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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 1969Los 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.

Contents

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

  1. "Rocky Racoon" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:30
  2. "Something" (George Harrison) - 3:09
  3. "Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil) - 2:55
  4. "In My Life" (Lennon, McCartney) - 2:56
  5. "Yesterday When I Was Young" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) - 4:07
  6. "Watch What Happens" (Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel, Jacques Demy) - 4:01
  7. "My Mood Is You" (Carl Sigman) - 4:43
  8. "Message to Michael" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:17
  9. "Nightwind" (Robert Kessler, Robert Scott) - 3:39
  10. "The Fool on the Hill" (Lennon, McCartney) - 3:45
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, California and at A&R Recording Studios in New York between October and November 1969

    • Personnel

  • Lena Horne - vocals
  • Gábor Szabó - guitar
  • Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree - guitar
  • Richard Tee - organ
  • Chuck Rainey - electric bass
  • Grady Tate - drums
  • Gary McFarland - arranger, conductor
  • Unknown strings and horns
  • The Howard Roberts Chorale - vocals
  • Howard Roberts - vocal arrangement

    • Songs

    1My Mood Is You4:46
    2Galatea's Guitar
    3Watch What Happens4:06

    References

    Lena & Gabor Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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