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About the ArtistS

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Music performed by

Ted Levine, Alto Saxophone. Mr. Levine is a composer, teacher, and internationally-acclaimed saxophonist.  He joined the Westfield State University faculty in 1986, where he teaches applied saxophone, and jazz combo.  He also teaches at Mount Holyoke College, Western New England University, and Holyoke Community College.

In 1991, Mr. Levine toured Russia as a featured soloist with the Jeff Holmes Big Band, and was a BET Jazz Discovery in 1996. He performed with the Amherst Chamber Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony and Symphony Pops. He has performed with Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, Jimmy Knepper, Eliane Elias, Mario Pavone and others. His most recent recording, Night Sounds on Playscape Recordings, received rave reviews from Downbeat, Jazz Times, and Cadence, which referred to the cd as “an uplifting experience." It was awarded 4 stars from the All Music Guide. Mr. Levine has been featured with the Pittsburgh Collective, under the direction of composer David Sanford.

James Argiro, Pianist. Mr. Argiro's professional career began at age 14 and, at age 16, he led a popular R&B/Blues band providing backup for many of the top groups of the period. As Music Director and arranger, he has been associated with many celebrities such as Bernadette Peters, Carole Channing, Mickey Rooney, and Joan Rivers, and composers Nelson Riddle, Neal Hefti, Henry Mancini, and Anthony Newley. As a jazz pianist and arranger, he has performed with Mel Torme, Marlena Shaw, Lionel Hampton, "Cat" Anderson, Ernie Watts, Shelly Manne and Louis Bellson, among many others. His big band credits include Harry James, Tommy Dorsey and Count Basie.

Mr. Argiro has served as arranger and Jazz/Pop pianist for the Hartford Symphony, The Hartford Symphony Classical Jazz Quartet, and Music Director/Arranger for Dave Brubeck’s The Real Ambassadors, featuring Jon Hendricks and Kurt Elling. James is currently on the music faculty at Westfield State University.



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