Email Author Bill Levine

1994 Stories by Bill Levine

• Rotations

  published November 17, 1994

  Joe LoCascio Trio Silent Motion Tafford Music A mainstay of the local club scene for several years, pianist Joe LoCascio has... More >>

• Live Shots

  published June 30, 1994

  Beck Toad's on the Deck Saturday, June 18 Whoever decided that Beck was an exhausted commodity once "Loser" started to slide off... More >>

• Rotation

  published June 16, 1994

  Sonic Youth Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star DGC Sonic Youth isn't the original punk band, but they've struggled like... More >>

• Piano Man

  published April 14, 1994

  Since he began booking acts for his intimate club, Cezanne, about three years ago, pianist Dave Catney has been almost single-handedly responsible... More >>

• Jazzing the Grass Banjo

  published April 7, 1994

  Virtually guaranteed a high standing in the "Instrument, Miscellaneous" category of Down Beat's annual polls, jazz banjo player Bela Fleck brings... More >>

• Critic's Choice

  published April 7, 1994

  Standard Time By spearheading the neoconservative jazz movement of the early '80s, Wynton Marsalis proved himself the strongest inheritor... More >>

• Live Shots

  published March 24, 1994

  The Eddy Hobizal Band Escondido Saturday, March 19 Eddy Hobizal's band of four HSPVA alumni plays respectable covers, mostly of... More >>

• All Rise

  published March 24, 1994

  Still laying down solid walking bass lines, conducting master classes across the country and adding to the more than 40,000 photos he's taken of... More >>

• Rotation

  published March 3, 1994

  Ornette Coleman Beauty is a Rare Thing Rhino Ornette Coleman played with sidemen as diverse as Pat Metheny and Jerry Garcia. His... More >>

• English Renaissance

  published February 3, 1994

  With the release of Beauty, Paul English's first CD, the local jazz pianist is poised to earn broader national recognition for the lyrical,... More >>

• Folk Ways and Means

  published January 6, 1994

  Don Sanders Promisin' Boy (Red Brick Records) Talk about folk music in Houston and, depending on your age, you're probably... More >>