Tony Levin

American rock bass player (born 1946)
Person human Q216986
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Summary

Tony Levin was born on June 6, 1946[1], in Boston[2]. He has worked as a bassist[3], blogger[4], jazz musician[5], record producer[6], and cellist[7]. He ranks in the top 0.64% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,252 views/month, #6,389 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[9]
  • Educated at: Eastman School of Music[10]
  • Member of: King Crimson[11], Liquid Tension Experiment[12], Chuck Mangione Quartet[13], Bruford Levin Upper Extremities[14], Spin 1ne 2wo[15]
  • Sex or gender: male[16]
  • Genre: progressive rock[17], jazz[18]
  • Record label: Narada[19]
  • Commons category: Tony Levin[20]
  • Family name: Levin[21]
  • Given name: Anthony[22], Frederick[23]
  • Official website: http://www.tonylevin.com/[24]
  • Instrument: bass guitar[25], double bass[26], guitar[27], bass[28], Chapman Stick[29]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[30]
  • Topic has template: Template:Tony Levin[31]
  • Birth name: Anthony Frederick Levin[32]
  • Name in native language: Tony Levin[33]
  • Start of work period: 1970[34]
  • Sibling: Pete Levin[35]
  • Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights[36]
  • Social media followers: 30,431[37], 35,803[38]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Person[39]

  • Country: US[40]

  • Began / founded: 1946-06-06[41]

  • Genre(s): acoustic rock, experimental rock, free jazz, funk rock, jazz fusion, jazz rock, progressive rock, rock[42]

  • Community tags: acoustic rock, experimental rock, free jazz, funk rock, fusion, jazz fusion, jazz rock, jazz-rock, progressive rock, rock, session[43]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1fd8a385-ab08-418e-afc1-cb85f8e96b3f[44]

Why It Matters

Tony Levin has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] He is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

FAQs

Where was Tony Levin born?

Tony Levin's place of birth was Boston[2].

What did Tony Levin do for work?

Tony Levin worked as a bassist[3], blogger[4], jazz musician[5], record producer[6], and cellist[7].

Where did Tony Levin go to school?

Tony Levin was educated at Eastman School of Music[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . chicagoreader.com. Retrieved . chicagoreader.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [42] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [43] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [44] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Place of birth → Boston
    Educated at → Eastman School of Music
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