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1001 Other Albums

O’Donel Levy – Simba (1974, US)

Our next spotlight is on number 303 on The List, submitted by weirdofhermiston.

Well hot damn, this is one funky album!

This is the fourth solo album from Baltimore jazz guitarist Levy, his fourth on Sonny Lester’s Groove Merchant album, third to be arranged by Manny Albam, and first to contain solely Levy’s own (or co-written) compositions.

What the stoic album cover doesn’t tell you is that contained within is a Levy-led brass-heavy band with members some of you may be familiar with, particularly in the rhythm section: Eddie Daniels on flute, piccolo, and baritone saxophone; Jon Faddis and Ernie Royal on trumpet; Burt Collins and Lew Soloff on both flugelhorn and trumpet; Cecil Bridgewater and Alan Rubin on flugelhorn; Bill Watrous on trombone; Warren Bernhardt on electric piano; Tony Levin – yes, the Tony Levin – on bass; and, *drum roll please* Steve Gadd on drums.

Have you hit play yet?!

Happy listening, all!

The cover art is mostly a close-up photo of some architectural detail (perhaps in a wood door?) that has a carving of a lion head inset inside a round cut-out. The sun (off-camera) is shining on the carving so that half of it is in shadow. A dark red band is above the photo along the top edge, with the album name in large white/cream font on the left and the artist name in smaller font on the right, with "ARRANGED BY MANNY ALBUM" underneath in even smaller font.
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New #review: "Deerand is the fourth album from the Iranian group #QuartetDiminished, and their first to be released on a label outside their home country. You can find their earlier albums on Bandcamp, however. The band was formed in 2013 by guitarist Ehsan Sadigh, bridging modern chamber music with rock." #ExposeOnline #ChamberRock #ProgressiveRock #RIO #TonyLevin #MarkusReuter expose.org/index.php/articles/

Quartet Diminished — Deerand cover art
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