Stan Levey
Adolph Stanley Levey, known professionally as Stan Levey, was born on April 5,
1926, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An American jazz drummer, Levey is noted
for his early involvement in the bebop movement during the 1940s. At age 16,
Levey played with Dizzy Gillespie's group in Philadelphia before moving to New
York City, where he collaborated with Charlie Parker and Oscar Pettiford. In the
following decade, Levey worked with bandleader Stan Kenton and later moved to
the West Coast in 1954, joining Howard Rumsey and the Lighthouse All-Stars,
significantly influencing West Coast j...
