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High Contrast (album)

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Released
  
1971

Label
  
Blue Thumb Records

Length
  
40:13

Producer
  
Tommy LiPuma

Recorded
  
by Bruce Botnick at Capitol Studios, December 1970 (tracks 1,4,7) & at The Record Plant, Hollywood, February 1971 (tracks 2,3,6)

Genre
  
Crossover jazz, soul jazz

High Contrast is an album by Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó, produced by Tommy LiPuma and recorded by Bruce Botnick at Capitol Studios, Hollywood in December 1970 (tracks 1,4,7) & at The Record Plant, Hollywood in February 1971 (tracks 2,3,6). The album features a major contribution from songwriter and guitarist Bobby Womack, including the original version of Womack's Breezin' that George Benson would have a major hit with in 1976 (also produced by LiPuma). The composition "If You Don't Want My Love" was also used by Womack in his soundtrack to the film Across 110th Street.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Breezin' - (Bobby Womack) 3:11
  2. Amazon - (Gábor Szabó) 4:57
  3. Fingers - (Gábor Szabó, Wolfgang Melz) 7:34
  4. Azure Blue - (Gábor Szabó) 4:15
  5. Just A Little Communication - (Bobby Womack) 7:51
  6. If You Don't Want My Love - (Bobby Womack) 4:37
  7. I Remember When - (Bobby Womack) 7:35

Personnel

  • Gábor Szabó - Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar
  • Bobby Womack - Electric rhythm guitar
  • Jim Keltner - Drums
  • Felix "Flaco" Falcon - Congas
  • The Shadow (a.k.a.Tommy LiPuma) - Tambourine, Gourd percussion, Record producer
  • Wolfgang Melz - Bass (2 - 6)
  • Phil Upchurch - Bass (1, 7)
  • Mark Levine - Piano (3)
  • Carmelo Garcia - Tom-tom (2), Timbales (3)
  • Rene Hall - String arrangements
  • Bruce Botnick - Audio engineer
  • References

    High Contrast (album) Wikipedia