The Szabo Equation: Jazz / Mysticism / Exotica
By Gábor Szabó
| . | . | . | . |
| |||||||||||||
Track listing
- 1 Galatea's Guitar 5:33
- 2 Sunshine Superman 3:45
- 3 Divided City 3:22
- 4 The Look of Love 3:15
- 5 Bacchanal 4:55
- 6 Some Velvet Morning 5:10
- 7 Ferris Wheel 5:27
- 8 Song of Injured Love 4:05
- 9 Fire Dance 5:39
- 10 Theme From "Valley of the Dolls" 3:45
- Total length: 44:56
Rate/Catalog
Catalog
Set listening
Review
To rate, slide your finger across the stars from left to right.
3 Issues
2 Reviews
Compilation
This album contains a selection from 2 albums released in 1968, Dreams and Bacchanal.Published
Calling Gabor Szabo a jazz artist is a rather questionable affair, because he’s really in a class by himself, though certain concepts and structures make it easy to place him in the jazz bin. I first became aware of his work from his Jazz Raga outing, a very diametrically diverse soundscape sort of album that should not be missed. There are those who would attempt to link Gabor to Herb Alpert, and while I can appreciate that comparison, Szabo is essentially a different being, a true hypnotic guitar master of what I would consider to be gypsy jazz guitar, where he plays with perfection and balance, creating a dreamscape where one doesn’t live in the album, or even the song, but in the moment in which he’s playing, creating a vibrantly quiet atmospheric album that doesn’t so much sound as if the music is coming from your speakers … more that his music is a gentle myst that is settling over you, warmly enticing you to sink deeper into your favorite listening chair, allowing yourself to truly wonder.
Of course there are moments of musical recognition, where he’s covering a song you know well, with all of the tracks found here being cover versions, but in a breath, in the instant it takes to make that recognition, the song progresses and morphs into something far different, far more inclusive and intoxicating.
Of course there are moments of musical recognition, where he’s covering a song you know well, with all of the tracks found here being cover versions, but in a breath, in the instant it takes to make that recognition, the song progresses and morphs into something far different, far more inclusive and intoxicating.
Published
ADVERTISEMENT
Votes are used to help determine the most interesting content on RYM.
Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term.
Vote down content which breaks the rules.
Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term.
Vote down content which breaks the rules.
Catalog
2 Aug 2023
5 Nov 2022
24 Aug 2022
9 Dec 2021
7 Dec 2021
17 Oct 2021
6 Jun 2021
4 Nov 2020
24 Oct 2019
30 Jul 2018
28 Feb 2018
30 Nov 2017
12 Feb 2017
-
1
Galatea's Guitar
-
2
Sunshine Superman
-
3
Divided City
-
4
The Look of Love
-
5
Bacchanal
-
6
Some Velvet Morning
-
7
Ferris Wheel
-
8
Song of Injured Love
-
9
Fire Dance
-
10
Theme From "Valley of the Dolls"
12 Nov 2016
26 May 2016