Simba (album)

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Simba
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Studio album by
O'Donel Levy
Released1974
RecordedJuly 2 & 3, 1973
StudioNew York City
Genre Jazz
Length38:58
Label Groove Merchant
GM 526
Producer Sonny Lester
O'Donel Levy chronology
Dawn of a New Day
(1973)		Simba
(1974)		 Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
(1974)

Simba is an album by American jazz guitarist O'Donel Levy recorded in 1973 and released on the Groove Merchant label the following year. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic's Sean Westergaard said: "Simba is one hot album of funky soul-jazz. ... 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 ... Simba is the O'Donel Levy album to own". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Manny Albam except where noted

  1. "Bad, Bad Simba" – 7:15
  2. "Kilimanjaro Cookout" – 4:56
  3. "Playhouse" (Manny Albam, O'Donel Levy) – 4:41
  4. "Sierra Lonely" – 5:37
  5. "Sad, Sad, Simba" – 6:08
  6. "Joni" (Levy) – 5:12
  7. "Nigerian Knights" (Levy) – 5:09

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Jazzlists: O'Donel Levy Discography, accessed March 28, 2018
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series, accessed March 28, 2018
  3. ↑ Jazzlists: Album details, accessed March 28, 2018
  4. 1 2 Westergaard, Sean. Simba – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 28, 2018.
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