Simba_(album)
Simba (album)
1974 studio album by O'Donel Levy
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]
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Released | 1974 | |||
Recorded | July 2 & 3, 1973 | |||
Studio | New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:58 | |||
Label | Groove Merchant GM 526 | |||
Producer | Sonny Lester | |||
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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]
All compositions by Manny Albam except where noted
- "Bad, Bad Simba" – 7:15
- "Kilimanjaro Cookout" – 4:56
- "Playhouse" (Manny Albam, O'Donel Levy) – 4:41
- "Sierra Lonely" – 5:37
- "Sad, Sad, Simba" – 6:08
- "Joni" (Levy) – 5:12
- "Nigerian Knights" (Levy) – 5:09
- O'Donel Levy – guitar
- Eddie Daniels – flute, piccolo, baritone saxophone
- Jon Faddis, Ernie Royal – trumpet
- Burt Collins, Lew Soloff – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Cecil Bridgewater, Alan Rubin – flugelhorn
- Bill Watrous – trombone
- Warren Bernhardt – electric piano
- Tony Levin – bass
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Manny Albam – arranger
- Jazzlists: O'Donel Levy Discography, accessed March 28, 2018
- Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series, accessed March 28, 2018
- Jazzlists: Album details, accessed March 28, 2018
- Westergaard, Sean. Simba – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2018.