No Treble’s 2025 Reader Favorite Bassists: Tony Levin Returns at #5
Tony Levin topped our Reader Favorites List last year and is back at #5 in 2025. It was another monumental year for the bassist, whose lengthy career has spawned some of the greatest music of our times.
In July, it was announced that his BEAT project with Adrian Belew, Steve Vai, and Danny Carey would be releasing a live album from their sold-out 2024 tour. The group performed the 80s-era King Crimson catalog that he and Belew helped create.
Later that month, fans got a bombshell when Crimson guitarist Jakko Jakszyk revealed that the prog pioneers were working on a new studio album – including Levin.
With that news, fans were all over videos from BEAT and vintage King Crimson. Check out Levin’s year in review and the reasons he landed at #5 on the list.
1. BEAT LIVE: Belew, Levin, Vai & Carey Capture King Crimson’s ’80s Era on New Album
2. King Crimson Return: New Studio Album Underway with Latest Lineup
3. Watch Tony Levin Rip Through BEAT’s Ferocious Live “Neal and Jack and Me”
4. Just Released: Tony Levin Shines in King Crimson’s 1982 Munich Performance of “Indiscipline”
5. BEAT Drops Live “Frame by Frame” Video, Featuring Vai, Levin, Belew & Carey
6. King Crimson Classic Reborn: BEAT Drops Live Video for “Thela Hun Ginjeet” – Tony Levin
7. Puscifer’s “Normal Isn’t” Goes Deep: Tony Levin and Greg Edwards Anchor Its Dark Groove
8. Supergroup of Belew, Levin, Vai & Carey Capture King Crimson’s 80s Era on BEAT LIVE
In his time with No Treble, Kevin has met hundreds of amazing bassists and interviewed icons like Jack Casady, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, and more. He's a gigging bassist performing jazz in Northern Virginia and bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers up and down the East Coast. Kevin appreciates all genres of music, from R&B to metal and everything in between. Connect with Kevin on Facebook and check his performance schedule on his website.
