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American jazz musician and audio equipment designer

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Mark Levinson
Born	() December 11, (age&#;78)
Occupation(s)	Founder of Mark Levinson Audio Systems (MLAS) Cello Ltd. Red Rose Music Daniel Hertz S.A.
Years&#;active	–present
Spouse	Kim Cattrall &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;

Mark Levinson (born December 11, ) is an American audio equipment designer, recording and mastering engineer, and multi-instrumentalist musician.

He was formerly married to the actress Kim Cattrall.

Career

Mark Levinson worked as the bassist for jazz pianist Paul Bley (in through by his own account), and mentions other renowned jazz musicians with whom he played then.^[1] Bley's memoir has a photo of his trio with Levinson and Barry Altschul, and tells of touring and recording in Europe with them in Bley describes Levinson and Altschul as "a rhythm section with a wide range of talents".^[2]

In , Levinson founded Mark Levinson Audio Systems (MLAS, Ltd.) in New Haven, Connecticut.

He ran MLAS from to , during which time he created products such as the LNP-2 preamplifier.

Mark levinson biography Add to basket. With Cello, Levinson created high-priced models such as the Audio Palette. The fancy all-anodized aluminum housings gave way to simple painted steel, and the preamp's power connectors were industrial-looking Jones connectors, not Fischer. Levinson ran his second company, Cello Ltd.

He also invented the concept of high-end car sound in ^{[citation needed]}

However, by MLAS was in financial trouble. Levinson then asked Sanford Berlin, a retired executive in the audio industry, to invest in MLAS and to aid in the management of the company. Berlin personally invested $, in the company and persuaded several others to invest an additional $,^{[citation needed]}

In the summer of Levinson left MLAS and founded another company to produce audio equipment, Cello Ltd.

Levinson became president and one of the three directors of Cello. MLAS launched a lawsuit attempting to prevent Levinson from working in the audio industry for the rest of his life, on the grounds that he was a "walking trade name" who could "diminish the value of their asset".^[3]

Levinson won the case in but lost the right to use his name as a trade name on an audio product.^[4] For this reason, since several years before the lawsuit, "Mark Levinson" branded audio products have had no relationship to the brand's founder; the "Mark Levinson" brand name has been and continues to be an intellectual property wholly owned by Harman International.

In resolving the case, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals wrote a page decision that outlined the rights of entrepreneurs who use their own name as the name of a company.^{[citation needed]} Levinson himself has continued to work in the industry, creating several new companies.

Levinson ran his second company, Cello Ltd., from to With Cello, Levinson created high-priced models such as the Audio Palette.^{[citation needed]} In , Levinson founded Red Rose Music, an audio company with its own New York retail store on Madison Avenue.

The business model of Red Rose was to create compact, affordable products with very high-quality sound.^{[citation needed]}

In , Levinson moved to Switzerland and used his consulting revenue to finance the founding of Daniel Hertz S.A., an audio equipment and audio software company.^[5]

Personal life

Mark Levinson and the actress Kim Cattrall were married from to The couple co-wrote the book Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm ().^[6][7]

Discography

Nearly all of Levinson's recorded work as a jazz bassist was in jazz piano trios led by Paul Bley, with Barry Altschul on drums.^[8]

• Paul Bley – Ramblin', Red Records, Rome
• Paul Bley – Blood, Fontana, Baarn, Netherlands
• Paul Bley – International Jazz Festival, Praha '66, Supraphon, Prague, ^[2] One track, "Ramblin'".^[9]
• Paul Bley – Paul Bley In Haarlem - Blood, Freedom, Haarlem
• Paul Bley – Ballads, ECM, New York City ^[10]
• Doug Levinson – Jazz At Long Wharf, Acoustic Recording Series, France ^[11]

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