Aaron Levinson is a veteran record label

Record label

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 owner and producer

Record producer

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 with a background as a musician

Musician

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 and composer

Composer

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. He has produced and/or released nearly two dozen albums.

Career

Levinson is a graduate of the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Levinson and co-composed and produced the score for the Cinemax

Cinemax

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 documentary “How Do You Spell Murder?” directed by Oscar-winning directors Alan and Susan Raymond. Levinson is an ASCAP-affiliated songwriter and publisher and has an international co-publishing agreement with Evergreen

Evergreen

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 Music for his musical compositions in 43 countries around the world. He is a former governor of the Philadelphia chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS, is a U.S. organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for music and its...

. Levinson is staff producer and A&R director for Range Records a Warner Music Group-distributed label. His most recent production is Rediscovering Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson

Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson was an American blues and jazz singer/guitarist and songwriter who pioneered the role of jazz guitar and is recognized as the first to play single-string guitar solos...

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Recently he and his band Spanish Harlem Orchesta won a Grammy award for best tropical album for "Viva la Tradición".

Awards and honors

• 2005 Grammy Winner: Salsa
  Salsa music
  Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
  
   Album of the Year
• 2004 Grammy Nominee: Salsa Album of the Year
• 2003 Grammy Nominee: Salsa Album of the Year
• 2003 Billboard Award Winner: New Salsa Artist of the Year
• 2001 Latin Grammy Award Nominee: Traditional Tropical Album

Professional affiliations

• National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
  National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
  The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS, is a U.S. organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for music and its...
  
  
• Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
  Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
  The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences , is a multinational membership-based association composed of music industry professionals, musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other creative and technical recording professionals...
  
  
• American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
• Association of Recorded Sound Collections

External links

• Part 1 of a video interview on Salsa Central - Part 1 of a video interview on Salsa Central