O'Donel Levy Simba LP Arranged Manny Albam 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl NEW SEALED
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O'Donel Levy Simba LP Arranged by Manny Albam 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl. Groove Merchant GM 526 UPC 046177252613 BRAND NEW SEALED.
Super-dope stuff throughout -- and maybe the best album ever by this legendary 70s guitar player!
O'Donel Levy's got this tremendous sound that comes from playing an electric hollow body -- in a tone that takes the best bits of Grant Green and Wes Montgomery, and strips them down for a hipper, badder 70s sort of mode.
The album's got some great blackploitation-esque arrangements by Manny Albam, and O'Donel's groove is nice and lean as he snakes over the top of the record in some very soulful solos! Lots of cool grooves, and titles include ''Joni'', ''Nigerian Knights'', ''Bad, Bad, Simba'' and ''Sad, Sad, Simba''.
Simba is one hot album of funky soul-jazz. O'Donel Levy had played with Richard ''Groove'' Holmes and Jimmy McGriff on other albums for producer Sonny Lester's Groove Merchant label, and even had one released under his own name (Black Velvet), but this was something different. Black Velvet had a couple Levy originals, but relied heavily on cover tunes.
For Simba, Lester brought in Manny Albam to supply both the tunes and the arrangements, and it makes all the difference in the world. The songs are catchy and funky, and play to Levy's strengths as a player. The arrangements are fantastic, played by a who's who list of '70s session men (including a young David Sanborn and Tony Levin, who throws down throughout).
It's a shame that the Albam/Levy partnership didn't last longer, because later in the same year Levy had a follow-up (Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky) without Albam, and it was back to another album of unremarkable covers. Simba is the O'Donel Levy album to own. Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide
Tracks -----> 1. Bad, Bad Simba 2. Kilimanjaro Cookout 3. Playhouse 4. Sierra Lonely 5. Sad, Sad, Simba 6. Joni 7. Nigerian Knights
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