O'Donel Levy
Born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 20, 1945, O’Donel Levy was a jazz, R&B,
and funk guitarist. The brother of session drummer Stafford Levy, O’Donel Levy
studied music at Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University before moving to
New York City. Becoming part of the city’s thriving jazz music scene, he ended
up touring as a sideman with guitarist George Benson and organist Jimmy McGriff.
Signing with the Groove Merchant label, O’Donel Levy released Black Velvet, his
debut album, in 1971. His 1972 album, Breeding of Mind, broadened his musical
focus, mixing pop, jazz, and...
I'll Be ThereO'Donel Levy
Green Dolphin StreetJimmy McGriff, George Freeman, Lucky Thompson and O'Donel Levy
You've Made Me So Very HappyO'Donel Levy
I Wanna Be Where You AreO'Donel Levy
Everything Happens to MeJimmy McGriff, George Freeman, Lucky Thompson and O'Donel Levy
Sad, Sad, SimbaO'Donel Levy
I'll Be ThereO'Donel Levy
Black Velvet
3:57
Green Dolphin StreetJimmy McGriff, George Freeman, Lucky Thompson and O'Donel Levy
Do'in Time
5:51
You've Made Me So Very HappyO'Donel Levy
Black Velvet
I Wanna Be Where You AreO'Donel Levy
Dawn Of A New Day
3:32
Everything Happens to MeJimmy McGriff, George Freeman, Lucky Thompson and O'Donel Levy
Do'in Time
5:41
Sad, Sad, SimbaO'Donel Levy
Simba
