The Ron Levy Newsletter

To everyone, we hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. We all have so much to be thankful for. Let's also take time to wish all our troops worldwide, a safe return home as soon as possible. Whether you're 'Pro', 'Anti', 'Undecided' or whatever, they as individuals, deserve our respect, appreciative support and best wishes for a safe return home.

We also want to wish you all a happy Holiday season by offering $3-5 discounts on all Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom Cds. Go to CDBaby.com for the entire RLWK catalog.

Highly critically acclaimed 1996 Funky Soul Jazz classic Zim Zam Zoom is NOW available again! It was previously [and still is] out of print, but limited quantities are now available.

Some reviews:

"If you like blues and funky soul-jazz (with just a twist of the future), this is an album to enjoy. Hammond B-3 artist Ron Levy gathers some of the greatest groove players of all time for this steam session, including Melvin Sparks on guitar and the great Idris Muhammad on drums. Call it retro or acid-jazz if you want, but groove lover Levy never stops playing that funky soul-jazz long enough to look back. This album carries the groove tradition on, maintaining that integrity. Those who look for B-3 jams in the soul-jazz vein that are as funky as can be will not be disappointed. This is a great CD to own."

"One of the sweetest sets ever cut by organist Ron Levy -- and a record that's done very much in the mode of the older Prestige soul jazz and jazz funk that first inspired his work! Of course, that relation to Prestige is no surprise -- given that Ron's working here with Melvin Sparks on guitar and Idris Muhammad on drums -- who both help give the record a feel that's a lot more classic than you might expect for the date. But the real star of the set is Levy, whose clean, lean lines on the Hammond B-3 recall the early genius of Charles Earland at its best! Titles include "Zim Zam Zoom", "Lost Tribes", "Sons Of Abraham", "Last Go Round", "Silver Cannonball", and "Lonely Avenue".

Recorded & engineered at Van Gelder Studio by Rudy Van Gelder & co-produced by the legendary Bob Porter [of Prestige & Blue Note fame]

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