DeYoung, Dolly Parton, Donald Fagen, Holly Cole, Jerry Butler, Mark Nauseef, Miroslav Tadic, Paquito D'Rivera, Pete Seeger, Steve Goodman, Terry Callier, and Tom Paxton. Gear Levy favors an equal temperament tuning and plays harmonicas customized by Joe Filisko. Awards and honors Joseph Jefferson Award, Best Original Music for a Play (1986) Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental, "The Sinister Minister", Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (1997) Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, "Life in Eleven" (2012) Discography As leader or co-leader Carnival of Souls (Silver Wave, 1995) The Old Country (M.A., 1996) The Stranger's Hand (Tone Center, 1999) with Jerry Goodman, Oteil Burbridge, and Steve Smith Cappuccino with Fox Fehling (Balkan Samba, 2004) Secret Dream (Balkan Samba, 2005) Howard Levy & Paul Sprawl (Balkan Samba, 2005) Time Capsules (Balkan Samba, 2009) Tonight and Tomorrow (CD Baby/Chicago Sessions, 2009) Silver & Black (Enja, 2009) Concerto for Diatonic Harmonica & Orchestra (Balkan Samba, 2010) Alone and Together (Balkan Samba, 2010) Steering by the Stars (Stonecutter, 2010) Out of the Box (Balkan Samba, 2012) Matzah to Menorah (Balkan Samba, 2012) First Takes (Balkan Samba, 2014) Tango and Jazz (Balkan Samba, 2016) Art + Adrenaline with Chris Siebold (Balkan Samba, 2018) With Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (1990) Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (1991) UFO Tofu (1992) Live Art (1996) Rocket Science (2011) With Rabih Abou-Khalil The Sultan's Picnic (Enja, 1994) Odd Times (Enja, 1997) With Samo Salamon Peaks of Light (Samo Records, 2018) References External links Official website Live Chevere Review and Photos at JazzChicago.net 1951 births American harmonica players Béla Fleck and the Flecktones members Grammy Award winners Jazz harmonica players Jewish American musicians Jewish rock musicians Living people Musicians from Brooklyn 20th-century American keyboardists