Accidentally "discovering" Gabor on RU-vid is one of the happiest accidents of my life. I listen to jazz almost exclusively, but Gabor...gives me the world. All my previous musical influences wrapped up in one amazing stream of divinity.
same for me, hit on Gabor by accident, one of my favorite ever since !
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I got to meet Gabor one night at the Blue Parrot in La Jolla, CA. I was probably 21, which would have meant this was 1979. My friend, lets call him Dan, invited me to head down to the club and be on the guest list. My buddies dad had known Gabor for years, and in fact Gabor had stayed at Dan's house in Canada (Quebec, I think). Gabor was a trip. After a long first set he came to our table and sat down to say hello to Dan and me, and Dan's dad. I think I recall Gabor drinking 2 gin and tonics in about 15 minutes and then eating a large shrimp dinner. My recollection is that Mr. Szabo went up and played even better after he had 4 gin and tonics. Always amazed me. I'm a player that on gigs just can't consume any alcohol. ....But I tried to take in that night.... I knew it would be one of few jazz experiences where I got to hang out with a known cat! It made me feel okay.... I'm pretty reserved (shy) and I recall Gabor was pleasant but not very involved in the conversation at the table. He definitely wasn't acting as though he was the "cool" guy in the club. He seemed intersted in drinking, eating, and getting back up on stage. I leaned on that memory of him being quiet in that social situation in moments when I got self-conscious about having nothing to add in conversations at gigs. I tried to tell myself that the music was the place to have your voice-your story. Mr. Szabo sure had that.
"discovered" Gabor Szabo in the real early 70's - long before youtube arrived - now i get to watch / listen to the albums that were difficult to get back then - greetings from Melbourne Australia
I came to know him in the 70’s through Santana, and immediately realized Gabor Szabo was the strongest influence on Carlos Santana and understood why Santana’s music was so difficult to categorize in my record collection … rock, jazz, latin or gypsy? Yep, there was already a useful word : fusion! And on this vid, there’s a huge bonus. The bassist, Pege Aladár, who was admired by none other than Charles Mingus. Mingus was so impressed with Aladár that he wrote in his will to give his fave bass to Aladár … the most respectful gesture to a fellow genius musician.
That is amazing. I had a beautiful Belgian Shepherd named Mingus, and his death led me to Gabor, listening to soothing music, algorithms and so on. I always love his bass player and keyboardist.
@@patrickquibodeaux4438 : My dog’s name is Jango : yes, drop D tuning. Charles Mingus loved Philip Catherine and called him young Django. Catherine also played with Aladár together with Biréli Lagrène. Scary trio.
For decades I thought Peter Green was Santana’s biggest influence. From ‘Gypsy Queen’ I searched a couple of Sabo’s recordings. I couldn’t see much of connection back then. But after a few live videos I have to concur….Gabor had the biggest influence. I think the big thing Carlos took from Green was his tone…particularly from “Supernatural.”
Recorded at MTV Studio (Hungarian State Television) in 1974 --- Imre Kőszegi (Budapest, 6.12.1944. - ) - drums István Dely - percussion Aladár Pege (Budapest, 8.10.1939. - Budapest, 23.9.2006.) - bass János Másik (Kisbajcs, 3.8.1952 - ) keyboards Kati Kovács (Verpelét, 25.10.1944 - ) vocal --- Gábor Szabó (Budapest, 8.3.1936. - Budapest, 28.2.1982.)
agreed... in the 90's Mizrab was on an Impulsive mix of jazz recordings. Mizrab took me into another place... Spellbinder and The Sorcerer are the two albums I would recommend most!
As partially Hungarian I can say that this nation lost a whole lot with the lose of this genius, not in 1982 with his death, but in 1956 with his emigration. An extremely talented, open minded artist, with an unfortunately low resistance to both mental and physical impacts. Just like his playing: gentle, fragile, careful and consistent, sensitive, flammable and imaginative. I never knew You in person Gábor, but I feel we were on site together in all of my and your hard times. Thanks for everything, RIP friend.
Ha nem vándolrol ki 56-ban, akkor vagy soha, vagy túl későn ismerte volna meg a Világ a zenéjét, a tehetségét. Egyre inkább az a meggyőződésem, hogy a magyarok szétvándorlása az egész Világban, na meg Történelmi Magyarországunk szétforgácsolása is azt jelenteni, hogy szét kell szórni magvainkat. Met a nevünkben a "mag" szó, mi mást jelenthet, mint a tudás tárháza, netán a tudás birtokosa. Lehet, hogy még 50-100 évet kell várni, hogy "virágba boruljunk", de az főleg felelősséget jeéent majd. Mer az emberiségnek végre változnia kell lelkileg, szellemileg.
