Gabor Szabo - 1966 Jazz Raga

A brilliant record featuring Szabo’s distinctive guitar and his overdubbed, out-of-tune sitar playing. Funk drummer Bernard Purdie contributes successfully to the percussive groove and even the odd-sounding sitar isn’t as obtrusive as is often suggested. Gabor Szabo (g, sitar overdubbed) Bob Bushnell (g) Johnny Gregg (b) Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (d). 01 Walking On Nails (Gabor Szabo) 2:46 02 Mizrab (Gabor Szabo) 3:32 03 Search For Nirvana (Gabor & Alicia Szabo) 2:07 04 Krishna (Gabor Szabo) 3:12 05 Raga Doll (Gary McFarland) 3:42 06 Comin' Back (G. Szabo/C. Otis) 1:55 07 Paint It Black (M. Jagger/K. Richard) 4:40 08 Sophisticated Wheels (Gabor Szabo) 3:52 09 Ravi (Gabor Szabo) 2:59 10 Caravan (D. Ellington/J. Tizol/I. Mills) 2:58 11 Summertime (G. Gershwin/D. Heyward) 2:28 Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, on August 4 and 17, 1966 August 4, 1966 Gabor Szabo (g, sitar) Johnny Gregg (b) Bernard Purdie (d) 90601 Comin' Back 90602 Sophisticated Wheels 90603 Krishna 90604 Summertime 90605 Caravan August 17, 1966 Bob Bushnell (g) Gabor Szabo (g, sitar, vo) Johnny Gregg (b) Bernard Purdie (d) 90607 Mizrab 90608 Search For Nirvana 90609 Walking On Nails 90610 Paint It Black 90611 Ravi 90612 Raga Doll get it's rumored in the liner notes of Gabor playing so aggressive on the sitar on this song he destroyed it near the end of the song. one wish is that the song "comin back" was to be a starship cover. that would be something. one exellent LP!