[MUSIC PLAYING] TONY CAMPBELL: Hi, everybody. My name's Dr. Tony Campbell. I am a professor in the political science department, but about 30 years ago, I came to Towson University to study under Hank Levy. And it's a privilege to talk about Hank and his legacy in his music, and try to educate the folks not only around Towson and our university community, but also throughout the United States and the world about Hank's music. After high school and playing trombone, and being in the Army Band, I heard about Hank's music. And I heard about this guy who wrote some really cool pieces in some odd meters. Most musicians are playing things three beats-per-measure or four beats-per-measure. Hank would write things in 9, and 12, and 15, and 23 beats-per-measure-- really unique time signatures. Just getting a chance to come to Towson and being a part of Hank Levy's Towson University Jazz Band was a thrill for me. So back in the early 1970s, Towson university was the first college jazz band to play at the Kennedy Center-- in fact, was one of the opening acts in the Kennedy Center in the first month of its opening. The University Jazz Band, under Hank's direction, was one of the leaders in the country, would go to festivals, and just nail it, and win competition after competition. And just being in that room with him and learning from him was a treat of my musical performance life. Hank Levy, a great gentleman, a fantastic teacher, and his music lives on, even in the form of a motion picture a few years ago called "Whiplash" that p won an Academy Award for an actor named JK Simmons. And the way that Hank approached teaching, approached his music, being there with his students, and being so patient with teaching us how to be musicians was a testament to not only his teaching ability, but his love of his music and all that. If you get a chance to check out Hank's music, you can go on YouTube. That stuff is all over the place on YouTube, whether you're talking about Stan Kenton's recordings or Don Ellis's recordings of Hank's charts. Towson University has put out 15 or so albums over the years of his students from the 1970s. '71, '72, I think, was the first album, until the late '90s was the last album that Hank was involved in. The US Army Jazz Ambassadors-- they have an album out about Hank's music. So there's a lot of different ways for you to hear Hank's music. And I still listen to it today, so it's great stuff.