There are a million variations of jokes among serious working musicians about wanting to make a jazz record, but knowing better than to do so. Tony Levin already makes his living playing in esoteric non-jazz groups, so it seems less risky for him to take the plunge with a proper jazz album. Pairing his electric upright with brother Pete’s keyboard, the Levin Brothers’ self-titled album is a collection of original jazz—save for a softly flowing cover of King Crimson’s “Matte Kudasai” that evokes the “cool” period of the ‘50s. (King Crimson is Tony’s sometime-employer.) To that end, there isn’t anything terribly groundbreaking on the album, and the tone of the bass seems somewhat out of place among instrumentations and arrangements that predate the invention of an electric upright, but the playing is all enthusiastic and true to the idiom. Bookend performances by Steve Gadd on the drums—on opening track “Bassics” and bonus track “Fishy Takes a Walk”—complement an overall solid jazz outing.