Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky is an album by American jazz-funk guitarist O'Donel Levy recorded in 1974 and released on the Groove Merchant label.Jazzlists: O'Donel Levy Discography, accessed March 28, 2018Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series, accessed March 28, 2018Jazzlists: Album details, accessed March 28, 2018
Reception
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".
Track listing All compositions by O'Donel Levy except where noted "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky" – 3:20 "Marbles" – 6:25 "Will It Go Round in Circles" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 3:20 "Livin' for the City" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:59 "Sideshow" (Bobby Eli, Vinnie Barrett) – 4:48 "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronnell) – 6:20 "Hey, Love!" – 3:17 "Are You Foolin' Me" – 3:07
Personnel O'Donel Levy – guitar Charles Covington – keyboards, synthesizer Hugh Walker – drums Judd Watkins – percussion, vocals Lew Soloff – trumpet (tracks 1 & 3) Michael Gibson – trombone (tracks 1 & 3) David Sanborn, Joe Temperley – saxophone (tracks 1 & 3) George Davis – guitar (tracks 1 & 3) Ralph MacDonald, James Madison – percussion (tracks 1 & 3) David Matthews – arranger (tracks 1 & 3)
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