Spellbinder
Reissue of the 1966 Impulse! Records album that blends modal jazz, Eastern European folk & 60s pop.

Spellbinder

Gabor Szabo

€ 30,95
  • LP
Label
Verve
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Description

Spellbinder, released in 1966 on Impulse! Records, introduced Hungarian guitarist G?bor Szab? 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 Szab? 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 Szab??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 Szab??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 Szab? 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.

Tracklist

A

  • 1.Spellbinder05:26
  • 2.Witchcraft04:37
  • 3.It Was A Very Good Year02:45
  • 4.Gypsy Queen05:11

B

  • 1.Bang Bang02:26
  • 2.Cheetah04:07
  • 3.My Foolish Heart05:26
  • 4.Yearning02:56
  • 5.Autumn Leaves & Speak To Me Of Love03:34

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