Faces (Gábor Szabó album)
1977 studio album by Gábor Szabó
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Faces is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó, released in 1977 on the Mercury label.[1][2]
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | March and April 1977 | |||
| Studio | ABC Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:55 | |||
| Label | Mercury SRM-1-1141 | |||
| Producer | Wayne Henderson | |||
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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".[3]
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
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
- "The Last Song" – 6:35
- "Estaté" (Bruno Martino) – 3:28
- Recorded at ABC Studios in Los Angeles, California in March and April 1977
Personnel
- Gábor Szabó – guitar
- James O. 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