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| Jazz Raga |
| Szabó Gábor |
| első megjelenés éve: 1967 |
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| (2010)
[ DIGIPACK ]
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Kérjen
árajánlatot! |
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| 1. | Walking On Nails
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| 2. | Mizrab
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| 3. | Search For Nirvana
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| 4. | Krishna
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| 5. | Raga Doll
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| 6. | Comin' Back
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| 7. | Paint It Black
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| 8. | Sophisticated Wheels
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| 9. | Ravi
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| 10. | Caravan
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| 11. | Summertime
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Jazz / Post-Bop, Crossover Jazz
Digitally remastered edition of this 1967 album from the Hungarian guitarist. The world famous Impulse Jazz catalog is so cavernous, you truly need a music-minded flashlight to uncover its deepest and darkest secrets. Thankfully, Light In The Attic has recently acquired such luminescent technology and the first discovery is Szabo's Indo-fusion landmark, Jazz Raga. Combining Szabo's distinctive six-string touch and open-minded ideas, it brings together Jazz, Pop-Rock, and his native European influence, along with hypnotic sitar, stoned bass vibrations, occasional Psychedelic vocals, and the laidback, yet totally in the pocket, Latin/R&B infused backbeat of #1 session drummer, Bernard Purdie.
CD includes 40-page color booklet
Liner notes written by Doug Sheppard (Ugly Things, Goldmine), and includes interviews with Bernard Purdie, Rudy Van Gelder and Jack Gregg, unseen photos courtesy of the Szabo family, as well as a rare 1967 interview Szabo gave to DownBeat Magazine.
* Landmark Impulse! Records release
* Influenced scores of classic albums from Beck's "Odelay" to Santana's "Abraxas"
* First time released on CD, and first LP reissue
* LP is enclosed in beautifully crafted gatefold jacket and printed on 180-gram vinyl
* Remastered from original tapes
Gabor Szabo was a fearless innovator, and 1967's Jazz Raga stands as a testament to his experimental brilliance. It is a record stuffed with myriad styles, a cross-section of global influences that include jazz, rock and psychedelic folk tinged with sitars, a Latin-influenced backbeat (courtesy of session drummer Bernard Purdie, whose play here is sterling), as well as traditional European sounds. It is a hypnotic blend, a rich musical fusion crafted by a master artisan. Szabo's guitar work on Jazz Raga is among the best of his career, a sublime performance in which Szabo's free runs, discordant chords and lilting solos produce a distinct, engrossing sound. From the blissed-out "Walking On Nails" to the sitar-heavy "Mizrab" to the inspired cover of "Paint It Black", it is clear why Jazz Raga has, in the decades since its release, become an important and influential work for scores of musicians fortunate enough to come across its path.
Gabor Szabo
Active Decades: '60s and '70s
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, Jazz Instrument, Guitar 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 (1958-1960) and in 1961 joined Chico Hamilton's innovative quintet featuring Charles Lloyd. Urged by Hamilton, Szabo crafted a most distinctive sound; as 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 (1967-1969) featuring the brilliant, classically trained guitarist Jimmy Stewart and recorded many notable albums during the late '60s. 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 '70s, 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 '70s, 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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