{"product_id":"gabor-szabo-spellbinder-verve-vault","title":"Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder (Verve Vault)","description":"\u003cp\u003eReleased: 13\/03\/26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpellbinder,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereleased in 1966 on Impulse! Records, introduced Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó to a wider American audience with a set that blends modal jazz, Eastern European folk influences, and 1960s pop textures. Recorded in May 1966 at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood Cliffs studio and produced by Bob Thiele,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpellbinder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeatures Szabó in a quintet setting with bassist Ron Carter, drummer Chico Hamilton, and percussionists Willie Bobo and Victor Pantoja. The group’s hypnotic blend of grooves and drones helped establish Szabó’s signature approach: vamp-based forms, sitar-like guitar articulation, and modal lines shaped by his Eastern European heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title track, a slow-building vamp, showcases Szabó’s minimalist phrasing and rhythmic sensitivity. The record’s standout moment is a reimagining of Sonny Bono’s “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down),” which Szabó transforms into a darkly lyrical modal meditation. Elsewhere, the group blurs the lines between jazz improvisation and global rhythms, bridging bop vocabulary with the expanding musical frontiers of the mid-1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eclipse Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":56679201538426,"sku":"7898486","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/9534\/1913\/files\/download_5535e617-4aff-48cd-bc16-b41dc068a6c2.jpg?v=1773353885","url":"https:\/\/eclipse-records.co.uk\/products\/gabor-szabo-spellbinder-verve-vault","provider":"Eclipse Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}