Four Leaf Clover Records

Gabor Szabo In Stockholm (Double CD)

Gabor Szabo

FLCCD 2001/2

CD1 Small World - FLCCD 2001 GABOR SZABO Guitar and Bohlin 12-string acoustic guitar JANNE SCHAFFER Guitar (4, 6, 7) BERNT EGERBLADH Electric-piano (4, 6, 7) STEFAN BROLUND Bass (4, 6, 7) STURE NORDIN Bass (1, 2, 3) NILS-ERIK SLÖRNER (SVENSSON) Drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7) Musical consult: Peter Totth. Producer: Lars Samuelson Recorded in Stockholm August 12­13, 1972 at EMI-studio. Engineer: Lars Rosin. Mix-engineer: Gert Palmcrantz. This album have been released on vinyl by following labels EFG 7230 Four Leaf Clover Records (Sweden) BLPS 19151 Bellaphon Record (Germany) K18P 9403 King Record (Japan) TLP 1003 TEAK Record (Japan) GSL 7003 Elec Records (Japan) SJ25 9001 Swe-Disc (Japan) FLC 6001 Four Leaf Clover Records (Sweden)
CD2 Belsta River - FLCCD 2002 GABOR SZABO Guitar JANNE SCHAFFER Guitar WLODEK GULGOWSKI Piano, Electric-piano, Moog PEKKA POHJOLA Bass PETER SUNDELL Drums MALANDO GASSAMA Conga, Perc. Recorded in Stockholm 6­7 January 1978 at Europa Film Studio Engineer: Leif Allansson. CD-mastered by: Per Westerlund, Sound Space WMP Musical consult: Peter Totth. Producer: Lars Samuelson This album have been released on vinyl by following labels. FLC 5030 Four Leaf Clover Records (Sweden) K18P 9404 King Record (Japan) SJ25 9006 Swe-Disc (Japan)
Gabor Szabo was born in Hungary and emigrated to the United States to study at the University of Jazz in Boston. He took part in the Newport Festival Big Band where he attracted much attention. He later travelled west to Los Angeles and played for some time with Chico Hamilton. Gabor was a frequent visitor to the recordings studios and has made many records with, amongst others, Lena Horn and Gary McFarland. The late Gary McFarland was a superb arranger who particularly admired Gabor for his compelling romanticism, gypsy sound, conelements. Gabor created an almost trancelike atmosphere in his solos to attain a totality between himself, the music and the listener. He was also a fine composer as is evident on this record and his compositions have been recorded by many others, Santana had a million-seller in the USA with their version of "Gypsy Queen". During a visit to Sweden in 1972 and 1978, Gabor recorded the albums for Four Leaf Clover "Small World" and "Belsta River". Gabor Szabo was a highly respected musicians in his native country, and is regarded as one of the best musicians from Hungary. Gabor Szabo died on the 28th of February 1982 in Budapest. He will be greatly missed. För många är kanske den ungerske gitarristen Gabor Szabo (1936-1982) ett okänt namn. Som frihetskämpe tvingades han fly landet vid revolten 1956 och hamnade i Amerika. Som gitarrist fick han sitt genombrott med Chico Hamiltons kvintett 1961 och blev därefter en välfrekventerad studiomusiker bakom stjärnor som Lena Horne med flera. Vid Sverigebesöken 1972 och 1978 gjorde Szabo två FLC-LP, Small World och Belsta River, som nu återutgivits på denna dubbel-CD. Svenska musiker som ger honom bästa tänkbara support är bl.a. Janne Schaffer, Bernt Egerbladh, Sture Nordin och Wlodek Gulgowski. Szabo var en mycket egensinnig musiker med en speciell klang i gitarren. Han hade en imponerande teknik som firar stora triumfer i de många och spänningsladdade improvisationsutflykterna och dessutom låter han som ingen annan. Hälften av skivans tio nummer är signerade Szabo och de övriga är People, Lilac-Glen, Concerto De Aranjuez, Django och Stormy. Bekanta er gärna med Gabor Szabo och ni blir garanterat en upplevelse rikare. Sundsvalls Tidning/Hans-Erik Bergman Copyright & Produced 2001 by Four Leaf Clover Records