Peter Levinson

Peter James Levinson (1 July 1934 Atlantic City, New Jersey - 21 October 2008 Malibu) was an American music publicist and biographer, particularly of jazz musicians.

Education Levinson took his bachelor's at the University of Virginia, where he wrote on jazz in the university paper.

Career After completing service in the Army in Korea, he wrote freelance on jazz music in New York City and took a job at Columbia Records in the late 1950s. He also helped orchestrate the 1986 introduction of a postage stamp in honor of Duke Ellington. He died at the age of 74 after a fall at his home in Malibu, California on October 21, 2008.