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Dreams (Gábor Szabó Album)
''Dreams'' is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the Skye label. The design was made by David Stahlberg, and features artwork by English illustrator John Austen entitled "Vision". Reception The Allmusic review states: "a collection of originals, pop covers, and classical reinterpretations. The result is a sort of accessible third-stream music. Szabo has many fine moments".Payne, DAllmusic Review accessed February 22, 2012. Track listing ''All compositions by Gábor Szabó, except as indicated.'' # "Galatea's Guitar" – 5:33 # "Half the Day is the Night" (Gary McFarland) – 4:23 # "Song of Injured Love" (Manuel de Falla) – 4:05 # "The Fortune Teller" (Gábor Szabó, Louis Kabok) – 4:28 # " Fire Dance" (Falla) – 5:39 # "The Lady in the Moon" – 5:13 # "Ferris Wheel" ( Donovan Leitch) – 5:27 Recorded in Los Angeles, California on 6, 7, 9 August 1968 with overdubs recorded in New York City on 22 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gábor Szabó
Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian-American guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Music of Hungary, Hungarian music. Early years Szabó was born in Budapest, Budapest, Hungary. He began playing guitar at the age of 14. In the aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Hungarian revolution of 1956, he moved to California, United States, and later attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston between 1958 and 1960. In a 1974 interview, Szabo said he fell in love with jazz listening to Voice of America: "I had to listen to the jazz stations very quietly at night--if they were not jammed--because listening to music from the Western world was an offense against the government." When the Soviet Union militarily suppressed Hungarian insurgents, Szabo was twenty. He escaped to an Austrian refugee camp, later emigrating to San Bernardino. He found it challenging to break into jazz. He formed a trio with two other refugees. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |