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Guitarist Gabor Szabo always had an open mind toward various forms of rock and pop music. For this out-of-print LP, not only does he play guitar, but he overdubbed sitar on all but one of the numbers. With originals that include "Mizrab," "Search for Nirvana," "Krishna," and "Ravi," the influence of Indian music is quite strong, and this must be the only album to have versions of both "Caravan" and the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black." Szabo, who is joined by bassist Johnny Gregg, drummer Bernard Purdie and sometimes guitarist Bob Bushnell, emphasizes trance-like songs, but despite (or maybe because of) his attempts to be "with it," the music is somewhat dated today. ~ Scott Yanow












Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga 1966 {orig. Impulse stereo LP} 24-96

A1 - Walking On Nails
A2 - Mizrab
A3 - Search For Nirvana
A4 - Krishna
A5 - Raga Doll
A6 - Comin' Back

B1 - Paint It Black (M. Jagger, K. Richards)
B2 - Sophisticated Wheels
B3 - Ravi
B4 - Caravan
B5 - Summertime

musicians:
Gabor Szabo - guitar, sitar
Johnny Gregg - upright bass
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - drums
Bob Bushnell - Fender bass

mastered by Rudy Van Gelder


recorded August 4, 1966 and August 17, 1966 at Van Gelder Studio
engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
produced by Bob Thiele

vinyl LP transfer at 24-bit 96khz (24/96)

transfer info:
Nitty Gritty 1.5 RCM
Music Hall MMF 9.1
sticky hand stylus cleaning
Grado Master Reference 1 cartridge
Graham Slee Era Gold Reflex phono preamp
Mytek Stereo192 ADC (analog to digital converter)
TT Weights outer ring clamp & center weight, cork platter mat, Blue Jean LC-1 interconnects
software used: Soundforge 9.0, ClickRepair 3.3.1 (in manual mode), Flac frontend 1.7.1