Gabor Szabo • Faces

Hungarian born jazz guitarist Gabor Szabo arrived in America in the late 1950s, having fled the anti-communist uprising in his homeland. By the early 1960s, he had begun to establish himself as one of jazz's rising stars, joining drummer Chico Hamilton's group in 1960. He left Hamilton in 1965 and briefly played in a group co-led with tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd before going out on his own as a solo artist. Between 1965 and 1977, he recorded a string of solo albums for the Impulse, Blue Thumb, Skye, CTI and Mercury labels. Faces, recorded for Mercury in 1977, is very much a jazz-fusion album. Produced by trombonist and ex-Crusader Wayne Henderson, the rhythm section was drawn from the soul-jazz-funk band Pleasure with whom Henderson was working at the Fantasy label. The music is built on irresistible, earthy funk grooves that allow Szabo plenty of space to spin long, elegant guitar lines and meticulously constructed solos, both of which were his trademarks. Largely overlooked on its original release, Faces is now revealed as a minor classic within the jazz-fusion genre.

 

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El guitarrista de jazz de origen húngaro Gabor Szabo llegó a América a finales de los 50, tras haber huido del levantamiento anticomunista en su tierra natal. A principios de los años 60, empezó a establecerse como una de las estrellas en ascenso del jazz, uniéndose al grupo del baterista Chico Hamilton en 1960. Dejó a Hamilton en 1965 y tocó brevemente en un grupo codirigido con el saxofonista tenor Charles Lloyd antes de salir por su cuenta como solista. Entre 1965 y 1977, grabó una serie de álbumes en solitario para los sellos Impulse, Blue Thumb, Skye, CTI y Mercury. Faces, grabado para Mercury en 1977, es un álbum de fusión de jazz. Producido por el trombonista y ex-cruzador Wayne Henderson, la sección rítmica fue tomada de la banda de soul-jazz-funk Pleasure con la que Henderson trabajaba en el sello Fantasy. La música está construida sobre irresistibles y terrenales surcos de funk que permiten a Szabo mucho espacio para girar largas y elegantes líneas de guitarra y solos meticulosamente construidos, ambos de los cuales eran su marca registrada. En gran medida pasado por alto en su lanzamiento original, Faces se revela ahora como un clásico menor dentro del género de jazz-fusión.

 

 

Tracklist

A1 The Biz 4:35
A2 Magic Mystic Faces 5:19
A3 Gloomy Day 5:52
A4 Desiring You 6:05
B1 Misty Malarky Ying Yang 6:59
B2 Alicia 5:37
B3 The Last Song 6:35
B4 Estate 3:28


Personnel:
Gabor Szabo (acoustic guitar)
Bobby Lyle (electric piano)
Marlon McClain (electric guitar)
Nathaniel Phillips (bass guitar)
Bruce Carter (drums)
Vance Tenort (percussion)
Dean Gant (synthesizer programming)
Rini Kramer (cabasa/vibraslap [4] & guiro [7])
James Stewart (acoustic guitar [8])

Violins: Paul Shure (concertmaster), Bonnie Douglas,
Assa Drori, Irving Geller, Irma Neumann, Haim Shtrum,
Carroll Stephens (contractor), Robert Sushel
Violas: James Dunham, Janet Lakatos
Cellos: Nathan Gershman, David Speltz
Trumpets: Oscar Brashear, Denny Christianson
Trombone: George Bohannon
Tenor sax: Ernie Watts
Background vocals: Sylvia St. James, Deborah Shotlow,
Saundra Alexander, Cheryl Alexander

 

 

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