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live in cleveland 1976szabo gaborCDKiadó: EBALUNGA!!! Megjelenés dátuma: 2022-08-05 UPC: 8016670151784 Termékazonosító: 9C7429
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Tracklist1. It Happens 12:132. Autumn Leaves 13:15 3. Magical Connection 13:29
4. Concorde (Nightflight) 11:48
Product Notes:
Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo (1936-82) issued only three live
recordings during his lifetime. Significantly, the first of these, 'The
Sorcerer' (1967), remains the most popular album in the guitarist's
all-too abbreviated discography. But there were also 'More Sorcery'
(1968) and 'Gabor Szabo Live With Charles Lloyd' (1974), offering Szabo
totally in his element and at his bewitching best. Several more of
Szabo's concert recordings have surfaced in the intervening years,
including this one, superbly captured for radio broadcast live in 1976
at the 600-seat Agora Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio. It is a revelation.
There is a sense here that concert patrons may have been hearing an
altogether different Gabor Szabo than record buyers. For one thing,
Szabo is heard fronting what is likely his own group, rather than an
army of studio musicians. In 1976, Szabo was leading a tremendous
quartet with George Cables (or Joanne Grauer) on piano, Tony Dumas on
bass and Sherman Ferguson on drums. Szabo had not had a band with this
much jazz clout since his famed quartet with Jimmy Stewart in 1967-68 -
and it is a union worth savoring: Szabo's records during this period
were light, at best, on jazz. It's unclear if any of these musicians are
on the Agora date, but as Dumas's 'It Happens' opens the program, it's a
good bet, at least, that the bassist is on board here. But as Szabo's
'76 quartet is not known to have recorded a studio record, 'Live In
Cleveland' is the closest thing to what a mid-seventies Szabo jazz album
would sound like. Gone, are the strings, vocals, and concessions to
commercial consideration so prevalent on so many of Szabo's studio
records at the time. What is present, though, is fine craftsmanship,
tremendous interplay, and the exciting improvisation that good jazz
always yields. This particular concert was part of Sansui's 'New World
of Jazz,' a series of 13-hour-long jazz concerts recorded at Cleveland's
iconic Agora Ballroom and broadcast over 40 FM radio stations. The
series was sponsored by Sansui Electronics, a Japanese manufacturer of
audio and video equipment, which previously sponsored a similar series
of rock concerts recorded at the Agora as well. Sansui was promoting its
matrix QS 4-channel sound system - offering, what was considered at the
time, superior diagonal separation and stereo compatibility. The firm,
partnering with Agora Ballroom and Agency Recording Studio owner Hank
LoConti (1929-2014), was looking to take advantage of what they rightly
felt was the then-current jazz renaissance. Each show's 16-track master
tape was mixed through the Sansui QS 4-channel encoder, according to an
August 1976 Billboard article detailing the arrangement, for
distribution to the 40 FM stations throughout the United States that
bought the series - allowing for three commercial spots for local
dealers to advertise.
The recording is available for the first time on
CD and vinyl.
Mastering by grammy-nominated Jessica Thompson.
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New release date:
2022-09-09
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