For the next two years they spent weekend evenings listening to Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Oscar Pettiford, and Erroll Garner.
After moving to the Canary Islands, Spain, in 1973 with Stella, his common law wife, and her five children, Levitt played with Canadian bass player Lloyd Thompson, Dutch pianist Nico Bunink [de], and American trumpeter Don Jeter.
Moving then to Madrid, Levitt played with Spanish saxophonist Pedro Iturralde.
His group consisted of Stella on vocals, Sean on guitar, Alain Jean Marie on piano and Gus Nemeth on bass.
He played with Paul Bley, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Raney, Dexter Gordon, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, J. J. Johnson, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Jimmy Gourley, Peter Ind, Martial Solal, René Urtreger, Pierre Michelot, Michel Petrucciani, Clark Terry, Dorothy Donegan, Guy Lafitte and Barney Wilen.