{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = Breeding of Mind | type = Album | artist = O'Donel Levy | cover = Breeding of Mind.jpg | alt = | released = 1972 | recorded = 1972 | venue = | studio = New York City | genre = Jazz | length = 38:41 | label = Groove Merchant<small><br>GM 507</small> | producer = Sonny Lester | chronology = O'Donel Levy | prev_title = Black Velvet | prev_year = 1971 | next_title = Dawn of a New Day | next_year = 1973 }}
'''''Breeding of Mind''''' is an album by American jazz guitarist O'Donel Levy recorded in 1972 and released on the Groove Merchant label.<ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_ODonel_Levy.htm Jazzlists: O'Donel Levy Discography], accessed March 28, 2018</ref><ref name="Groove Merchant discography">[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Groove_Merchant.htm Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series], accessed March 28, 2018</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Breeding_Of_Mind.htm Jazzlists: Album details], accessed March 28, 2018</ref><ref>Sudo, K. [http://sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/O/ODonelLevy/BreedingOfMind_x.html Spiral Quest: album details], accessed March 28, 2018</ref>
== Reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" /> }} Allmusic's Jason Ankeny said: "''Breeding of Mind'' pairs guitarist O'Donel Levy with arranger Manny Albam for a genre-defying set that embraces elements of jazz, funk and baroque pop -- the end result is soulful and sublime, couching Levy's uncommonly expressive tone in a series of bold, lush contexts that underline the sophistication of his craft".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Jason|last=Ankeny|class=album |id= mw0001128044 |title=''Breeding of Mind'' – Review |accessdate=March 28, 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing== All compositions by O'Donel Levy except where noted # "We've Only Just Begun" (Roger Nichols, Paul Williams) – 3:57 # "It's Too Late" (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 3:35 # "Breeding of Mind" – 3:14 # "Cherries" – 4:04 # "On Broadway" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:37 # "Ideal" – 4:01 # "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Clifton Davis) – 5:18 # "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr.) – 3:09 # "The Chocolate Horse" – 3:17 # "Angel Eyes" (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) – 4:29 ==Personnel== *O'Donel Levy – guitar *Charles Covington – organ *Eric Ward – bass *Chester Thompson – drums *Manny Albam – arranger, conductor (tracks 1–4) *Burt Collins, Joe Shepley – flugelhorn (tracks 1–4) *David Nadien, Selwart Clarke, Gene Orloff, Paul Gershman, Joe Malin, Alfred Brown, Emanuel Green – violin (tracks 1–4) *Kermit Moore, George Ricci, Charles McCracken – cello (tracks 1–4)
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Category:Groove Merchant albums Category:O'Donel Levy albums Category:1972 albums Category:Albums produced by Sonny Lester Category:Albums arranged by Manny Albam Category:Albums conducted by Manny Albam