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Brittany Howard & Tia P - Running With The Angels
I recorded all of the horns here at my studio alongside David Moyer and Corbin Jones. I played trumpet, trombone and euphonium on this, David did flute and bari sax and Corbin did sousaphone and bari sax. It's the hype anthem for the Angel City FC, LA's new women's soccer team. I love the way this song came out!
Once and Future Band - The Old Brain
My best friend when I was a little kid was named Joel Robinow. I moved out of the neighborhood in 4th grade, started playing trumpet, and didn't see Joel for 20 years. , and then pick up a copy of Rolling Stone and there's Joel playing trumpet in a picture. Turns out he's an amazing guitarist, pianist, songwriter, Musician, one of the tribe as it were. So when I found out he had a band, I hit him up to send me some tracks so I could try adding some horns. Of the ones he sent me, The Old Brain seemed the most intriguing. There were fantastic melodies to orchestrate but also a lot of room to build in textures to make the song more dynamic. Often times I'll knock out more than one song in a single recording session, but this one I spent a full week on - the music demanded a certain style of playing that meant the takes had to be virtually flawless and the scope of the arrangement required recording a massive amount of tracks and then paring away until just the right sound was achieved.
Megan Thee Stallion feat. Da Baby - Cry Baby
I co-wrote this song for Megan Thee Stallion's debut album Good News, which features Da Baby. I wrote the 808 bass line for this song, which was produced by the legendary DA Got That Dope.
Eminem - Gnat - Trumpet Loop
I wrote, played and recorded the trumpet part on Eminem's song Gnat, and some enterprising content creator went ahead and looped a bit of it for an hour solid. I find it to be strangely soothing and hypnotic.
Iggy Pop - Sunday
I had the honor of playing a bunch of horns on this record, with the homies David Moyer (of the Double D Horns), Jordan Katz and P Blake Cooper. The ending of this track is one of my favorite parts of the record. We tracked the horn parts in the big room at Ocean Way. There were no charts - Josh had this whole arrangment in his head and sang us each part, MJ style. He then conducted us in the studio.
Chika - U Should
I played a bunch of horns on this song alongside David Moyer of DD Horns. I really love the song and I'm really stoked with the bits of improv that made their way into the arrangement, which was produced by Kuya and Tee and The Velvet Tree.
DD Horns - Fall So Hard
This is one of my favorite songs on the DD Horns self titled debut album. I wrote it for the band, and we recorded it, like the rest of that album, totally live in one room with no overdubs or comps or fixes. Chris Schlarb helped produce this recording and Howard Willing mixed it and I'm very proud of it.
Morrissey - Darling, I Hug A Pillow
I played all of the trumpet parts on this song from the Morrissey album I Am Not A Dog On A Chain produced by the great Joe Chiccarelli. I recorded this at the MSP studio using two of my favorite instruments, a 1990s Bach Stradivarius 37RL and a 1960s large bore Martin Committee. They sent me a demo track with the parts they wanted, and I recorded them with both trumpets. I don't know whether Joe ended up using one or the other, or blending both together to achieve the sound you hear on the track, but I always love to hear what he does with my horn parts.
Gwen Stefani - You Make It Feel Like Christmas
This song, from Gwen Stefani's album of the same name, was recorded at Barefoot Studios with Eric Valentine and Busby. I think I played trumpet, flugelhorn and trombone on this one alongside a killer section that included my DD Horns bandmate David Moyer as well as a bunch of other top LA session cats.
Danny T. Levin Horn Promo Reel (2012)
This first link is a promo reel from 2012 of a bunch of different songs I've worked on, edited together. Info listed below:
Gary Clark Jr. - Ain't Messin Around - from the album Blak and Blue - trumpet, trombone - produced by Mike Elizondo Jr.#

Regina Spektor - Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas) - from the album What We Saw From The Cheap Seats - trumpet - produced by Mike Elizondo Jr.#

Matt Nathanson - Faster - from the album Modern Love - trumpet, trombone - produced by Matt Nathanson and Mark Weinberg#

Lenka - The Show - from the album Lenka - trumpet, euphonium, trombone, flugelhorn, cornet - produced by Stewart Brawley.

