O'Donel Levy

O'DONEL LEVY - BLACK VELVET (1972)

A1.Watch What Happens         
A2.Granny         
A3.I'll Close My Eyes         
A4.Nature's Child         
A5.Love Story         
B1.Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)         
B2.I'll Be There         
B3.Misty         
B4.Call Me         
B5.You've Made Me So Very Happy

A stone laidback set from O'Donel Levy -- one of the greatest soul jazz guitarists of the 70s, and a player who sounds fresher and fresher to us over the years! This album's a bit more laidback than some of Levy's other sets for Groove Merchant -- with larger arrangements that feature Charles Covington on electric piano and organ, Fats Theus on tenor and flute, and Billy Skinner on trumpet -- but the approach actually works well, as the slow-moving tracks trip out over a lot of space, giving O'Donel plenty of room to craft his uniquely spacious and chromatic solos.