The Sorcerer - Gabor Szabo

For some, Wes Montgomery was the inventor of the Pop jazz, for others it was George Benson. In fact, this merit is more likely to be attributed to a Hungarian colleague of the two: the guitarist Gabor Szabo, who died in 1982 at the age of 45.

Jazz guitarist of hungrian origin, his albums recorded between the mid and late sixties, released on the Impulse! label, have been quite influential. His inspired amalgam of Jazz, pop sensibilities and hungarian gipsy music has influenced the playing of Carlos Santana, notably.

Szabo’s The Sorcerer recorded at Boston’s legendary Jazz Workshop with his working quartet (Jimmy Smith, guitar; Louis Kabok, bass; Marty Morell, drums; Hal Gordon, percussion) has been remastered in the London Abbey Road Studios, pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

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