It was not meant as a sign of disrespect. I have highest respect for Hungarians. My comment simply meant that, by emigrating to the States, Szabo had managed to open the eyes of million westerners to European Jazz and East- and Central European music in general. He was incredibly talented person, At least two of his albums (Spellbinder and Dreams) should be in any decent music collection. Rest in peace, Gabor. @fermatichebellosei1595
I discovered the music of Gabor Szabo in 1970 when I was stationed on a small island in the Pacific. I credit this glorious music with keeping me sane.
I saw Gabor live at least 10 times and met him once on his break. He was so nice. A truly magical experience. One or two notes and you know who it is. I have to say that of all the guitar players I've seen live he and Ted Greene had the best sound.
I found him by accident as well and when I saw him in stage playing in Budapest live ,on RU-vid he is a spitting image of my father w same attire and my dad was a great guitarist I cried , to me his guitar his soul and my vision watching him is out of control 51 ur old Judas Priest fan love him and his bassist and piano and Indian percussion and and and and I stopped all music on RU-vid and just listen to his albums all day and night
Notice how masters of their craft always speak in key. They are truly in tune. This man's demeanor reeks of life and feeling. So deep in his senses, his sense of self. We can only aspire to take perspective and apply it to our own intuition. Let time pass without regret when you listen to this wonderful art. And may you be well.
The Hungarian folk music soul and the American feeling are present here at the same time. Harmony of american modernity and the Eastern European musical folk soul. (joci banderas from Budapest)
Yo nací en 1983 y a través de Santana y George Benson descubrí la obra de Gabor! Si bien no son músicos y estilo de mi tiempo, siento que es música muy familiar, honesta y sensible, sin pretensiones, ni intenciones, solo te llega. Un artista increíble¡
Familiar sounding melody. I first listened to Gabor sometime in the 60's my first guitar was a gibson acoustic which I put a D'Armond pickup like the one in this video, bec ause I liked this tone and muic. Carlos said he and Gabor became friends.
Magnificance. I've been a gigging guitarist for over 50 yrs and have heard Szabo's name, but these moments are the first I've heard and seen him play. What a treat! Maestro in every sense.
Chico Hamilton provided a great rhythm section for Gabor and Lloyd. Really delving into Gabor Szabo's playing and sound with Chico Hamilton's band of the 60s.
I love the subtleness of this music. You can look/feel at Gabor how much he is inside the music when he is actually just playing through the theme of the first composition. Great music, I will come back to listen to more. Getting late. Thanks for loading
He has a cool understated beat quality.This is his strength not the lightening fast showy riffs.Real mellow. Stuff is laid back easy on the nerves.There is a place for this in anyones collection.
Probably has not enough been said on Gabor as a band leader. He reaches deep and inspires other to do the same and yet he is the master and he loves his instrument and others but never loses command of his ship. Always with us. I hope.
The first jazz album I bought when I was 17 years old was Man From Two Worlds by The Chico Hamilton Quintet. I've been a life long Gabor fan ever since!! I've seen him play live more times than I can remember.
Wow! Fantastic. I’m really getting into Gabor at the moment. I’ve known and loved his music for years. It’s great that he kicks off this set with Magical Connection (we hi hi also happens to be one of my favourite of his albums). Not only is his style and sound unique, so is his choice of material. What a total and utter dude!
I was mightily impressed by that bassist, and the freedom that Szabo let him have in playing his instrument. I've gigged with some famous musicians and with few exceptions, they want accompinament to be rote and unimaginative. Szabo is tops in having such trust and faith in the bassist - to allow him to float to experimental planes.
saw him at the light house, hermosa beach..martin d-28 dearmond pick up, just a forgotten player. i live in the central coast & the local jazz DJ's never heard of him..a shame
I went to that place too. I saw Willie Bo Bo and drank a peppermint schnaps ha ha ha. I don't know how I managed to get this as I don't think I was 21..or maybe I had just turned 21, who knows. Funny to remember these things....this was way back when and I was in my jazz period with music. My fave album was El Chico and I think Gabo Szabo played with Chico Hamilton on that. That you heard him live is just fabulous!!! In my recollection The Light House was a small place. It probably didn't cost much to go there or I wouldn't have been able to afford it. It's a shame live music is so expensive these days. Maybe it's different with jazz clubs. It's SO magical and forever deposited in the memory bank...live performances. So don't worry...Enlighten those people you're around .... REAL jazz enthusiasts SHOULD know Gabo Szabo for christ's sake. Personally I love jazz in the 50s and 60s maybe 70s. Later jazz is so bland...but that's just me. Can you recommend any recent jazz that isn't bland?
Gabor Szabo is the greatest! I love everything about his playing. I’m a musician, and my style has become a blend of Gabor and my other favorite guitarist, Paco de Lucia. Of course, I cannot touch the brilliance of either. It is something to strive for, though!
i use to see him down at the light house in hermosa bch..played a D-28 w/a Dearmond p/up..he came from that old school jazz folks..barney kessel before the wrecking crew...just terrific player's.
Wow, absolutely wonderful. I've been searching for years for other artists like him and I've really never found anything, which probably says a lot about how unique his sound was.
András Hortig, ...cuando niño mi padre oriundo de Budapest, del mismo pueblo de Gabor, en su vieja radio pasaron un tema de él, era Breezin, no podía ceer esa melodía. Pasaron los años y la oí por Benson, indiscutible guitarrista, pero la de Szabo "amazing"
Tracklist: 1. Magical Connection 0:00 2. My Foolish Heart 9:36 3. Fly Me To The Moon 15:18 4. Az eso es en (The Rain And Me) 21:38 5. Sombrero Sam 34:58 6. Thirteen 42:32 7. My Love 52:11 8. Reinhardt 58:18
Thanks for upload this! Конечно, я могу процитировать русскую шутку из тех времён, что "Венгрия - самый весёлый барак во всём социалистическом лагере", но Az eso es en (vocal Kati Kovacs) - это шедевр онлайн, and other interesting too
gabor aux gran equipo ápice...la band tocan muy super la caña nouvelle du categoría profesional...muy importante...et canta muy súper bien...sont toppe la verdad... muy excelente...
Master at Work, you are not forgotten... Hopefully a hungarian speaking person will translate this to english, I think this is Gabor's only interview out in the web!
Aguirre Cosmico Sorry for my poor English, but take it with warm feelings, as I did the translation. The footage is in Budapest, 1974. I think, it was his first or second visit, after so many years he escaped in 1956. He played together with Hungarian musicians. First part Gábor: First I tried to copy the american guitar players, I thought this is the way to play jazz. Accidentally one evening when I was not satisfied with the music, I was angry and… how to say I started to hit and beat my guitar. After a while my inhibitions started to disapper, and I realized, deep inside this is my music, instead of what I did before. Probably it’s mostly because I was born here… mostly because of my Hungarian origin. There (not here in Hungary) I realized how deep my roots are. Q: Does it mean, you could build your Hungarian spirit into the music? Gábor: No, my Hungarian spirit infiltrated into the music, it’s not a planned movement on my behalf. Formerly and presently as well I always tried to do something new… this way one can reach something really fresh and new, maybe not as the first intention was … Second part Gábor: Actually, I started my studies here, although I’m learning every day even now. Still, in the Berklee School, which is maybe the only one all over the world for modern music, I mean not classical, but the new music, which is just in it’s beginning, so, I studied there for three years. Obviously music theory is taught there, still it is like a musical playground with a lot of opportunity for experiments, surrounded by other musicians… if you have an idea, immediately you can try with them, and in the very moment it turns out, how your idea sounds in the reality. So, this three years is my official musical education, everything else is my autodidact efforts. Q: So who did you play with during the years? Gábor: Beside Chico Hamilton actually there are two names. One is Charles Lloyd, who became one of my best friend by the time, the other one is Gary McFarland, unfortunately he is not with us anymore. Anyhow it happened that I started with my own band. At that time the jazz seemed to be near it’s end, rock’n’roll appeared on the horizon, but unlike today, the genres were not mixing. Soon I prepared an LP, and after I got invitations to different clubs, concerts, etc..Frankly, first I was in a fright so much, still I took them on, cause I was considered of the direction I wished to go. For example, I converted a Beatles song, or a Hungarian folk song into jazz, but at that time it was not too popular. The jazz became narrow-minded, and I felt soon, a new music, a contemporary music is just awakening, by fusion of different genres and styles, like rock, jazz, Brazil or Hungarian folk song, Hindu, whatever you like. That time I felt, today I’m convinced, we are just in the middle of a very exciting era. Let me speak about Béla Bartók. Everybody scared me to listen his music, cause it is so hard to understand. After I heard it the first time, and I felt so touched to the core of my heart. Soon one can realize, how difficult and complicated his music is. Then he understands, this is not the primary point, most important is to express the feeling… One note, two, or ten thousand, it is the same if you don’t like to hear. Q: So what you say, the goal is the music, the instrument is only a tool… Gábor: Exactly. The English word is better to express it, cause it’s really simply an instrument. (In Hungarian for musical instrument we use a specific word - translator). It’s only a simple tool to make others being able to hear your feelings.
