Levey, Stan

LEVEY, STAN (5 Apr 1925, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). A left-handed drumset artist whose career flourished in New York and Los Angeles, Stan Levey started drums at age 7, was influenced by Chick Webb and Max Roach , and as a teenager played with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson , and Al Haig. His move to New York in 1944 led to a renewed association with Gillespie and Parker and collaborations with Erroll Gamer, George Shearing, Coleman...