Gabor Szabo Discography
1965 (age 29)
Gabor Szabo With Gary McFarland & Co.
Sadao Watanabe, flute; Gary McFarland, marimba; Sam Brown, Barry Galbraith, Gabor Szabo, guitar; Richard Davis, bass; Grady Tate, drums; Francisco Pozo, percussion.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November, 1965
| 90437 | Flea Market | Impulse! A-9105 |
| 90438 | Walk On By | Impulse! 45-244, A-9105, AS-9173, MCA-29065 |
| 90439 | If I Fell | Impulse! A-9105, AS-9204-2 |
| 90440 | Gypsy Jam | Impulse! A-9105 |
| 90441 | I'm All Smiles | - |
| 90444 | Gypsy '66 | Impulse! A-9105, AS-9204-2 |
Sadao Watanabe, flute; Gary McFarland, marimba; Barry Galbraith, Gabor Szabo, guitar; Al Stinson, bass; Grady Tate, drums; Willie Rodriguez, percussion.
| 90442 | Yesterday | Impulse! 45-244, A-9105, AS-9173 |
| 90443 | The Echo Of Love | Impulse! A-9105 |
| 90445 | The Last One To Be Loved | - |
* Impulse! A-9105, AS-9105 Gabor Szabo With Gary McFarland & Co. - Gypsy '66 1966
* Impulse! AS-9173 The Best Of Gabor Szabo
* Impulse! MCA-29065 Gabor Szabo - Memorabilia 1982
* Impulse! AS-9204-2 Gabor Szabo - His Great Hits
* Impulse! 45-244 Gabor Szabo - Yesterday / Walk On By
1966 (age 30)
Gabor Szabo
Gabor Szabo, guitar; Ron Carter, bass; Chico Hamilton, drums; Willie Bobo, Victor Pantoja, Latin percussion.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 6, 1966
| 90552 | Gypsy Queen | Impulse! 45-248, A-9123, AS-9173, MCA-29065 |
| 90553 | My Foolish Heart | Impulse! A-9123, AS-9204-2 |
| 90554 | Cheetah | Impulse! A-9123 |
| 90555 | It Was A Very Good Year | - |
| 90556 | Autumn Leaves / Speak To Me Of Love | - |
| 90557 | Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Impulse! 45-248, A-9123 |
| 90558 | Yearning | Impulse! A-9123, AS-9204-2 |
| 90559 | Witchcraft | Impulse! 45-254, A-9123, AS-9173 |
| 90560 | Spellbinder | - |
* Impulse! A-9123, AS-9123 Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder 1966
* Impulse! AS-9173 The Best Of Gabor Szabo
* Impulse! MCA-29065 Gabor Szabo - Memorabilia 1982
* Impulse! AS-9204-2 Gabor Szabo - His Great Hits
* Impulse! 45-248 Gabor Szabo - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) / Gypsy Queen 1966
* Impulse! 45-254 Gabor Szabo - Witchcraft / Spellbinder 1966
Gabor Szabo
Gabor Szabo, guitar, sitar; Johnny Gregg, bass; "Pretty" Purdie, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 4, 1966
| 90601 | Comin' Back | Impulse! A-9128, ASH-9272-3 |
| 90602 | Sophisticated Wheels | Impulse! 45-257, A-9128, AS-9173, AS-9204-2 |
| 90603 | Krishna | Impulse! A-9128, AS-9204-2 |
| 90604 | Summertime | Impulse! A-9128 |
| 90605 | Caravan | Impulse! A-9128, MCA-29065 |
| 90606 | You Are My Sunshine | unissued |
* Impulse! A-9128, AS-9128 Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga 1966
* Impulse! ASH-9272-3 Various Artists - The Drums
* Impulse! AS-9173 The Best Of Gabor Szabo
* Impulse! AS-9204-2 Gabor Szabo - His Great Hits
* Impulse! MCA-29065 Gabor Szabo - Memorabilia 1982
* Impulse! 45-257 Gabor Szabo - Sophisticated Wheels / Paint It Black 1966
Gabor Szabo
Gabor Szabo, guitar, sitar; Johnny Gregg, bass; Bob Bushnell, Fender bass guitar; "Pretty" Purdie, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 17, 1966
| 90607 | Mizrab | Impulse! A-9128 |
| 90608 | Search For Nirvana | Impulse! A-9128, AS-9204-2 |
| 90609 | Walking On Nails | Impulse! A-9128 |
| 90610 | Paint It Black | Impulse! 45-257, A-9128, AS-9173 |
| 90611 | Ravi | Impulse! A-9128 |
| 90612 | Raga Doll | - |
* Impulse! A-9128, AS-9128 Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga 1966
* Impulse! AS-9204-2 Gabor Szabo - His Great Hits
* Impulse! AS-9173 The Best Of Gabor Szabo
* Impulse! 45-257 Gabor Szabo - Sophisticated Wheels / Paint It Black 1966
1967
Gabor Szabo
Jimmy Stewart, Gabor Szabo, guitar; Louis Kabok, bass; Marty Morrell, drums; Hal Gordon, percussion.
