''Rambler'' is an album by Hungarian guitarist

Gábor Szabó Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian American guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Hungarian music. Early years Szabó was born in Budapest, Hungary. He began playing guitar at the age ...

featuring performances recorded in 1973 and released on the CTI label.CTI Records discography
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Reception

The

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review states "For what would be Szabo's last significant recording, the Hungarian guitarist performs an obscurity and five of bassist Melz's originals... Although the individual melodies are not that memorable (none caught on), Gabor Szabo's distinctive sound and logical improvisations make this an album worth searching for".Yanow, S
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Wolfgang Melz except as indicated'' # "Rambler" - 5:25 # "So Hard to Say Goodbye" - 4:42 # "New Love" - 6:21 # "Reinhardt" - 6:55 # "Help Me Build a Lifetime" - 4:27 # "All Is Well" (Robert Lamm) - 5:20 :*Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in September 1973

Personnel

*Gábor Szabó -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Bob James -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

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, musical supervision *

Mike Wofford Mike Wofford (born in San Antonio, Texas) is a jazz pianist who was raised in San Diego, California. He was an accompanist to singers Sarah Vaughan (in 1979) and Ella Fitzgerald (1989–1994). He was known in the jazz community going back to th ...

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...

*Wolfgang Melz -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

*Bobby Morin -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

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percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rambler (Gabor Szabo album) CTI Records albums Gábor Szabó albums 1973 albums Albums produced by Creed Taylor Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio