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Light My Fire (Gábor Szabó album)

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Released
  
1967

Release date
  
1967

Label
  
Impulse! Records

Length
  
35:58

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genres
  
Jazz, Crossover jazz

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Recorded
  
August 11 and September 14, 1967

Light My Fire (1967)
  
Wind, Sky and Diamonds (1967)

Artists
  
Gábor Szabó, Tom Scott, Bob Thiele and his New Happy Times Orchestra, Bill Plummer

Similar
  
Gábor Szabó albums, Jazz albums

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Light My Fire is an album by Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó and American record producer Bob Thiele featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Douglas Payne awarded the album 2 stars calling it "An inane attempt to marry rock hits to the big band sound".

Track listing

All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated
  1. "Forest Flower" (Charles Lloyd) - 5:14
  2. "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35" (Bob Dylan) - 2:30
  3. "Krishna" - 3:35
  4. "Light My Fire" (Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Robby Krieger) - 6:16
  5. "Fakin' It" (Paul Simon) - 5:50
  6. "Eight Miles High" (David Crosby, Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn) - 7:02
  7. "Sophisticated Wheels" - 5:31
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, California on August 11, 1967 (tracks 1 & 4) and September 14, 1967 (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7).

    • Personnel

  • Gábor Szabó - guitar
  • Bob Thiele - director
  • Gary Barone (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7), Bud Brisbois (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7), Ollie Mitchell, Ray Triscari (tracks 1 & 4), Jimmy Zito (tracks 1 & 4) - trumpet
  • Mike Barone (tracks 1 & 4), Dick Leith (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7), Lew McCreary - trombone
  • Howard Johnson - tuba (tracks 1 & 4)
  • Buddy Collette (tracks 1 & 4), Bob Hardaway (tracks 1 & 4), Tom Scott, Bud Shank (tracks 1 & 4) - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  • Lincoln Mayorga - piano, harpsichord (tracks 1 & 4)
  • Mike Melvoin - piano, organ, harpsichord (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7)
  • Bill Plummer - sitar
  • Dennis Budimir, Louis Morell - guitar
  • Max Bennett (tracks 1 & 4), Carol Kaye (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) - electric bass
  • Jimmy Gordon (tracks 1 & 4), John Guerin (tracks 2, 3 5-7) - drums
  • Gary Coleman (tracks 1 & 4), Emil Richards (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) - percussion
  • Sid Feller - arranger
  • The California Dreamers: Ron Hicklin, Al Capps, Loren Farber, John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Ian Freebairn-Smith, Sally Stevens, Sue Allen, Jackie Ward - vocals (track 2)

    • Songs

    1Forest Flower5:14
    2Rainy Day Woman2:30
    3Krishna3:35

    References

    Light My Fire (Gábor Szabó album) Wikipedia
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