Jazz Workshop, Boston, MA, April 14 and 15, 1967
| 90835 | The Beat Goes On | Impulse! 45-263, A-9146, AS-9173 |
| 90836 | Little Boat (O Barquinho) | Impulse! A-9146, AS-9173, MCA-29065 |
| 90837 | Lou-ise | Impulse! A-9146 |
| 90838 | What Is This Thing Called Love | Impulse! A-9146, MCA-29065 |
| 90839 | Space | Impulse! 45-263, A-9146, AS-9204-2 |
| 90840 | Stronger Than Us | Impulse! A-9146 |
| 90841 | Mizrab | - |
| 90842 | Comin' Back | - |
same session.
| 90944 | Los Matadoros | Impulse! AS-9167, IMPD-211 |
| 90945 | People | Impulse! AS-9167, AS-9204-2, IMPD-211 |
| 90946 | Corcovado (Quiet Nights) | Impulse! AS-9167, IMPD-211 |
* Impulse! A-9146, AS-9146 Gabor Szabo - The Sorcerer 1967
= Impulse! IMPD-211 -
* Impulse! AS-9173 The Best Of Gabor Szabo
* Impulse! MCA-29065 Gabor Szabo - Memorabilia 1982
* Impulse! AS-9204-2 Gabor Szabo - His Great Hits
* Impulse! AS-9167 Gabor Szabo - More Sorcery 1967
* Impulse! 45-263 Gabor Szabo - The Beat Goes / Space 1967
Gabor Szabo And The California Dreamers
Mike Melvoin, piano, harpsichord; Bill Plummer, sitar; Dennis Budimer, Herb Ellis, Gabor Szabo, guitar; Carol Kaye, Fender bass; Jimmy Gordon, drums; Emil Richards, percussion; and The California Dreamers: Sue Allen, John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Al Capps, Loren Farber, Ian Freebairn-Smith, Ron Hicklin, Sally Stevens, Jackie Ward, vocal.
Los Angeles, CA, September 12, 1967
| 90865 | White Rabbit | Impulse! AS-9151, AS-9204-2 |
| 90866 | Guantanamera | Impulse! AS-9151 |
| 90867 | Saigon Bride | Impulse! 45-268, AS-9151 |
| 90868 | Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) | Impulse! 45-268, AS-9151, AS-9204-2 |
* Impulse! AS-9151 Gabor Szabo And The California Dreamers - Wind, Sky And Diamonds 1967
* Impulse! AS-9204-2 Gabor Szabo - His Great Hits
* Impulse! 45-268 Gabor Szabo - Twelve Thirty / Saigon Bride
Gabor Szabo And The California Dreamers
Louis Morell, Howard Roberts, guitar; M. Pohlman, Fender bass; Victor Feldman, percussion; replaces Budimer, Ellis, Kaye, Richards.
Los Angeles, CA, September 13, 1967
| 90869 | Are You There | Impulse! AS-9151 |
| 90870 | Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | - |
| 90871 | To Sir With Love | - |
* Impulse! AS-9151 Gabor Szabo And The California Dreamers - Wind, Sky And Diamonds 1967
Gabor Szabo And The California Dreamers
Dennis Budimer, guitar; Carol Kaye, Fender bass; John Guerin, drums; Emil Richards, percussion; replaces Roberts, Pohlman, Gordon, Feldman.
