Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky

Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
Studio album by O'Donel Levy
Released	1974
Recorded	1974
Studio	New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:52
Label	Groove Merchant GM 535
Producer	Sonny Lester
O'Donel Levy chronology
Simba (1974) Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (1974) Windows (1976)

Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky is an album by American jazz guitarist O'Donel Levy recorded in 1974 and released on the Groove Merchant label.^[1][2][3]

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

Allmusic's Sean Westergaard said: "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky, O'Donel Levy's follow-up to his excellent Simba, is something of a letdown in comparison. ... None of this is awful; it just lacks the great tunes and arrangements of its predecessor".^[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by O'Donel Levy except where noted

1. "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky" – 3:20
2. "Marbles" – 6:25
3. "Will It Go Round in Circles" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 3:20
4. "Livin' for the City" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:59
5. "Sideshow" (Bobby Eli, Vinnie Barrett) – 4:48
6. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronnell) – 6:20
7. "Hey, Love!" – 3:17
8. "Are You Foolin' Me" – 3:07

Personnel[]

• O'Donel Levy – guitar
• Judd Watkins – percussion, vocals
• Charles Covington – keyboards, synthesizer
• Hugh Walker – drums
• George Davis – guitar (tracks 1 & 3)
• Lew Soloff – trumpet (tracks 1 & 3)
• Michael Gibson – trombone (tracks 1 & 3)
• David Sanborn, Joe Temperley – saxophone (tracks 1 & 3)
• Ralph MacDonald, James Madison – percussion (tracks 1 & 3)
• David Matthews – arranger (tracks 1 & 3)

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