o snap. didn't know he did breezin first. my mom had the george benson record and i used to dig on that a bunch in highschool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz0zYA_12og
and the studio version is amazing!
― jaxon, Saturday, 13 August 2011 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
jaxon, have you ever mentioned to your mom that a good 70 percent of ilx ppl are intensely envious of her record collection ?
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
every once in a while i get a call like this "hey! where is my joni mitchell album?! you better bring that with you next time you come home"
― jaxon, Saturday, 13 August 2011 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
in my next life i'm gonna be a mom, sweating over a casserole while blasting rickie lee jones' first record. uh, wait, i already do that now! never mind...
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
i prefer thinking about the long chronology of me stealing records from my parents as a timeline chronicling the evolution of my taste, rather than an act of filial betrayal. like it's funny which ones i used to leave on the shelf and then a couple of family gatherings later zeroed in on and stole.
― bruce actual springsteen (schlump), Saturday, 13 August 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqGUxlKSdm4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlA3KaKN77o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DC6Tm58scY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIZWpYMgEjo
― jaxon, Friday, 23 September 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
If I had to do a top 10 of musicians with the coolest sounding names he'd definitely be up there.
― Moka, Friday, 23 September 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
cool clips! thanks for posting.
― tylerw, Friday, 23 September 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
No matter how much of his music I hear, when I hear his name, the first thing I think is always middle-distance Romanian athletics
― B-Boy Bualadh Bos (ecuador_with_a_c), Friday, 23 September 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
I listened to Gabor Szabo for about 2 hours while driving through the Bosnian countryside this past Sunday afternoon. It was perfect.
― (gr8080), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
good combo
― mr. vertical (schlump), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
buying so many gabor szabo records lately
i can't believe there are no published biographies/documentary films on this dude
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Saturday, 4 January 2014 17:37 (ten years ago) link
I need to get some, see so many of hIs records around for cheap
― ilx snitch (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 4 January 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
steer clear of the 70s stuff unless bob james style easy jazz is your thing
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Saturday, 4 January 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
60s stuff is safe?I bet I'm seeing the 70s stuff
― ilx snitch (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 4 January 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
xpost!
with some exceptions of course, mizrab & rambler both have a few tracks of the east~meets~west sound, and night flight is essential if only for "keep smiling"
but i'd say my essential short list, in order, would be:
1. dreams2. bacchanal 3. jazz raga4. spellbinder5. more sorcery
if u spot any of those cheap buy ASAP
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Saturday, 4 January 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
are you deliberately excluding the sorcerer or is it just implicit that it is the mothership
― mustread guy (schlump), Saturday, 4 January 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
almost anything from the 60's is great, but i'm personally averse to a lot of the pop music covers
"faces" from 77 is prob the only one i could go without ever hearing again entirely
xpost lol i guess sorcerer would be my #6? maybe i need to relisten soon!
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Saturday, 4 January 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
ha you should! i need to check your list but it's so good. the spacy first half especially.i have a higher tolerance for gabor doing like a mellow instrumental lucy in the sky with diamonds than i do hearing jose feliciano but that stuff is kinda forgettable, yeah
― mustread guy (schlump), Saturday, 4 January 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttwcTL5uolg
― mustread guy (schlump), Saturday, 4 January 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
^^ have this on the "his greatest hits" double LP from 1971, also a must-buy, only a few duds on it
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Saturday, 4 January 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
the recently released 1965 recordings w/ szabo, charles lloyd, ron carter + pet larocca are pretty awesome. maybe charles lloyd needs his own thread, that'd be wildly popular. does gabor get cred for being a feedback pioneer? he's doing some cool stuff here, which seems pretty ahead of the curve for 1965.
― tylerw, Friday, 6 February 2015 19:21 (nine years ago) link
I enjoyed "Night Flight", went well in groove and decadent "yacht" mixes I made.
― SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Friday, 6 February 2015 21:57 (nine years ago) link
Chico Hamilton's Man from Two Worlds is a good one to check out, as that is probably the best all around group Szabo played with.
― earlnash, Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:14 PM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
second this
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Friday, 6 February 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
I haven't listened to this dude for years, I dug out Bacchanal tonight and damn it is so good.
