Released 1970 Lena & Gabor
(1969) Harry & Lena
(1970) Release date 1970 Genres Jazz, Crossover jazz | Length 36:02 Artists Lena Horne, Gábor Szabó Label él Records | |
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Recorded October and November 1969
Los Angeles, California and New York City Producer Gary McFarland, Gábor Szabó Lena & Gabor
(1969) Magical Connection
(1970) Similar Lena Horne albums, Vocal jazz albums | ||
Lena & Gabor is an album by American vocalist Lena Horne and Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó, arranged and produced by Gary McFarland. It was recorded in 1969 and released on the Skye label. The album was Lena Horne's first album release in four years, and a saw her return to the charts with the single "Watch What Happens". The Skye Records label declared bankruptcy in 1970 and the backcatalog was acquired by Buddha Records and the album was re-issued in 1971 as Watch What Happens.
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Reception
The Allmusic review states "Lena & Gabor is an unexpected delight, capturing a soulfulness and sass largely absent from the singer's previous efforts. Producer and arranger Gary McFarland's candy-coated orchestral settings afford Horne the opportunity to step out of the elegant but often stuffy refinement of her classic LPs and let down her hair".
Track listing
- "Rocky Racoon" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:30
- "Something" (George Harrison) - 3:09
- "Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil) - 2:55
- "In My Life" (Lennon, McCartney) - 2:56
- "Yesterday When I Was Young" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) - 4:07
- "Watch What Happens" (Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel, Jacques Demy) - 4:01
- "My Mood Is You" (Carl Sigman) - 4:43
- "Message to Michael" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:17
- "Nightwind" (Robert Kessler, Robert Scott) - 3:39
- "The Fool on the Hill" (Lennon, McCartney) - 3:45
Personnel
Songs
1My Mood Is You4:46
2Galatea's Guitar
3Watch What Happens4:06