O'Donel Levy - Black Velvet

Year : 1972
Label : Groove Merchant
Genre : Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz

First album from talented guitarist who plays several styles from Easy Listening, Smooth Jazz to Soul and Jazz Funk featuring saxophonist Arthur 'Fats' Theus. Titles include Rhythm & Blues cover songs (Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time, I'll Be There, You've Made Me So Very Happy), Jazz standards (I'll Close My Eyes, Misty) and two own compositions (Granny & Nature's Child). Produced by Sonny Lester.

O'Donel Levy_guitar

Alarza Lee Collins_bass

Chester Thompson_drums

Charles Covington_electric piano, organ

Arthur 'Fats' Theus_saxophone, flute

Billy Skinner_trumpet

William Thorpe_percussion

Nathaniel Rice Jr._congas

01. Watch What Happens
02. Granny
03. I'll Close My Eyes
04. Nature's Child
05. Love Story
06. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
07. I'll Be There
08. Misty
09. Call Me
10. You've Made Me So Very Happy

O'Donel Levy - Simba

Year : 1973

Label : Groove Merchant

Genre : Jazz

Style : Jazz Funk

Rare  groove cult LP by jazz fusion guitarist O'Donel Levy composed in association with saxophonist, arranger Manny Albam  and featuring Steve Gadd, John Faddis, Eddie Daniels, the soilists Burt Collins &  Cecil Bridgewater. Titles include the wellknown Bad, Bad, Simba which appears on many compilations as the Pulp Fusion series and the incredible highly funky Playhouse with the unleashed solo flute of Daniels. All tracks arranged by Manny Albam and produced by Sonny Lester.

O'Donel Levy_guitar

Tony Levin_bass

Steve Gadd_drums 

Warren Bernhardt_keyboards 

Eddie Daniels_flute, piccolo flute, saxophone 

Bill Watrous_trombone 

Alan Rubin, Burt Collins, Cecil Bridgewater & Lew Soloff_flugelhorn

Burt Collins, Ernie Royal, Jon Faddis & Lew Soloff_trumpet

Jim Madison_percussion

01. Bad, Bad, Simba
02. Kilimanjaro Cookout
03. Playhouse
04. Sierra Lonely
05. Sad, Sad, Simba
06. Joni
07. Nigerian Knights