Gabor Szabo Spellbinder (Verve Vault Series)

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• Gbor Szabs Spellbinder stands as one of the most distinctive jazz records of the 1960s, introducing the Hungarian-born guitarist to a wider American audience with a sound that moved freely between modal jazz, Eastern European folk ideas and contemporary pop textures. Originally released on Impulse! Records and now part of the Verve Vault series, the album captures Szab refining a deeply personal approach built on vamp-led structures, droning harmonies and a sitar-like guitar articulation.

  Recorded at Rudy Van Gelders Englewood Cliffs studio and produced by Bob Thiele, Spellbinder places Szab in a fluid quintet with bassist Ron Carter, drummer Chico Hamilton and percussionists Willie Bobo and Victor Pantoja. Together, they create a mesmeric interplay of rhythm and restraint, where repet