PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PAYPAL-ONLY
LISTING.
Brand new shrinkwrapped CD.
Vocalion CDSML 8503
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.
Includes an 8-page booklet with extensive biographical information and the stories behind the albums.
Remastered from the original analogue tapes. First time on CD.
Faces
The original LP SRM-1-1141 (1977) STEREO
1. The Biz (Lyle)
2. Magic Mystic Faces (Szabo; James)
3. Gloomy Day (Henderson; James)
4. Desiring You (Jeffery)
5. Misty Malarky Ying Yang (McClain)
6. Alicia (Szabo; Totth)
7. The Last Song (Szabo)
8. Estaté (Martino; Brighetti)
Bonus tracks
The original single 73957 (1977) STEREO
9. The Biz (Lyle) edited version
10. Alicia (Szabo; Totth) edited version
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
NOTE: From 1 July 2021, due to changes in EU VAT regulations, customers in the European Union will be responsible for paying the VAT and duty on all orders sent from the UK with a consignment value of above 150 Euros.
Additionally, the Channel Islands are not part of the UK for VAT purposes, which means that shipments from the UK to the Channel Islands are classed as exports. Customers in the Channel Islands therefore are responsible for paying the VAT and duty on all orders sent from the UK, regardless of their consignment value.