Tony Levin: “Bringing It Down To The Bass” released

Bassist Tony Levin is of course best known to Genesis fans for his work with Peter Gabriel (and on Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited), but Tony is also one of the most sought-after session musicians around. Over the past half century, Tony Levin has been a prolific session musician and one of the most active live performers in the world. He has lent his talents to over five hundred albums, including 15 with Peter Gabriel and 18 with King Crimson (counting live, studio and compilation recordings), as well as contributions to the works of John Lennon, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Herbie Mann, Paul Simon and many others. He has travelled the world on tour with King Crimson, Peter Gabriel and several of his own bands, including the Stick Men.

Tony Levin also releases his own albums from time to time. His new album, Bringing It Down To The Bass, was released last Friday.

Levin’s seventh solo album, his first since 2007, is a kind of autobiography whose themes come from Levin’s musical life. The album features numerous collaborators from his half century on tour and in the studio with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson and many, many others: Robert Fripp, Vinnie Colaiuta, Earl Slick, Mike Portnoy, Steve Gadd, Jerry Marotta, Gary Husband, L. Shankar, Pete Levin, Jeremy Stacey, David To, Pat Mastelotto, Larry Fast, Steve Hunter, Manu Katche, Alex Foster, Dominic Miller, Markus Reuter, Collin Gatwood, Chris Pasin, Jay Collins, Josh Shpak, Don Mikkelsen.

Tracklist:

Bringing It Down To The Bass
Me And My Axe
Road Dogs
Uncle Funkster
Boston Rocks
Espresso Ville
Give The Cello Some
Turn It Over
Beyond The Bass Clef
Bungie Bass
Fire Cross The Sky
Floating In Dark Waters
On The Drums
Coda

Bringing It Down To The Bass is available in digital and physical formats on Bandcamp,