![]() Not only Levine’s paintings and graphic illustrations will be discussed, but also his involvement with staging some of the photo sessions and laying out the graphics for a good deal of photo-based covers for Fania and various subsidiaries like Vaya, Inca, and Cotique. Though Lee’s wonderful salsa photographs are certainly worthy of a separate study of their own, and indeed there is a plan to do so in the future, what concerns us here more is the work of Ron Levine as a graphic designer and artist who played an essential role in maintaining the high quality of salsa cover art started by Izzy Sanabria, Walter Velez, Charlie Rosario, and others in the 1960s and early 70s. Both artists worked for Jerry Masucci’s Fania Records during the period of the company’s dominance and decline, and created covers for some of Fania’s most well-known and cherished releases, starting in 1973, and in Ron’s case, continuing until almost the last years of the label. Ron Levine is revered among many fans and musicians alike for his masterfully original paintings, logos, and lettering designs and Lee Marshall’s photographs are some of the most iconic and beloved in the industry. Though there were quite a few non-Latino/a graphic designers and cover artists for Latin music in the United States during the 1970s and 80s, the team of Ron Levine and Lee Marshall was arguably the most visible, consistent, and prolific during the salsa era in New York City. Rock'n'Salsa Fantasy – The Art and Design of Ron Levine ![]()
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