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Henry Jacob "Hank" Levy (September 27, 1927 – September 18, 2001) was a Jewish American jazz composer and saxophonist whose works often employed unusual time signatures. He is best known as a big band composer for Stan Kenton and the Don Ellis Orchestra, as well as the founder and long-time director of Towson University’s Jazz Program. Levy was born in Baltimore. His interest in odd meters pre-dated Dave Brubeck's Time Out album. He studied composition with George Thaddeus Jones at Catholic Uni
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Levy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baltimore
- Place of death
- Baltimore
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Educated at
- The Catholic University of America
- Employer
- Towson University
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
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- date of birth
- 1927-09-27
- date of death
- 2001-09-18
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