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Watching newcomer Darnell Levine perform is like an unanticipated warm day in the dead of winter; his unapologetic vocal delivery, honest lyrics, and melodious style bring reprieve to the sometimes stagnant air of the music scene. Being compared among jazz greats and neo-soul personalities is assumed, but he remains quietly neutral on the subject–letting the music itself moderate any sentiments of association.

Born Darnell Levine Anderson, the Louisville, Kentucky native was driven into music at an early age, literally. He fell in love with music while riding in cars to and from destinations. His morning rides to work with his father exposed him to the Bee Gees, Ray Charles, The Carpenters, and Bonnie Raitt. His afternoon ride in his mother’s ‘86 Toyota Camry exposed him to The Stylistics, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Sam Cooke, and Luther Vandross. Darnell credits these musical inspirations as his school outside of school. Though he started out shy, soon he began leading at church and local high school choirs. He is also a formally trained percussionist and self-taught pianist.
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From a humble beginning having built his first drums using discarded packing boxes at the age of 12, Dr. Arvin Scott grew to become an award-wining, multi-instrumentalist, composer, motivational, youth program founder/director, and university professor with a track record that spans nearly 40 years. His specialties including African, Caribbean, Brazilian, Classic Jazz, Nu Jazz, and R&B are foundations for his eclectic “Nu Jazz World Beat” compositions.
Selected performance highlights include Umbria Italy at the Umbria Jazz Festival (representing Berklee college of Music); Bajia Brazil; the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. Atlanta Heroes Awards hosted by John Bon Jovi, Janet Jackson, Michael Bolton, Jimmy Jam & Terri Lewis & others that honored Human Rights Activist and Leader Mrs. Coretta Scott King; Multi-Grammy Award Winner, Usher; Ground-breaking Artist, The B-52′s; and Concert Promoter, Charlie Brusco; frequent performances (since 2000) with world-renowned “jam band” Widespread Panic, at sell-out concerts of up to 20,000 fans per show at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, as well as Birmingham, New Orleans, and Athens.

Other selected highlights include featured performing artist/instructor at multi Grammy-Award winner, Roy aka “Futureman” Wooten’s (of Bela Fleck and the Fleck Tones) World Music Camp at Camp Garner, performances at two International Olympic events–1996 and in 2004. He has recording credits on Widespread Panic at the Classic Center CD. Dr. Scott has toured Rhode Island, Boston, New Hampshire, Main, with Grammy Award winner Mose Allison. He was jazz drummer for the late Alan Dawson on vibes and has performed with a host of trail-blazing, classic, R&B & pop artists such as Chuck Jackson, known for hit singles, “Any Day Now” (written by Burt Bacharach), “I don’t Want to Cry”, and “I keep Forgettin”, Rufus Thomas of Memphis known for his hit recording “Walking The Dog”, the late Mary Wells known for her hit “Two Lovers”. Dr Scott, along with Jonah Ellis–R&B hit producer/guitarist, songwriter & former musical director for The Temptations, performed as opening act for a concert headlined by the late James Brown in Knoxville Tennessee. He has also toured with Montana Skies in LA, Baltimore, North Carolina, Grorgia, Tennessee.

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The real substance of Alathea comes from the unexpected, the underground and the out of sight. The duo’s fourth full-length recording, My Roots Grow Deeper, conveys a depth of thought, insight and care that is rare in a surface age, and which puts on display the reason for their continually expanding community of [...]