Saturday, December 21, 2013

Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom - Funky Fiesta

Released: 2012
Size: 152.2 MB
Time: 65:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Funky Blues / Jazz
Art: Front

1. Bunga Bunga Akimbo [6:47]
2. Rebbe Of Rhythm [5:33]
3. Back In The Back [6:21]
4. Badd Mannish Boyz [5:33]
5. Street Beats [5:35]
6. Saxy Girl [5:52]
7. Hittin' It Hard & Sweet [6:15]
8. Phunky Memories [6:13]
9. Sunny Sunday [5:56]
10. Funky Fiesta [6:20]
11. Someday [5:15]

2012 - Levy's newest album "Funky Fiesta!" featuring his latest compositions with superb backing and personnel. Killer keyboards galore. Soulful & fun!
Hard swinging as ever,  If you are human, if you are living, if you are feelin', how can you not get up and dance to this idiosyncratic groove.
b. Reuvain Zev ben Yehoshua Ha Levi, 29 May 1951, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Levy played clarinet during his childhood and, inspired by a Ray Charles concert, started playing piano at the age of 13. He soon took up organ too, and, influenced by Billy Preston and Jimmy Smith, was a quick learner. Two years later he was backing up blues artists performing in the Boston area. At 17 the young musician was discovered and hired by blues legend Albert King. Still in high school, Levy worked with King, who had become his legal guardian, for 18 months. From December 1969 to February 1976 he played piano and organ in B.B. King’s band. The period from that time until 1980 saw him work with the Rhythm Rockers, led by Johnny Nicholas and featuring the young Ronnie Earl on lead guitar. As the house band of the Speakeasy in Cambridge they honed their skills backing up great blues musicians, among them Walter Horton, Johnny Shines and Roosevelt Sykes. After working with Luther ‘Guitar Junior’ Johnson for three years, Levy played with Roomful Of Blues from 1983-87. In addition to recording with his own band, Ron Levy’s Wild Kingdom, he has played on numerous recordings by other artists, and since 1985, has produced a steady stream of albums for labels such as Black Top and Bullseye Blues. He became an in-house producer for the latter.

Funky Fiesta!

2 comments:

ELTON said...

Please RE-UP this album! Thanks!

Red Rooster said...

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