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Mizrab by Gabor Szabo

Biografie van de kunstenaar Gabor Szabo

Szabó Gábor István 8 March 1936 – 26 February 1982 Better Known As Gábor Szabó Was A Hungarian Jazz Guitarist Famous For Mixing Jazz Pop-Rock And His Native Hungarian Music. Szabó Was Born In Budapest And Began Playing Guitar At The Age Of 14 Inspired By Jazz Music On The Voice Of America Broadcasts. He Escaped Hungary And Moved To The United States In 1956 A Year Of Attempted Revolt Against Soviet-Dominated Communist Rule And Attended The Berklee School Of Music In Boston. In 1958 He Was Invited To Perform At The Newport Jazz Festival. Szabó Performed With The Chico Hamilton Quintet From 1961 To 1965 And Beginning In 1966 He Recorded A Well-Received Span Of Albums Under His Own Name On The Impulse! Label. In The Late 1960s He Co-Founded The Short-Lived Skye Record Label Along With Cal Tjader And Gary McFarland. On The Skye Label Szabo Recorded His Album With Lena Horne In October And November 1969. Szabo Had Been Part Of Horne's Backup Band When She Performed At The Nugget In Nevada In November 1966 And When She Performed With Harry Belafonte At Caesar's Palace In Las Vegas In September 1969. His Playing Incorporated Elements Of Folk Music From His Native Hungary And Rock Music's Use Of Feedback. His Composition "Gypsy Queen" Became A Hit For Santana In 1970 See "Black Magic Woman" . Szabo's Album For Impulse! Wind Sky And Diamonds Features "The California Dreamers" A Vocal-Ensemble Consisting Of Ron Hicklin Al Capps Loren Farber John Bahler Tom Bahler Ian Freebairn-Smith Sally Stevens Sue Allen And Jackie Ward. During His Solo Career He Performed With Artists Such As Ron Carter Paul Desmond Lena Horne And Bobby Womack. Gabor Felt He Was Never Fully Accepted As A Jazz Artist In The US. During A 1977 Engagement At The Catamaran Hotel In San Diego He Complained To The Audience About George Benson's Success With "Breezin'" Composer Bobby Womack . He Indicated That He Had Recorded That Song Before Benson And That Benson Had Basically Stolen The Arrangement From Him. His Version Can Be Heard On The High Contrast Album With Bobby Womack. He Died In Budapest In 1982 From Liver And Kidney Disease While On A Visit To His Homeland Partly To Find Treatment For The Drug Habit He Had Been Battling For Years.

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