Crtically acclaimed All-Star lineup of Hammond B-3 driven Soul-Jazz at it's best. Allmusic.com lists it as "a must buy".

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"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."
Michael Erlewine - All Music Guide

Allmusic.com lists this album as one of the top Blues genre Cds ever on their front page in the Blues section.

"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".
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Highly critically acclaimed 1996 Funky Soul Jazz classic NOW available again! [previously out of print LIMITED QUANTITY]
4 1/2 stars by Downbeat.


All-star Line-up includes:
Ron Levy [B-3]
Idris Muhammad [drums]
Melvin Sparks [guitar]
Stanley Banks [Fender bass]
'Sax' Gordon [tenor]
Ralph Dorsey [congas]
Ray Greene [trombone & vocals]

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

Go to www.Levtron.com and/or CdBaby.com [on the other RLWK titles] for more artist info etc.

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IMPORTANT

Dear Friends and RLWK Fans all over,

As you're well aware, Hurricane Katrina has devastated the Gulf Coast region and has in all effect, changed the beloved city of New Orleans forever, once my second home.

In a wistful moment of wonderful, sometimes foggy [I admit] memories; I can recall jamming with Fess at Quint Davis's house back in the 70's while I was with BB, Allison Minor smilin' & dancin', hanging out at all the great little dives & bars drinkin' & shootin' pool, gigs at Tips & JazzFest, savoring the most deliciousest food from the little corner Po'Boy shops to the fine dining restaurants and many colorful & cool places in- between, backyard crawfish boils & BBQs, the Saints at the Dome, Decatur St, Camp St, slow picks at the racetrack [& the Tastee Donut Shop] with Earl King, Snooks Eaglin jammin', Champion Jack Dupree's homecoming, Blacktop's Scott Brothers, discovering the ReBirth Brass Band, Gerald Sazon, Claudette & Cheryl, Earl Turbinton Jr, recording the Indians, learnin' piano from Willie Tee & Art Neville, Lloyd Lambert, recording with all my Blues & NOLA R&B heroes, Tulane girls & ladies of even less repute, all my friends etc, etc. Hell, I believe my son AJ was conceived during Mardi-Gras!

Some of these things & people were already gone [sadly enough] before this horrific hurricane, but now EVERYTHING there is truly destroyed and gone forever for everyone!

However, there are still many poor people down there NOW who have an all too true, vivid memory of shear fear & terror, utter devastation and human suffering of such proportion, unprecedented in our nation's history. THEY NEED OUR HELP NOW & FAST!

I'm donating 100 of all my Cd sales monies to the Red Cross in conjunction with CdBaby.com starting TODAY.

So here's what YOU can do to help, click on these links:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/rlwk11 & http://cdbaby.com/cd/rlwk9

and order either one of these Cds or better yet, order BOTH and receive some great RLWK music you'll enjoy and at the same time, help out our victimized brothers & sisters of this horrific calamity of Biblical proportion.

Thank you and let's pray we can together help them in time enough to help save and avoid further needless suffering and get these folks back on their feet ASAP.

Please act now.

Thanks again,

Ron Levy