Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky Explained

Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
Type:	Album
Artist:	O'Donel Levy
Cover:	Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky.jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	1974
Studio:	New York City
Genre:	Jazz-funk^[1]
Length:	35:52
Label:	Groove Merchant GM 535
Producer:	Sonny Lester
Chronology:	O'Donel Levy
Prev Title:	Simba
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Windows
Next Year:	1976

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.^{[2] [3] [4]}

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

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
• 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs . https://web.archive.org/web/20180825081205/https://beatcaffeine.com/100-best-jazz-funk-songs/ . Gorton . TJ . BeatCaffeine . July 30, 2018 . August 25, 2018 . September 18, 2021.
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_ODonel_Levy.htm Jazzlists: O'Donel Levy Discography
3. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Groove_Merchant.htm Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series
4. http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Everything_I_Do_Gonna_Be_Funky_OL.htm Jazzlists: Album details