Nascido em Budapeste em 1936, Gabor Szabo foi um dos guitarristas mais originais que emergiu dos anos 60, misturando a sua herança de música folk Húngara com a sua paixão pelo Jazz para criar uma sonoridade única e distinta. Bacchanal foi editado em 1968 pela editora que o próprio fundou com Cal Tjader e Gary McFarland, a Skye Records.

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Gabor Szabo was one of the most original guitarists to emerge in the 1960s, mixing his Hungarian folk music heritage with a deep love of jazz and crafting a distinctive, largely self-taught sound. Born in Budapest, on March 8, 1936, Szabo was inspired by a Roy Rogers cowboy movies to begin playing guitar when he was 14 and often played in dinner clubs and covert jam sessions while still living in his hometown. He escaped from his country at age 20 on the eve of the Communist uprising and eventually made his way to America, settling with his family in California.

He attended Berklee College (1958-1960) and in 1961 joined Chico Hamilton's innovative quintet featuring Charles Lloyd. Urged by Hamilton, Szabo crafted a most distinctive sound; as agile on intricate, nearly-free runs as he was able to sound inspired during melodic passages. Szabo left the Hamilton group in 1965 to leave his mark on the pop-jazz of the Gary McFarland quintet and the energy music of Charles Lloyd's fiery and underrated quartet featuring Ron Carter and Tony Williams.

Szabo initiated a solo career in 1966, recording the exceptional album, Spellbinder, which yielded many inspired moments and "Gypsy Queen," the song Santana turned into a huge hit in 1970. Szabo formed an innovative quintet (1967-1969) featuring the brilliant, classically-trained guitarist Jimmy Stewart and recorded many notable albums during the late '60s. The emergence of rock music (especially George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix) found Szabo experimenting with feedback and more commercially oriented forms of jazz.

During the '70s, Szabo regularly performed along the West Coast, hypnotizing audiences with his enchanting, spellbinding style. From 1970, he locked into a commercial groove, even though records like Mizrab occasionally revealed his seamless jazz, pop, Gypsy, Indian, and Asian fusions. Szabo had revisited his homeland several times during the '70s, finding opportunities to perform brilliantly with native talents. He was hospitalized during his final visit and died in 1982, just short of his 46th birthday.

The performances on this LP have a restrained, introspective quality. Szabo's work is lyrical, rather economical, and somewhat angular, and his tone is warm and glowing. -Billboard

One of the most original, sweepingly lyrical guitarists...a singular phenomenon. - Nat Hentoff

But for sheer lyrical beauty, few players are in Szabo's class. His startling use of dissonance is a delight too, and time and again he will alter a final phrase just slightly, totally reorienting a familiar tune. - Alan Heineman, Downbeat

Recorded February 9, 1968 at Western Recording, Los Angeles

Músicos:

Gabor Szabo - guitarra
Jim Stewart - guitarra
Hal Gordon - percussão
Jimmy Keltner - bateria
Louis Kabok - baixo

Lista de Faixas:

01. Three King Fishers (Donovan)
02. Love is Blue (Popp-Cour-Blackburn)
03. Theme from "Valley of the Dolls" (Previn-Previn)
04. Bacchanal (Gabor Szabo)
05. Sunshine Superman (Donovan)
06. Some Velvet Morning (Lee Hazelwood)
07. The Look of Love (Bacharach-David)
08. Divided City (Gabor Szabo)

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