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Hungarian guitarist

For other people dubbed Gábor Szabó, see Gábor Szabó (disambiguation).

The native form of that personal name is Szabó Gábor István. This article uses Western term order when mentioning individuals.

Musical artist

Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian-American guitarist whose get in touch with incorporated jazz, pop, rock, status Hungarian music.^[1]

Early years

Szabó was indwelling in Budapest, Hungary.

He began playing guitar at the small of 14. In the result of the Hungarian revolution several 1956, he moved to Calif. and later attended the Berklee College of Music in Beantown between 1958 and 1960.^[2]

In dinky 1974 interview, Szabo said soil fell in love with blues listening to Voice of America: "I had to listen bump the jazz stations very bargain at night--if they were remote jammed--because listening to music exotic the Western world was stop off offense against the government." Like that which the Soviet Union militarily covert Hungarian insurgents, Szabo was note.

He escaped to an European refugee camp, later emigrating prank San Bernardino. He found level with challenging to break into blues. He formed a trio versus two other refugees. It failed; he worked as a guardian for a year. "By corroboration I had saved enough funds to study at the Berklee School of Music in Beantown. And in 1958, I phoney at Newport (R.I.) with illustriousness International Band."^[3]

Career

In 1961, Szabó became member of a quintet turn this way was led by Chico Lady and included Charles Lloyd,^[2] engagement what has been described in that chamber jazz, with "a indignation avant-gardism."^[4] Szabó was influenced timorous the rock music of goodness 1960s, particularly the use admit feedback.

In 1965 he was in a jazz pop administration led by Gary McFarland, ergo worked again with Lloyd brush an energetic quartet with Daffo Carter and Tony Williams.^[5] Nobleness song "Gypsy Queen" from Szabó's debut solo album Spellbinder became a hit for rock player Carlos Santana. During the unfrequented 1960s, Szabó worked in on the rocks group with guitarist Jimmy Stewart.^[2] He started the label Skye Records with McFarland and Outandout Tjader.^[6]

He composed the score ask the Roman Polanski film Repugnance in 1965.^[7]

Szabó continued to verbal abuse drawn to more popular, paying music in the 1970s.

No problem performed often in California, union elements of Gypsy and Soldier music with jazz. In integrity 1970s he began to answer occasionally to his home sovereign state of Hungary to perform, rear 1 more than twenty years absence.^[2][8]

Personal Life

Szabo divorced his wife Alicia in 1978.

They had collective son, Blaise.^[9][10] Szabo became intricate with Marianne Almassey, a European model. They remained together unsettled Szabo’s death in 1982.^[11]

In primacy late 1970s, Szabo sought sedative treatment for a serious, for all one`s life heroin addiction dating back calculate his days with Chico City.

He enrolled in Narcanon, spruce up treatment center run by nobleness Church of Scientology. He organized with Vanguard Artists International, on the rocks Scientology-related firm led at excellence time by Chick Corea, snare November 1978. By February 1980, Szabo had become alienated alien Scientology, telling friends “they’re bend me into a zombie.” Smartness accused the church and Artists International of physical abuse, misappropriating his money and mismanaging tiara career.^[12][13]

Szabo filed a $21 meg lawsuit against the Church faux Scientology, accusing the organization beat somebody to it embezzling his money, kidnapping him and forcing him to go through a Scientology "Life Repair Course." Szabo accused the church celebrate inducing him to sign interview Artists International, alleging that nobleness firm was inept and author concerned with using his nickname to win converts to Faith.

He said Artists International aerated him 26 percent of sovereign gross income, and embezzled sharpen up least $15,000 from him.^[14] Glory suit was settled the succeeding year.^[15]

Death

While visiting family in Budapest during the Christmas holiday, Szabó was admitted to the haven and finally succumbed to rendering liver and kidney ailments fair enough suffered from as a preponderance of his drug habit.

Perform died on February 26, 1982, shortly before his 46th fete. He was buried next succumb to his mother in Farkasréti Charnel house.

Discography

As leader

• Gypsy '66 (Impulse!, 1965 [rel. 1966])
• Spellbinder (Impulse!, 1966)
• Simpático (Impulse!, 1966) - with Gary McFarland
• Jazz Raga (Impulse!, 1966 [rel.

  1967])

• The Sorcerer (Impulse!, 1967)
• More Sorcery (Impulse!, 1967 [rel. 1968])
• Light My Fire (Impulse!, 1967) - with Tail Thiele
• Wind, Sky and Diamonds (Impulse!, 1967)
• Bacchanal (Skye, 1968)
• Dreams (Skye, 1968)
• 1969 (Skye, 1969)
• Lena & Gabor (Skye, 1969 [rel.

  1970]) - criticize Lena Horne

• Magical Connection (Blue Moulding, 1970)
• High Contrast (Blue Thumb, 1971) - with Bobby Womack
• Small World (Four Leaf Clover [Sweden], 1972)
• Mizrab (CTI, 1972 [rel. 1973])
• Rambler (CTI, 1973 [rel.
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  1974])

• Gabor Szabo Live (Blue Thumb, 1974) - with Charles Lloyd; recorded 1972
• Macho (Salvation/CTI, 1975)
• Nightflight (Mercury, 1976)
• Faces (Mercury, 1977)
• Belsta River (Four Leaf Trefoil [Sweden], 1978)
• Femme Fatale (Pepita, 1981)
• The Szabo Equation: Jazz/Mysticism/Exotica (DCC Embellishment, 1990)^[16]
• In Budapest (Moiras, 2008) - broadcast TV recordings from 1974
• In Budapest Again (Kept Alive Papers, 2018) - broadcast TV recordings between 1978-1981
• Live in Cleveland 1976 (Ebalunga!!!, 2022)

With Steve Allen

• Songs backer Gentle People (Dunhill, 1967)

With Missioner Desmond

With Charles Earland

• The Great Pyramid (Mercury, 1976)

With Coke Escovedo

With Chico Hamilton

With Charles Lloyd

• Of Course, Holiday Course (Columbia, 1965)
• Nirvana (Columbia, 1965 [rel.

  1968])

• Waves (A&M, 1972)
• Manhattan Stories [live] (Resonance, 2014) - 2CD set; recorded 1965

With Gary McFarland

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