Faces (Gábor Szabó album)

Faces is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1977 and released on the Mercury label.[1]

Faces
Studio album by
Gábor Szabó
Released1977
RecordedMarch and April 1977
StudioABC Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length37:55
LabelMercury
SRM-1-1141
ProducerWayne Henderson
Gábor Szabó chronology
Nightflight
(1976)		 Faces
(1977)		 Belsta River
(1978)

Reception

The Allmusic review states "The iconoclastic guitarist's final American record suffers producer Wayne Henderson's dated disco tendencies. But by the time the needle finds side two, some genuinely beautiful performances emerge".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated
  1. "The Biz" (Bobby Lyle) – 4:35
  2. "Magic Mystic Faces" – 5:19
  3. "Gloomy Day" (Wayne Henderson, Sylvia St. James) – 5:52
  4. "Desiring You" (William Jeffery) – 6:05
  5. "Misty Malarky Ying Yang" (Marlon McClain) – 6:59
  6. "Alicia" – 5:37
  7. "The Last Song" – 6:35
  8. "Estaté" (Bruno Martino) – 3:28
    • Recorded at ABC Studios in Los Angeles, California in March and April 1977

Personnel
  • Gábor Szabó – guitar
  • James O. Stewart – guitar
  • Oscar Brashear, Denny Christianson – trumpet
  • George Bohannon – trombone
  • Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Lyle – electric piano
  • Dean Gant – synthesizer
  • Marlon McClain – electric guitar
  • Nathaniel Phillips – electric bass
  • Bruce Carter – drums
  • Rini Kramer – cabassa, percussion
  • Vance Tenort, Paul C. Shure, Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, Irving Geller, Irma Neumann, Haim Shtrum, Carroll Stephens, Robert Sushel – violin
  • James Dunham, Janet Lakatos – viola
  • Nathan Gershman, David H. Speltz – cello
  • Sylvia St. James, Deborah Shotlow, Suandra Alexander, Cheryl Alexander – vocals
  • William Jeffrey – arranger
  • Wayne Henderson – horn arrangements

References
  1. Payne, D. Gábor Szabó discography accessed February 23, 2012
  2. Payne, D. Allmusic Review accessed February 23, 2012
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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