[1] He was known for working with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in the early development of bebop during the 1940s, and in the next decade had a stint with bandleader Stan Kenton.

[2] Soon after, he went to New York City, where he and Gillespie worked on 52nd Street with Charlie Parker and Oscar Pettiford.

Levey played on thousands of recordings, including those with musicians Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole,[2] and with bands such as that of Quincy Jones, and Skitch Henderson and The Tonight Show Band.

[1] He died at age 79, two months after surgery for cancer of the jaw, in Van Nuys, California.

With Chet Baker and Art Pepper With The Beach Boys With Buddy Bregman With Conte Candoli With Victor Feldman With Stan Getz With Dizzy Gillespie With Jimmy Giuffre With Johnny Hartman With Stan Kenton With Lee Konitz With Peggy Lee With Oscar Peterson With Warne Marsh With The Monkees With Herb Ellis With Red Mitchell With Mark Murphy With Shorty Rogers With Sonny Stitt