Sold Date: August 21, 2023
Start Date: April 21, 2022
Final Price: $32.50 (USD)
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Gabor Szabo - The Sorcerer - Impulse - New and Sealed - Stunning Jazz Guitar - Ships Fast!
To some, Wes Montgomery was the inventor of pop jazz; to others, it was George Benson. In fact, however, that credit probably belongs more to a Hungarian colleague of the two: guitarist Gabor Szabo, who died in 1982 at the age of 45.
"If you play pop songs, all you can do is prove you're a better musician because you know what to do with them," Szabo asserted. He showed what he meant by that on his 1967 album "The Sorcerer," which he recorded live.
The repertoire reflected what was hip at the time: a bossa nova by Roberto Menescal, a top 10 hit by Sonny & Cher and a piece by French film composer Francis Lai. Szabo knew how to give this material a distinctly jazzy edge without robbing the poppy, groovy tunes of their magic.
Gabor Szabo's quintet featuring Jimmy Stewart was one of the guitarist's very best units. Live performances like this, recorded at Boston's Jazz Workshop, document some of the excitement the group stirred in 1967-1968. The playing seems inspired, and the interplay within the group is something to behold - even when performing lightweight tunes like "The Beat Goes On." Szabó was an influential jazz guitarist, famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music. Beginning in 1966 he recorded a well-received span of albums under his own name on the Impulse label.
Tracklist:
A1   The Beat Goes On A2   Little Boat A3   Lou-Ise A4   What Is This Thing Called Love? B1   Space B2   Stronger Than Us B3   Mizrab B4   Comin' Back
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