― xelab, Friday, 6 February 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
bacchanal is so good
― gr8080, Friday, 6 February 2015 23:06 (nine years ago) link
yeah it is! didn't realize until recently that it's jim keltner playing drums there (went on to play with ... pretty much everyone).
― tylerw, Friday, 6 February 2015 23:11 (nine years ago) link
had no idea he a) had a drug problem and b) went to scientology to take their cure, with predictable results (ie lawsuits)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 February 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
hey who didn't get through the 70s without a drug problem or a flirtation with a cult or both
― tylerw, Friday, 6 February 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link
lol true I just kinda figured he was a square
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 February 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link
you headz probably know this one, but szabo playing eight miles high is a nice 60s thanghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWE_RfZW74Y
― tylerw, Friday, 6 February 2015 23:35 (nine years ago) link
Been listening to Bacchanal and Dreams a lot today and they sound like his strongest albums, that fragile melody on his Love Is Blue makes me want to cry.
― xelab, Saturday, 7 February 2015 22:43 (nine years ago) link
does gabor get cred for being a feedback pioneer?
I think a little bit, but what he does with it is so subtle and controlled I don't know if people really catch it.
― master shammer (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 7 February 2015 23:04 (nine years ago) link
Possibly posted upthread, but this is seriously great. I could easily picture this jam on a Three Lobed LP
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1UeCtGGBuo
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 19 February 2015 02:01 (nine years ago) link
This stuff rules. Thanks.
― grandavis, Thursday, 19 February 2015 02:33 (nine years ago) link
Fantasy concert I am going to image in my head: The Pentangle, Gabor Szabo, Popol Vuh.
― rabatment of the rectangle (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 19 February 2015 04:04 (nine years ago) link
imagINe that is. Can't type anymore.
― rabatment of the rectangle (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 19 February 2015 04:05 (nine years ago) link
mizrab is the best
― gr8080, Thursday, 19 February 2015 11:39 (nine years ago) link
yeah i could listen to mizrab over and over and never get tired of it. gonna reemphasize my recommendation of that charles lloyd live thing! been listening to it a ton, just wonderful music throughout.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 February 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
― master shammer (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, February 7, 2015 6:04 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
In the John French Beefheart book he mentions them (orig magic band) seeing Szabo play in the early 60s and being impressed with his feedback use
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 19 February 2015 18:22 (nine years ago) link
oh no kidding! that is cool. i have a hunch jerry garcia was listening as well.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 February 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
thought i'd arrived at the end of the road wrt szabo' output till i discovered his work with the chico hamilton quintet:
https://youtu.be/0BJNxVf_iLM
https://youtu.be/_Wn4-NSu64w
― gr8080, Sunday, 19 April 2015 14:46 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BJNxVf_iLM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wn4-NSu64w
― gr8080, Sunday, 19 April 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
Yeah "El Chico" is a really good album! Man From Two Worlds has Gabor on it too.
― ^^^ NOT METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 19 April 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzYsnq9-JvQ
― Treeship, Sunday, 27 November 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
maybe charles lloyd needs his own thread, that'd be wildly popular.
― tylerw, Friday, February 6, 2015 2:21 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm all for this. I've been enjoying lots of Charles Lloyd these days, especially Big Sur Tapestry and some of his new age-y things. "Forest Flower" is of course classic, and the most recent one I heard (Hyperion with Higgins?) was excellent as well. Could use a proper thorough S&D, I'm just sorta dipping into his catalog at random and there is--predictably--quite a bit to hear
― Wimmels, Sunday, 27 November 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
Charles Lloyd’s latest record is appearing in some year end roundups: 8: Kindred Spirits, Live From The Lobero.But I can to post about an interesting spinoff from Gabor Szabo’s band I just became aware of, something called The Advancement. How to describe their single album? Kind of psych, proggy horror movie giallo vibe.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 December 2020 00:17 (three years ago) link
I too care about Gabor's middle eastern modalities but.. the album he plays sitar on? That is some of the worst sitar playing I've ever heard in my life, I think I could play sitar better. Why didn't anyone on the session tell him it was miles out of tune?
― ILXceptionalism (Tom D.), Monday, 7 December 2020 00:30 (three years ago) link
Dunno, but there’s nothing out of tune on The Advancement album.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 December 2020 00:35 (three years ago) link