Los Angeles, CA, September 14, 1967
| 90872 | A Day In The Life | Impulse! AS-9151 |
| 90873 | The End Of Life | - |
| 90874 | W.C. Fields | - |
| 90875 | San Franciscan Nights | - |
* Impulse! AS-9151 Gabor Szabo And The California Dreamers - Wind, Sky And Diamonds 1967
Gabor Szabo
Jimmy Stewart, Gabor Szabo, guitar; Louis Kabok, bass; Bill Goodwin, drums; Hal Gordon, percussion.
Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, September 17, 1967
| 90947 | Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Impulse! AS-9167 |
| 90948 | Spellbinder | Impulse! AS-9167, AS-9204-2 |
| 90949 | Comin' Back | Impulse! AS-9167 |
* Impulse! AS-9167 Gabor Szabo - More Sorcery 1967
* Impulse! AS-9204-2 Gabor Szabo - His Great Hits
1968
Gabor Szabo
Jim Stewart, Gabor Szabo, guitar; Louis Kabok, bass; Jimmy Keltner, drums; Hal Gordon, percussion.
Western Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, February 9, 1968
| Three King Fishers | Skye SK-3 | |
| Love Is Blue | - | |
| Theme From Valley Of The Dolls | - | |
| Bacchanal | - | |
| Sunshine Superman | - | |
| Some Velvet Morning | - | |
| The Look Of Love | - | |
| Divided City | - |
* Skye SK-3 Gabor Szabo - Bacchanal 1968
Gabor Szabo
Ray Alonge, Tony Miranda, Brooks Tillotson, French horn; Julius Schacter, violin; George Ricci, cello; Gary McFarland, piano; Jim Stewart, Gabor Szabo, guitar; Louis Kabok, bass; Jim Keltner, drums; Hal Gordon, percussion, congas.
Western Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, August 6, 7 and 9, 1968;
Gotham Recording Corporation, NYC, August 22, 1968
| Galatea's Guitar | Skye SK-7 | |
| Half The Day Is Night | - | |
| Song Of The Injured Love | - | |
| The Fortune Teller | - | |
| Fire Dance | - | |
| The Lady In The Moon (From Kodaly) | - | |
| Ferris Wheel | - |
* Skye SK-7 Gabor Szabo - Dreams 1968
1969
Gabor Szabo
George Ricci, cello; Mike Melvoin, organ; Gabor Szabo, Francois Vaz, guitar; Louis Kabok, bass; Randy Cierly, Fender bass; Jim Keltner, percussion.
United Recording, Los Angeles, CA, January 20-24, 1969
| Dear Prudence | Skye SK-9 | |
| Sealed With A Kiss | - | |
| Both Sides Now | - | |
| Walk Away Renee | - | |
| You Won't See Me | - | |
| Michael From Mountains | - | |
| Stormy | - | |
| In My Life | - | |
| I've Just Seen A Face | - | |
| Until It's Time For You To Go | - | |
| Somewhere I Belong | - |
* Skye SK-9 Gabor Szabo - 1969 1969
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
Gabor Szabo, guitar; Lena Horne, vocal; featuring Richard Tee, organ; Cornell Dupree, Eric Gayle, guitar; Chuck Rainey, electric bass; Grady Tate, drums; Gary McFarland, arranger.
A&R Studios, NYC, October-November, 1969
| Rocky Raccoon | Skye SK-15 | |
| Something | - | |
| Everybody's Talkin' | - | |
| In My Life | - | |
| Yesterday When I Was Young | - | |
| Watch What Happens | - | |
| My Mood Is You | - | |
| Message To Michael | - | |
| Nightwind | - | |
| The Fool On The Hill | - |
* Skye SK-15 Lena Horne, Gabor Szabo - Lena & Gabor 1970
1970
Gabor Szabo
Nick DeCaro, accordion, keyboards #2; Lynn Blessing, vibes; Richard Thompson, keyboards; Gabor Szabo, guitar; Wolfgang Melz, bass; Jim Keltner, drums; Felix (Flaco) Falcon, Hal Gordon, conga drums; Sandra Crouch, percussion; Nick DeCaro, string orchestrator.
