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O’Donel Levy

Jazz and R&B guitarist O’Donel Levy grew up in South Baltimore and attended the Peabody Institute. He worked with Julius Brockington’s groups and toured throughout the east coast. While in New York Levy hooked up with Jimmy McGriff and George Benson for whom he recorded and toured. His first solo album was released in 1971 on the Groove Merchant label. His groups featured many talented Baltimore area musicians, including Aleta Greene, Gary Grainger, David Smith, Jimmy Wilson, Charles Covington, Jimmy Maelm, and Stafford Levy.

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O’Donel Levy 1/5/05: O’Donel Levy

Guitarist and composer O’Donel Levy has played with a who’s who of blues, jazz, and soul, including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, and Jimmy McGriff, and has written songs for Sarah Vaughn and Herbie Mann.

O’Donel Levy

Guitarist and composer O’Donel Levy has played with a who’s who of blues, jazz, and soul, including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, and Jimmy McGriff, and has written songs for Sarah Vaughn and Herbie Mann.

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