This live clip of Mark Feldman’s LEVEL5 was shot at NYC’s The Bitter End. The band features Mark on drums with Gene Segal (guitar), Jon Price (bass) and Steve Blanco (keys). This snippet features a great solo by Steve Blanco. The tune was written by Oz Noy exclusively for LEVEL5.

Listen with headphones if you can because the sound is fantastic. The show was recorded multi track by Ryoji Hata and mixed by Roman Klun. Enjoy!

I recently was interviewed by Marc Shea on his cool podcast, “Performance Anxiety.”

Marc really did his homework before interviewing me and that made for a very interesting conversation. We hit on a lot of things that haven’t come up in other interviews I’ve done.

I think it’s entertaining…. I hope you agree.

Here it is:

The Sybil EP, my debut release as a leader and as a producer, was released on February 22nd.

The three song EP is now on all the streaming services.

You can check it out on Spotify here: STREAM on SPOTIFY

We’ve also been getting some great press. If you simply google “Mark Feldmans LEVEL5,” a bunch of the reviews will come up, but below are some excerpted quotes:
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“LEVEL5 rival The Meters at their dirtiest and funkiest or the best moments of Medeski, Martin and Wood.”
—POP MATTERS

“LEVEL5’s debut is an instrumental feast, filled with catchy funk and prog twists and turns.”
—BASS PLAYER

“THREE AND ONE-HALF STARS. Jazz-rock fusion may have peaked in popularity back in the 1970s, but it has remained an integral sub-set of jazz ever since. That said, those traits that undermined its force back then—fake funk and over-emphasis on technique—have remained so pervasive within the hybrid that truly distinctive entries in the genre are few and far between. The Sybil EP by Mark Feldman’s Level 5, however, is one of those rare and welcome exceptions.”
—ALL ABOUT JAZZ

So sorry ….this show has been cancelled!

Recently, Mark has been playing some shows around NYC with Lilli Passero, who was in the top 10 of NBC’s “The Voice” in 2017.

You don’t want to miss this; Lilli’s voice is incredible and the backing band is tight and grooving.

Next Show:

Prohibition
Jan 16
9pm

At last!

“The Sybil EP” will get its official worldwide release on Mutant Cat Records on February 22nd, 2019.

The EP will be available on all major streaming outlets globally.

The 3 song EP is the debut of Mark Feldman’s LEVEL5, a four piece instrumental jam-band featuring Oz Noy on guitar, Will Lee on bass, Mark Feldman on drums and Adam Klipple on keyboards.

Look for videos and more content to be released in the upcoming weeks!

The current version of the live band features Gene Segal on guitar, Jon Price on bass, Steve Blanco on keys and Mark Feldman on drums.

Next show: January 23rd | Rockwood 1 | 10pm

Videos from the live line-up are coming soon.

Both the recording band and the live band KILL, so check them both out….

I’m really excited to let you know that Bass Player magazine recently wrote about my band LEVEL5 on their blog:

“LEVEL5 is an instrumental feast, filled with catchy funk with prog twists and turns”

–Bass Player

And that’s just the beginning. The band’s debut EP is coming out February 22nd on Mutant Cat Records and I’m guessing we’re going to have more press coming our way soon….

Here’s the link to the piece:

BASS PLAYER writes about LEVEL5

By the way, in case you didn’t know,”The Sybil EP” features me on drums, Will Lee on bass, Oz Noy on guitar and Adam Klipple on keyboards.

Hey Everyone!
I’m excited that LEVEL5 is coming back to The Bitter End. The line up is a bit different this time out. We’ve got Gene Segal on guitar, Jon Price on bass, Steve Blanco on keys and yours truly on drums. You may not know Gene and Jon, but I promise you that they are monster players and you don’t want to miss this version of the band. I hope you can make it.

Check out this video we filmed at my uncle’s turkey farm upstate:

I’m really excited about playing drums for the 2nd set of the Elton John tribute put on by the fabulous team at FBOMB. The festivities begin at 11pm at Arlene’s Grocery on Saturday, 10/27/18.

I’ll be doing my best Nigel Olsson behind the drums…

See you there.

Hey Everyone!

I’m excited to tell you that I’ll be double drumming alongside Kenny Grohowski with Zriku, the great rock band that my good friends Steve Blanco and Megan Kerper put together. The story of how this happened is pretty cool…check it out…

Well, a fluke transportation situation required that I fill in for Kenny on drums a few weeks ago. My debut with Zriku was fun, but ill-prepared. I had like two hours to try learn the material. I survived that show….

But now, the really fun part… Steve thought, “what if Zriku had two drummers?”

And next thing you know, the double drumming version of Zriku, with both Kenny and me playing, was born. We had a rehearsal last night, and I have to tell you, it was pretty cool!!

So…. we’re off! Gigs to be announced shortly!

Hey Everyone – Just wanted to share this 60 seconds of the tune “Jabber Jaw” from the upcoming LEVEL5 release, “The Sybil EP.” Release date to be announced shortly…. Enjoy!!