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| 1. | Yesterday
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| 2. | The Last One to Be Loved
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| 3. | The Echo of Love
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| 4. | Gypsy '66
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| 5. | Flea Market
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| 6. | Walk on By
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| 7. | If I Fell
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| 8. | Gypsy Jam
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| 9. | I'm All Smiles
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Jazz
Gabor Szabo - Guitar
Albert Stinson - Bass
Barry Galbraith - Guitar
Francisco Pozo - Percussion
Gary McFarland - Marimba
Grady Tate - Drums
Richard Davis - Bass
Sadao Watanabe - Flute
Sam T. Brown - Guitar
Willie Rodriguez - Percussion
* Charles Stewart - Photography
* Fred Seligo - Cover Photo
* Joe Lebow - Liner Design
* Nat Hentoff - Liner Notes
* Robert Flynn - Cover Design
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
* Takao Ogawa - Liner Notes
Guitarist Gabor Szabo's debut as a leader (after an important stint with the Chico Hamilton Quintet) is surprisingly successful. The reason this LP is a bit of a surprise is that the repertoire (in addition to two originals apiece by the leader and Gary McFarland) has a few unlikely songs by the Beatles ("Yesterday" and "If I Fell") and Burt Bacharach (including "Walk On By"). Usually jazz adaptations of rock songs in the 1960s are lightweight, but Szabo's original sound, the unusual instrumentation (two or three guitars, Sadao Watanabe on flute, Gary McFarland on marimba, bass, drums and percussion) and McFarland's clever arrangements uplift the music. The playing time at 35 minutes is a bit brief, but the performances are better than expected.
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Gabor Szabo
Active Decades: '60s, '70s and '80s
Born: Mar 08, 1936 in Budapest, Hungary
Died: Feb 26, 1982 in Budapest, Hungary
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz, Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz
Gabor Szabo was one of the most original guitarists to emerge in the 1960s, mixing his Hungarian folk music heritage with a deep love of jazz and crafting a distinctive, largely self-taught sound. Inspired by a Roy Rogers cowboy movie, Szabo began playing guitar when he was 14 and often played in dinner clubs and covert jam sessions while still living in Budapest. He escaped from his country at age 20 on the eve of the Communist uprising and eventually made his way to America, settling with his family in California. He attended Berklee College (1958-60) and in 1961 joined Chico Hamilton's innovative quintet featuring Charles Lloyd. Urged by Hamilton, Szabo crafted a most distinctive sound; agile on intricate, nearly-free runs as he was able to sound inspired during melodic passages. Szabo left the Hamilton group in 1965 to leave his mark on the pop-jazz of the Gary McFarland quintet and the energy music of Charles Lloyd's fiery and underrated quartet featuring Ron Carter and Tony Williams. Szabo initiated a solo career in 1966, recording the exceptional album, Spellbinder, which yielded many inspired moments and "Gypsy Queen," the song Santana turned into a huge hit in 1970. Szabo formed an innovative quintet (1967-69) featuring the brilliant, classically trained guitarist Jimmy Stewart and recorded many notable albums during the late 1960s. The emergence of rock music (especially George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix) found Szabo successfully experimenting with feedback and less successfully (but innovative at the time) with more commercially oriented forms of jazz. During the 1970s, Szabo regularly performed along the West Coast, hypnotizing audiences with his enchanting, spellbinding style. But from 1970, he was locked into a commercial groove, even though records like Mizrab occasionally revealed the success of his jazz, pop, Gypsy, Indian and Asian fusions. Szabo had revisited his homeland several times during the 1970s, finding opportunities to perform brilliantly with native talents. He was hospitalized during his final visit and died in 1982, just short of his 46th birthday and five years after his final American album was released.
--- Douglas Payne, All Music Guide |
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