Rod Levitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRod Levitt
American musician
Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1929
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, United States
Date of Death: 08-May-2007
Profession: jazz musician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Rod Levitt
- Rodney Charles Levitt (September 16, 1929 in Portland, Oregon – May 8, 2007 in Wardsboro, Vermont) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, and bandleader. Levitt studied composition at the University of Washington, where he took his BA in 1951.
- He was in the orchestra at Radio City Music Hall from 1957 to 1963, and played with Dizzy Gillespie (1956–57), Ernie Wilkins (1957), Kai Winding (1958), and Sy Oliver (1959-60), and also worked with Gil Evans in 1959 when his orchestra accompanied Miles Davis.
- In 1960 he played with Gerry Mulligan and Mundell Lowe, with Quincy Jones in 1961, and with Oliver Nelson in 1962.
- He recorded four albums as a leader of an octet in 1963-66 and continued to work with this combination into the 1970s when he also played with bassist Chuck Israels.
- Later in his career he worked with Cedar Walton and Blue Mitchell, and wrote music for commercials with a company he ran from 1966-1989.
- In the late 1970s he taught at Fairleigh Dickinson, Hofstra University, CUNY, and Hunter College.
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