David Hopkins - Angels in the Satellites - from the album There Are Debts trumpet, trombone - produced by David Hopkins and Matt Fish - horn arrangement by David Hopkins#

Glen Campbell - Nothing But The Whole Wide World - from the album Ghost On The Canvas - trumpet - produced by Julian Raymond and Howard Willing

David & Devine - More is Better - from the album David & Devine - trumpet, trombone - produced by David & Devine

Eric Hutchinson - The Basement - from the album Moving Up And Living Down - trumpet, trombone - produced by Mike Elizondo Jr.#  

Kim Divine - Easy On Me - from the EP Five - flugelhorn, trombone, trumpet - produced by Bill Lefler

 DRGN LYZR - Sweet Candy Heart - from the album DRGN LYZR - trumpet, trombone, guitar, keyboards, drum machines - produced by DRGN LYZR*

 TOCA - Con Ruido - from the album TOCA - trumpet - produced by TOCA and Colin Fairbairn

Joshua Radin - Brand New Day - from the album Simple Times - cornet, trombone, euphonium - produced by Rob Schnapf - horn arrangement by Jason Borger.

Eric Lilavois - Up For Air - trumpet, trombone - from the album The Only Way - produced by Eric Lilavois#

Spinto Band - Ain't This The Truth - from the album Moonwink - euphonium, trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn - produced by Dave Trumfio

The Ventriloquists - Switchblade - from the album Bailout! - trumpet, trombone, euphonium, alto horn, marching baritone, cornet, euphonium, guitar, keyboards - produced by The Ventriloquists*#

Built To Spill - Lifes A Dream - from the album There Is No Enemy - trumpet, trombone, euphonium, alto horn, marching baritone, flugelhorn - produced by Dave Trumfio

Terraplane Sun - Get Me Golden - trumpet - produced by Dave Trumfio#%

Brooke Fraser - Here's To you - from the album Flags - trumpet, trombone - produced by Brooke Fraser

Amanitas - Magic Kind Of Thing - from the album Music for Pig and Horse Wedding - trumpet, trombone, guitar, keyboards, drum machines - produced by Danny T. Levin*

Walter Meego - Here I Am - from the album Wonder Valley - trumpet, trombone, euphonium, alto horn, cornet, euphonium - produced by Dan Burns

Christina Perri - Backwards - from the album Lovestrong - trumpet - produced by Joe Chicarelli

Carina Round - Backseat - from the EP Things You Should Know - trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, euphonium, trombone, alto horn - produced by Dan Burns and Carina Round

The Herbert Bail Orchestra - Big Sound - from the album Herbert Bail Orchestra - trumpet, trombone, euphonium - produced by Chris Rondinella

Rilo Kiley - 15 - from the album Under The Blacklight - trumpet, trombone - produced by Mike Elizondo#

# - Features The Double D Horns, aka myself and David Moyer on woodwinds
* - Recorded at MSP Studios
% - Features Gabe Feenberg on trombone.
Blueface - Vibes
I co-wrote this beat with iconic producer DA Got That Dope, including the main horn riff (which features me on trumpet and trombone) and the 808 bass part. We recorded this at DA's studio in Hollywood.
Vampire Weekend - Hudson
This is a really great album start to finish and I was lucky to get to play a little bit on it.
twenty one pilots - Not Today
Me and David Moyer of DD Horns played all the horns on this song, which was produced by Mike Elizondo Jr. at Can Am, one of our favorite studios of all time to record in.
GWAR - El Presidente
TFW Ronan Chris Murphy calls you and asks if you want to work on a GWAR record. Spicy.
Sarah Dashew - Free Ride
This is a song by my friend Sarah Dashew from her record Roll Like A Wheel. The band is the homies JP Maramba on bass, Simeon Shigg on keys and Michael Villiers on drums. On this track I'm playing electric guitar and contributed some backing vocals in addition to perhaps the most (only) face melting guitar solo I've ever recorded. Eric Lilavois was behind the boards at London Bridge in Seattle. I believe you can tell when records are made with love, and I can say from first hand experience that this one was.
The English Beat - If Killing Worked
DD Horns got to work on this great English Beat record with Dave Wakeling in 2016, around the time we were making our self titled debut record. Drew Erickson wrote some really cool arrangments and Kyle Hoffman really did some spectacular work behind the boards.
The Ventriloquists - The Scream Before The Silence
This is a song I wrote with my friend Ian Souter. I'm singing, playing guitar, and a few other instruments on this recording which I produced with Ian, Eric Lilavois and the rest of the band. Jeff Glassberg on bass and bvx, Garth Macaleavey on drums, Ian on guitar brass and bvx, David Moyer playing keys and clarinet, and special guest vocalist Carina Round in the second movement of the piece. Assistant engineering credits to Andrew Nassih and Joe Olendar.

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This first link is a promo reel from 2012 of a bunch of different songs I've worked on, edited together. Info listed below: