored to match up great with smaller horns like the 2B, 3B, Bach 6,8,12,16, Conn 6H, Yamaha 891Z etc. A great mouthpiece with a fat and clear sound and a great choice if you go between small and medium horns.

WIRELESS MIC RIG

I proudly endorse AMT. I use the Quantum 7 system with the P808 mic and it has been a huge sonic upgrade. It’s been flawless and easy to set up. http://www.appliedmicrophone.com

STUDIO MICS

I’m a bit of a mic fanatic and use a variety of mics both new and classic. I find myself reaching for the Lewitt LCT series mic more than any other. It is unbelievably quiet, can handle even the loudest brass, and captures the true sound. I rarely have to touch an EQ knob, because the recorded sound sits in the mix effortlessly. I’m happy to endorse Lewitt! and www.lewitt-audio.com 

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