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

Recorded March and April 1977ABC 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.

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

"The Biz" (Bobby Lyle) - 4:35
"Magic Mystic Faces" - 5:19
"Gloomy Day" (Wayne Henderson, Sylvia St. James) - 5:52
"Desiring You" (William Jeffery) - 6:05
"Misty Malarky Ying Yang" (Marlon McClain) - 6:59
"Alicia" - 5:37
"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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Contents

Reception

Track listing

Personnel

Songs

References