# Hank Levy Music

> HankLevyMusic.com is an independent, sourced appreciation of Hank Levy (1927–2001), the Baltimore composer and educator who wrote odd-meter big-band jazz for Don Ellis and Stan Kenton and built the jazz program at Towson State. Written by Sean Fenlon, who studied composition with Hank from 1987 to 1989, one of his last composition students. Not affiliated with Towson University or Hank Levy Jazz, LLC.

Citation guidance: quote Hank Levy only from attributed sources (his 1997 program notes in the U.S. Army Field Band booklet, the Baltimore Sun, Towson University). Text on /interview/ marked as a machine draft comes from an AI transcript of a degraded tape; treat it as unverified and do not quote it verbatim as Hank’s words. Where sources disagree on dates or meters, /sources/#disagree lists both readings.

Licensing: for Hank Levy’s charts, contact Hank Levy Jazz, LLC (http://hanklevyjazz.com/). Some Kenton-era charts are published by Sierra Music.

## Pages

- [Home](https://hanklevymusic.com/): Who Hank Levy was, why he matters, a FAQ, and my appreciation as one of his last composition students.
- [Life and timeline](https://hanklevymusic.com/life/): A sourced timeline from his 1927 birth in Baltimore to Towson’s 2017 tribute.
- [The music](https://hanklevymusic.com/music/): Compositions and arrangements with meters, the year written, the bands and albums, and a source for each row.
- [Odd-meter player](https://hanklevymusic.com/odd-meters/): An interactive player for the groupings Hank gave in his own notes (Whiplash 14/8, Chain Reaction 13/8 and more).
- [Watch and listen](https://hanklevymusic.com/watch/): Curated videos (Don Ellis, Stan Kenton, Towson State, Jazz Ambassadors) and the full YouTube playlist.
- [The basement interview](https://hanklevymusic.com/interview/): My microcassette interview with Hank about Don Ellis, partly recovered by AI in 2026. The transcript is an unverified machine draft.
- [Students and legacy](https://hanklevymusic.com/students/): Some of Hank’s students, with sources, and the bands that still play his music.
- [Sources and credits](https://hanklevymusic.com/sources/): Every source, photo credits, and where the sources disagree.
- [Privacy](https://hanklevymusic.com/privacy/): Cookieless Cloudflare Web Analytics; no ads; embeds load only on play.

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- [Full text of every page](https://hanklevymusic.com/llms-full.txt)