The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, released 1970
| 1. | Sombrero Sam | Blue Thumb BTS 23 |
| 2. | Close To You | - |
| 3. | Country Illusion | - |
| 4. | Lady With Child | - |
| 5. | Pretty Girl Why | - |
| 6. | Hum A Song | - |
| 7. | Magical Connection | - |
| 8. | Fred And Betty | - |
| 9. | Love Theme From Spartacus | Blue Thumb BTS 23; Impulse! MCA-29065 |
* Blue Thumb BTS 23 Gabor Szabo - Magical Connection 1970
= Blue Thumb BTS 8823 -
* Impulse! MCA-29065 Gabor Szabo - Memorabilia 1982
1971
Gabor Szabo
Gabor Szabo, electric, acoustic guitar; Bobby Womack, rhythm electric guitar; Wolfgang Meltz, bass; Jim Keltner, drums; Felix Falcon (Flaco), congas; Tommy LiPuma as "The Shadow", tambourine, gourd; Rene Hall, string arranger; with Mark Levine, piano #3; Phillip Upchurch, bass #1,7; Carmelo Garcia, tom-tom #1,2, timbales #3.
Capitol Tower, Los Angeles, CA;
The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, released 1971
| 1. | Breezin' | Blue Thumb BTS 28; Impulse! MCA-29065 |
| 2. | Amazon | Blue Thumb BTS 28 |
| 3. | Fingers | - |
| 4. | Azure Blue | - |
| 5. | Just A Little Communication | - |
| 6. | If You Don't Want My Love | Blue Thumb BTS 28; Impulse! MCA-29065 |
| 7. | I Remember When | Blue Thumb BTS 28 |
* Blue Thumb BTS 28 Gabor Szabo - High Contrast 1971
* Impulse! MCA-29065 Gabor Szabo - Memorabilia 1982
1972
Gabor Szabo
Berndt Egerbladh, electric piano; Janne Schaffer, Gabor Szabo, guitar; Sture Nordin, bass; Stefan Brolund, electric bass; Nils Erik Svensson, drums.
EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden, August 12 and 13, 1972
| People | Four Leaf Clover (Swd) EFG-7230 | |
| My Kind Of People | - | |
| Lilac-Glen | - | |
| Mizrab | - | |
| Impressions Of My Country | - | |
| Foothill Patrol | - | |
| Another Dream | - | |
| Concerto De Aranjuez | - |
* Four Leaf Clover (Swd) EFG-7230 Gabor Szabo - Small World 1973
Gabor Szabo
Bob James, piano, organ; Gabor Szabo, guitar; Ron Carter, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums; Billy Cobham, drums #1,3; Ralph MacDonald, percussion; + Strings: Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Joe Malin, David Nadien, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice, violin; Richard Dickler, Theodore Israel, viola; Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman, cello; Charles Israels, arco bass; Ron Carter, arco bass #4; Margaret Ross, harp; + Horns/Reeds: Marvin Stamm, trumpet, flugelhorn; Wayne Andre, trombone; James Buffington, Brooks Tillotson, French horn; Hubert Laws, flute, piccolo, alto, bass flute; Sidney Weinberg, oboe, English horn; George Marge, oboe, clarinet, recorder; John Campo, bassoon, bass clarinet; Bob James, arranger, conductor.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December, 1972
| 1. | Mizrab | CTI CTI 6026 |
| 2. | Thirteen | - |
| 3. | It's Going To Take Some Time | CTI CTI 6026, OJ-14 |
| 4. | Concerto #2 | CTI CTI 6026 |
| 5. | Summer Breeze | - |
* CTI CTI 6026 Gabor Szabo - Mizrab 1973
* CTI OJ-14 Gabor Szabo - It's Going To Take Some Time / It's Going To Take Some Time 1973
1973
Gabor Szabo
Bob James, piano, organ, synthesizer; Mike Wofford, electric piano; Gabor Szabo, guitar; Wolfgang Melz, bass; Bob Morin, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September, 1973
| Rambler | CTI CTI 6035 | |
| So Hard To Say Goodbye | - | |
| All Is Well | - | |
| Reinhardt | - | |
| Help Me Build A Lifetime | - | |
| New Love | - |
* CTI CTI 6035 Gabor Szabo - Rambler 1974
1974
Gabor Szabo With Charles Lloyd
Gabor Szabo, guitar; Wolfgang Melz, bass; John Dentz, drums; Mailto Correa, congas, percussion; with Charles Lloyd, flute #2; Tony Ortega, flute, Echoplex #3; Tommy Eyre, keyboards #4.
