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Faces (Gábor Szabó album)

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Released
  
1977

Faces (1977)
  
Belsta River (1978)

Release date
  
1977

Label
  
Mercury Records

Length
  
37:55

Artist
  
Gábor Szabó

Producer
  
Wayne Henderson

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March and April 1977 ABC Studios, Los Angeles, California

Similar
  
Rambler, Nightflight, 1969, Belsta River, Femme Fatale

Faces is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1977 and released on the Mercury label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review states "The iconoclastic guitarist's final American record suffers producer Wayne Henderson's dated disco tendencies. But by the time the needle finds side two, some genuinely beautiful performances emerge".

Track listing

All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated
  1. "The Biz" (Bobby Lyle) - 4:35
  2. "Magic Mystic Faces" - 5:19
  3. "Gloomy Day" (Wayne Henderson, Sylvia St. James) - 5:52
  4. "Desiring You" (William Jeffery) - 6:05
  5. "Misty Malarky Ying Yang" (Marlon McClain) - 6:59
  6. "Alicia" - 5:37
  7. "Estaté" (Bruno Martino) - 3:28
  • Recorded at ABC Studios in Los Angeles, California in March and April 1977

    • Personnel

  • Gábor Szabó - guitar
  • James Stewart - guitar
  • Oscar Brashear, Denny Christianson - trumpet
  • George Bohannon - trombone
  • Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Lyle - electric piano
  • Dean Gant - synthesizer
  • Marlon McClain - electric guitar
  • Nathaniel Phillips - electric bass
  • Bruce Carter - drums
  • Rini Kramer - cabassa, percussion
  • Vance Tenort, Paul C. Shure, Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, Irving Geller, Irma Neumann, Haim Shtrum, Carroll Stephens, Robert Sushel - violin
  • James Dunham, Janet Lakatos - viola
  • Nathan Gershman, David H. Speltz - cello
  • Sylvia St. James, Deborah Shotlow, Suandra Alexander, Cheryl Alexander - vocals
  • William Jeffrey - arranger
  • Wayne Henderson - horn arrangements

    • Songs

    1The Biz4:35
    2Magic Mystic Faces5:19
    3Gloomy Day5:52

    References

    Faces (Gábor Szabó album) Wikipedia
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