Milcho Leviev
The exotic rhythms of Bulgarian music are combined with the improvisations of jazz through the piano and keyboard playing of Milcho Leviev. A member of Don Ellis' band in the 1970s and a well-traveled sideman for Billy Cobham, Art Pepper and Al Jarreau and leader of jazz-rock band, Free Flight, in the 1980s, Leviev has continued with his cross-cultural musical experiments.. In addition to leading his own trio, featuring bassist Jamie Faust and drummer Dick Weller, Leviev has performed with the Leviev-Slon Quartet, featuring drummer Claudio Slon, bassist Mark Simon and percussionist Cassio Duarte, and, the Jamie Faust Trio.
A graduate of the Bulgarian State Music Academy, Leviev worked as pianist and director of the Bulgarian Radio and Television Big Band in the mid-1960s. Temporarily relocating to Germany, he worked with Albert Mangelsdorff.
At the urging of trumpet player and bandleader Don Ellis, Leviev emigrated to the United States in 1971. For the next years, he was a seminal member of Ellis' large orchestra. Leaving Ellis in 1977, Leviev played with a wide range of jazz and fusion musicians. Forming Free Flight in 1980, he spent three years exploring the possibilities of fusing jazz and rock influences.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Haiku
Don Ellis, Milcho Leviev, David Cohen, JOHN GUERIN
Jazz - Released by MPS on 31 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Music For Big Band And Symphony Orchestra (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Essential Media Group on 6 Dec 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Reger: Suite No. 2 For Solo Cello - Dvorak: Polonaise In A Major, B.94 - Schumann: Adagio & Allegro - Saint-Saens: Allegro Appassionato - Bruch: Canzone
Classical - Released by Baroque Records on 26 Sep 1965
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Gourbet Mohabet (Live)
Jazz - Released by Balkanton on 14 Dec 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Conversations from the Past
Jazz - Released by Defkaz Productions on 2 Jun 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Blue Levis (Digitally Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Essential Media Group on 11 Sep 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Milcho Leviev Chamber music
Milcho Leviev, Anatoli Krastev, Boyan Lechev
Chamber Music - Released by Gega New on 3 Nov 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Piano Lesson (Digitally Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Essential Media Group on 2 Nov 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Plays The Music Of Irving Berlin (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Essential Media Group on 6 Dec 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Music For Big Bands
Jazz - Released by Dobre Records on 11 Sep 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Living for the City
Jazz - Released by Dance Plant Records Inc on 7 Mar 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Maiden Voyage
Jazz - Released by Dance Plant Records Inc on 11 Mar 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -