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Nov 17, 2018 - 7:48 PM
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Jim Phelps
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Seems to be a pretty common Hungarian name. He's everywhere, still alive in some fields. But the one I'm talking about is the chap who orchestrated (I think) Chico Hamilton's score for one of my favourite (Polanski) films - REPULSION. But I'm just now getting into his jazz albums (thanks to You on the Tube). As a nincompoop nutmeg novice, I have only heard the albums "Dreams", from '68/'69, and "... River" from the late '70s. The latter's funkier but still great. "Dreams" is sublime.
What do YOU think of Gabór Szabó? What's your favourite era/ album? I think I'm already "into" him, so I'm not asking "Help Me Get Into..." Just interested.
Ah, one more thing - How cool is it to like Gabór Szabó? Cool? Not at all cool? Would OnyaBirri and Jim Phelps approve?
Before this thread dies from both Graham's neglect, as well as the usual FSMer indifference, I wanted to mention that "Dreams" and "Bacchanal" were the first Szabo albums I ever "discovered." I did so via the compilation "The Szabo Equation: Jazz/Mysticism/Exotica." This would have been in early 1994.
https://www.discogs.com/The-Gabor-Szabo-Sextet-The-Szabo-Equation-JazzMysticismExotica/master/695215
As for "cool" or "not cool", I am definitely the latter in that others don't think so, and that's just fine with me.
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Nov 18, 2018 - 5:35 AM
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Graham Watt
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Thanks for keeping this thread going. I admit to having neglected it, due to having a day job, family commitments, and trying to catch up on Gabór Szabó albums on YouTube. Plus relistening to some old corny film scores, which is certainly not a "cool" thing to do. Sorry.
I shall hear all the ones available. So far my general impression is that I'm lovin' 'em. Leaning more towards his earlier, trippy stuff rather his late-'70s funk, but that mirrors my own likings in general.
By the way, is it pretentious to put an accent above the letter O in his name? I've seen it with and without. What do you do with your Bartoks and your Rozsas, and for that matter (though different coz he wasn't Hungarian) your Melles?
Off to listen to some Gabor now. Damn, I'm getting called away. Time for lunch with my mother-in-law. She has no idea who Gabor Szabo is, with or without the ó.
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Nov 18, 2018 - 7:20 AM
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OnyaBirri
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Thanks for keeping this thread going. I admit to having neglected it, due to having a day job, family commitments, and trying to catch up on Gabór Szabó albums on YouTube. Plus relistening to some old corny film scores, which is certainly not a "cool" thing to do. Sorry.
Don't forget the Chico Hamilton albums with Gabor from the same period. These would include:
Passin' Thru (Impulse!, 1962)
A Different Journey (Reprise, 1963)
Man from Two Worlds (Impulse!, 1963)
Chic Chic Chico (Impulse!, 1965)
El Chico (Impulse!, 1965)
The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse!, 1966)
And he is also on "The In Sound" by Gary McFarland, which is one of the coolest albums ever recorded.
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