Josh Levine
After graduating from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music with Bachelors degrees in Biology and Jazz Double Bass Performance, I returned home to Manhattan’s Upper West Side to perform music and teach elementary school music.
While my principal instrument is the double bass, I also sing and play accordion, bass guitar, Venezuelan cuatro, guitar, and piano.
Several years as the house bassist for the Cotton Club All-Stars gave me a firm foundation in swing.
Playing with Son Amigos, I was tutored in Cuban music by Jose Luis Martinez, founding member of Cuba’s Los Van Van.
As a member of Los Acustilocos, I was schooled in Venezuelan music by Roberto Fuentes, former director of Venezuela’s famed musical theater comedy group, La Alpargata Cantorum.
I traveled to the Bahamas, Key West, Norway and Germany as a musician on Canaveral ('99) and Color LIne Cruises ('05).
Now I teach and perform in public and private schools all over NYC through the non-profit LEAP (Learning through an Expanded Arts Program). I also play at restaurants, clubs, parties and weddings.
I perform solo on Sundays at The Anyway Cafe, 34 East 2nd Street, and with Angus Martin on Wednesdays at Esperanto, 9th Street and Avenue C.
To find out where, when and with who I'm playing next, click on Calendar.