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• Michael Levin has performed and/or recorded with Bernard Purdie, Barrett Deems, The Temptations, Fireworks Jazz, Henry Johnson, The Four Tops, Mr. A.L.I., Night on Earth, Clark Terry, Rude Guest, Oscar Brown, Jr., Sumo, Myron Floren, Charlie Musselwhite, D–Section, Jim Post, Sueños, Jonita Lattimore, Ivan Neville, Steve Hashimoto's Mothra, DJ Jess, The Supremes, Hamid Drake, Dick Contino, Dennis Johnson, Jerry Lewis, Joe Rendon's Salsa con Soul, Nash Kato, Ella Jenkins, Becca Kaufman, Mondongo!, Mark Bandy, The Chicago Bop Quartet, Jerry Goodman, Elliott Delman, Robert Irving III, Billy Branch, Marc Smith [poetry slam founder], Bobby Vinton, Teddi and Fred Koch, Reginald Robinson, Edgar Gabriel's String Fusion, David Amram, Flippo Music, Diane Schuur, V.L.E, The Mills Brothers, Doug Lofstrom and the New Quartet, Claudia Schmidt, James Darren, Roberto Vizcaino, Steve Cole, Waterhouse, Lance Brown, Ben Vereen, Bobby Schiff, Loud Thoughts, Jesus Diaz, David Bromberg, Issa Boulos, Michael Manson, Buddy Rich Big Band featuring Gregg Potter, Streetdancer, Michael Spiro, Friedlander and Hall, Tom Linsk, Nell Carter, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Leroy Burgess, Raul Pineda, Lingua Musica, Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, Natya Dance Theatre, Billy Siegenfeld, The Revolution Ensemble, Conjunto, The Fletcher Basington Orchestra, The Harper Festival Orchestra, The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Ethos Chamber Orchestra.

• Michael’s solos are prominently

featured in recordings by producers

of Chicago House Music such as Vick

Lavender, Jere McAllister, Terry Hunter,

Mark Grant, Glenn Underground, Dj Cease,

Celeste Alexander and Paul Johnson.

• His numerous appearances

at clubs and festivals throughout

the Midwest include performances

at Ravinia, Chicago Fest, Medinah Temple,

Taste of Chicago, The Jazz Showcase, South

Shore Jazz Festival, The House of Blues, The

Velvet Lounge, Chicago Latin Jazz Festival,

Lake of the Ozarks Jazz Festival, Buddy Guy’s,

Rockford Jazz Festival, and three appearances

at the Chicago Jazz Festival.

• He has played music for

theatrical productions including

works at Northlight Theatre, Drury Lane,

Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Royal

George Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater,

The Goodman Theatre, and Steppenwolf

Theatre.

• He is featured on many

commercials and industrial

productions, with recent tracks ranging

from spots for Sea World and Ameritech, to

soundtracks for shows at the Adler

Planetarium, to specials for PBS, to station ID

packages for radio stations including WNUA

95.5 Chicago, Kiss 104.1 Atlanta, and

WJQT Miami.

• Michael holds an M.A. from the

University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in

Communications from the University of

Illinois, Urbana.