Spellbinder (album)

Spellbinder
Studio album by
Gábor Szabó
ReleasedOctober 1966[1]
RecordedMay 6, 1966
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length36:59
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
Gábor Szabó chronology
Gypsy '66
(1966) 		Spellbinder
(1966) 		Simpático
(1966)

Spellbinder is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.[2] The album contains "Gypsy Queen" which was covered as a medley with Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" by Santana on their 1970 Abraxas album. This album reached No. 140 on 1967/01/28 on Billboard 200.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Szabo's read on jazz in the '60s was brilliant. He embodied all of its most popular aspirations with a genuine spirit of innovation and adventure. Spellbinder is a masterpiece".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
DownBeat[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated
  1. "Spellbinder" – 5:30
  2. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 4:39
  3. "It Was a Very Good Year" (Ervin Drake) – 2:47
  4. "Gypsy Queen" – 5:13
  5. "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (Sonny Bono) – 2:28
  6. "Cheetah" – 4:10
  7. "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:28
  8. "Yearning" – 2:59
  9. "Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer/Jean Lenoir) – 3:35

Personnel

Charts

Album – Billboard

Year Chart Position
1967/03/18 Billboard Best Selling Jazz LP's 2

References

  1. ^ Billboard October 8, 1966
  2. ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed March 31, 2011
  3. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed March 31, 2011
  4. ^ Down Beat: January 26, 1967 vol. 34, no. 2
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