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Simba (album)

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Simba
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedJuly 2 & 3, 1973
StudioNew York City
GenreJazz
Length38:58
LabelGroove Merchant
GM 526
ProducerSonny 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]

Reception

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Professional ratings
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Allmusic[4]

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

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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

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  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. ^ a b Westergaard, Sean. Simba – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2018.