Gabor Szabo - Faces

1977 recording

Gabor Szabo's Faces, recorded for Mercury in 1977, is a distinctly jazz-fusion album. It was produced by trombonist and former Crusaders member Wayne Henderson, with the rhythm section coming from the soul-jazz-funk band Pleasure, with whom Henderson was working for the Fantasy label at the time. Built on gripping rough funk grooves, the music leaves plenty of room for Szabó's elegant guitar lines and meticulously constructed solos. The album, which was rather neglected when it was released, can today almost be considered a classic of the jazz-fusion genre.

Oscar Brashear, Denny Christianson (tp); George Bohannon (tb); Ernie Watts (ts); Bobby Lyle (el-p); Dean Gant (synth programming); Gabor Szabo (g); Marlon McClain (el-g); Nathaniel Phillips (el-b); Bruce Carter (d); Vance Tenort, Paul C. Shure, Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, Irving Geller, Irma Neumann, Haim Shtrum, Carroll Stephens, Robert Sushel (vln); James Dunham, Janet Lakatos (viola); Nathan Gershman, David H. Speltz (cello); Sylvia St. James, Deborah Shotlow, Suandra Alexander, Cheryl Alexander (vcl); William Jeffrey (string arr); Wayne Henderson (horn arr).