The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA, released 1974
| 1. | Spellbinder | Blue Thumb BTS 6014 |
| 2. | Sombrero Sam | - |
| 3. | Stormy | - |
| 4. | People | - |
* Blue Thumb BTS 6014 Gabor Szabo Live With Charles Lloyd Featuring Spellbinder 1974
1975
Gabor Szabo
Jon Faddis, trumpet; George Bohanon, trombone; Tom Scott, tenor sax, Lyricon; Bob James, piano, electric piano, synthesizer; Ian Underwood, synthesizer; Eric Gale, Gabor Szabo, guitar; Louis Johnson, bass; Harvey Mason, drums; Ralph MacDonald, Idris Muhammad, percussion; Bob James, arranger #1,3,6; Gabor Szabo, arranger #2,5; Harvey Mason, arranger #4; Bob James, producer.
Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA;
Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA, April, 1975
| 1. | Hungarian Rhapsody #2 | Salvation SAL 704 S1 |
| 2. | Time | - |
| 3. | Transylvania Boogie | - |
| 4. | Ziggidy Zag | - |
| 5. | Macho | - |
| 6. | Poetry Man | - |
* Salvation SAL 704 S1 Gabor Szabo - Macho 1975
1976 (age 40)
Gabor Szabo
Bunndino Siggalucci, piano; Jimmy Sigler, organ; Dexter Wansel, synthesizer; Theodore Life, Ken Miller, Bunndino Siggalucci, Gabor Szabo, guitar; Raymond Earl, bass; Scotty Miller, drums; Johnnie McCann, congas, bongos; Theodore Life, Bunndino Siggalucci, Gabor Szabo, vocal; Bunny Sigler aka Bunndino Siggalucci, producer.
Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA, released 1976
| Concorde (Nightflight) | Mercury SRM-1-1091 | |
| Funny Face | - | |
| Baby Rattle Snake | - | |
| Theme For Gabor | - | |
| Keep Smilin' | - | |
| Every Minute Counts | - | |
| Smooth Sailin' | - |
* Mercury SRM-1-1091 Gabor Szabo - Nightflight 1976
1977
Gabor Szabo
Bobby "The Genie" Lyle, electric piano; Gabor Szabo, acoustic guitar; Marlon "The Magician" McClain, electric guitar, electrical guitar gadgets; Nathaniel Phillips, electric bass; Bruce Carter, drums; added Dean Gant, synthesizer programming; I. "Rini" Kramer, cabasa, vibraharp, guiro; Vance "Mad Dog" Tenort, percussion; with Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, Irving Geller, Irma Neumann, Haim Shtrum, Robert Sushel, violin; Paul C. Shure, violin, leader; Carroll Stephens, violin, contractor; James Dunham, Janet Lakatos, viola; Nathan Gershman, David H. Speltz, cello; + Oscar Brashear, Danny Christianson, trumpet; George Bohannon, trombone; Ernie Watts, tenor sax; James O. Stewart, guitar; + Cheryl "Boonie" Alexander, Saundra "Pan" Alexander, Sylvia St. James, Deborah "Punkin'" Shotlow, background vocal.
ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA, March and April, 1977
| The Biz | Mercury SRM-1-1141 | |
| Magic Mystic Faces | - | |
| Gloomy Day | - | |
| Desiring You | - | |
| Misty Malarky Ying Yang | - | |
| Alicia | - | |
| The Last Song | - | |
| Estate | - |
* Mercury SRM-1-1141 Gabor Szabo - Faces 1977
1978
Gabor Szabo
Wlodek Gulgowski, piano, electric piano, Moog; Janne Schaffer, Gabor Szabo, guitar; Pekka Pohjola, bass; Peter Sundell, drums; Malando Gassama, congas, percussion.
Europa Film Studio, Stockholm, Sweden, January 6 and 7, 1978
| 24 Carat | Four Leaf Clover (Swd) FLC 5030 | |
| Django | - | |
| First Tune In The Morning | - | |
| Stormy | - |
* Four Leaf Clover (Swd) FLC 5030 Gabor Szabo - Belsta River 1979
1981
Gabor Szabo
Gabor Szabo, guitar; David Campbell, orchestrator; thanks to/featuring: Chick Corea, piano.
Fidelity Sound Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA, released 1981
| Femme Fatale | Pepita (Hungarian) SLPR 707 | |
| Zingaro | - | |
| Serena | - | |
| A Thousand Times | - | |
| Out Of The Night | - |
* Pepita (Hungarian) SLPR 707 Gabor Szabo - Femme Fatale 1981