Gabor Szabo Spellbinder Vinyl LP 2026
Tracklist:
- Spellbinder
- Witchcraft
- It Was a Very Good Year
- Gypsy Queen
- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
- Cheetah
- My Foolish Heart
- Yearning
- Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love
'Spellbinder', released in 1966 on Impulse! Records, introduced Hungarian guitarist GĂĄbor SzabĂł to a wider American audience with a set that blends modal jazz, Eastern European folk influences, and 1960s pop textures. Recorded in May 1966 at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs studio and produced by Bob Thiele, Spellbinder features SzabĂł in a quintet setting with bassist Ron Carter, drummer Chico Hamilton, and percussionists Willie Bobo and Victor Pantoja. The group's hypnotic blend of grooves and drones helped establish SzabĂł's signature approach: vamp-based forms, sitar-like guitar articulation, and modal lines shaped by his Eastern European heritage. The title track, a slow-building vamp, showcases SzabĂł's minimalist phrasing and rhythmic sensitivity. The record's standout moment is a reimagining of Sonny Bono's 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)', which SzabĂł transforms into a darkly lyrical modal meditation. Elsewhere, the group blurs the lines between jazz improvisation and global rhythms, bridging bop vocabulary with the expanding musical frontiers of the mid-1960s.
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$14.56Gabor Szabo Spellbinder Vinyl LP 2026
Tracklist:
- Spellbinder
- Witchcraft
- It Was a Very Good Year
- Gypsy Queen
- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
- Cheetah
- My Foolish Heart
- Yearning
- Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love
'Spellbinder', released in 1966 on Impulse! Records, introduced Hungarian guitarist GĂĄbor SzabĂł to a wider American audience with a set that blends modal jazz, Eastern European folk influences, and 1960s pop textures. Recorded in May 1966 at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs studio and produced by Bob Thiele, Spellbinder features SzabĂł in a quintet setting with bassist Ron Carter, drummer Chico Hamilton, and percussionists Willie Bobo and Victor Pantoja. The group's hypnotic blend of grooves and drones helped establish SzabĂł's signature approach: vamp-based forms, sitar-like guitar articulation, and modal lines shaped by his Eastern European heritage. The title track, a slow-building vamp, showcases SzabĂł's minimalist phrasing and rhythmic sensitivity. The record's standout moment is a reimagining of Sonny Bono's 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)', which SzabĂł transforms into a darkly lyrical modal meditation. Elsewhere, the group blurs the lines between jazz improvisation and global rhythms, bridging bop vocabulary with the expanding musical frontiers of the mid-1960s.
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Tracklist:
- Spellbinder
- Witchcraft
- It Was a Very Good Year
- Gypsy Queen
- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
- Cheetah
- My Foolish Heart
- Yearning
- Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love
'Spellbinder', released in 1966 on Impulse! Records, introduced Hungarian guitarist GĂĄbor SzabĂł to a wider American audience with a set that blends modal jazz, Eastern European folk influences, and 1960s pop textures. Recorded in May 1966 at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs studio and produced by Bob Thiele, Spellbinder features SzabĂł in a quintet setting with bassist Ron Carter, drummer Chico Hamilton, and percussionists Willie Bobo and Victor Pantoja. The group's hypnotic blend of grooves and drones helped establish SzabĂł's signature approach: vamp-based forms, sitar-like guitar articulation, and modal lines shaped by his Eastern European heritage. The title track, a slow-building vamp, showcases SzabĂł's minimalist phrasing and rhythmic sensitivity. The record's standout moment is a reimagining of Sonny Bono's 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)', which SzabĂł transforms into a darkly lyrical modal meditation. Elsewhere, the group blurs the lines between jazz improvisation and global rhythms, bridging bop vocabulary with the expanding musical frontiers of the mid-1960s.
