Gábor Szabó

Gábor Szabó

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Born in Budapest in 1936, Gábor Szabó is a guitarist becoming a pioneer in mixing the traditional folk music of his home country with elements of jazz and rock stylings.

Inspired to play the guitar at an early age by a Roy Rogers cowboy movie, Szabó taught himself to play the instrument and performed in bars and clubs around Budapest, before fleeing to America prior to the Communist uprising.

Szabó attended the renowned Berklee College of Music in 1958 and upon graduating in 1961, joined Chico Hamilton's quintet and asserted himself as one of the finest jazz guitarists around. After performing with the likes of Gary McFarland and Charles Lloyd, he pursued a solo career in 1966, keen for his own compositions to come to the fore. He released debut album 'Spellbinder' in 1966 which featured 'Gypsy Queen', later made famous by Carlos Santana in 1970.

With the emergence of rock music and the guitar becoming more prominent throughout the decade, Szabó experimented further with feedback and fusions with Gypsy, Indian and experimental forms of jazz.

Continuing to release music throughout his life, Gábor Szabó sadly passed away at the age of 45.

Top tracks

06
Some Velvet Morning
Gábor Szabó
Bacchanal
05:25
07
The Look of Love
Gábor Szabó
Bacchanal
03:17
02
Love Is Blue
Gábor Szabó
Bacchanal
04:18
01
Three King Fishers
Gábor Szabó
Bacchanal
04:48
01
San Franciscan Nights
Gábor Szabó
Wind, Sky And Diamonds
03:20
Composers: Eric Burdon - Victor Harvey Briggs - Johnnie Weider - Barry Ernest Jenkins - Daniel Joseph McCulloch
08
The Divided City
Gábor Szabó
Bacchanal
03:19
03
Theme From "Valley of the Dolls"
Gábor Szabó
Bacchanal
03:51
05
Sunshine Superman
Gábor Szabó
Bacchanal
03:46
01
Breezin'
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
03:10
Writer: Bobby Womack / Composers: Bobby Womack
04
Gypsy Queen
Gábor Szabó
Spellbinder
05:10
Composers: Gábor Szabó
07
Stormy
Gábor Szabó
1969
03:18
02
Half the Day Is the Night (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
Dreams
04:23
Composers: Gábor Szabó
02
Magic Mystic Faces
Gábor Szabó
Faces
05:20
Writer: Gábor Szabó - Sylvia St. James / Composers: Gábor Szabó - Sylvia St. James
06
The Lady in the Moon
Gábor Szabó
Dreams
05:16
05
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Gábor Szabó
Spellbinder
02:26
Composers: Sonny Bono
05
Keep Smilin'
Gábor Szabó
Nightflight
07:30
Composers: Walter "Bunny" Sigler - Allan Wayne Felder
05
Killing Me Softly (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
04:55
Composers: Gábor Szabó
01
The Beat Goes On (Live At The Jazz Workshop, Boston/1967)
Gábor Szabó
The Sorcerer (Live)
04:52
Composers: Sonny Bono
03
It Was A Very Good Year
Gábor Szabó
Spellbinder
02:45
Composers: Ervin M. Drake
05
(Just A Little) Communication
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
07:50
Writer: Bobby Womack / Composers: Bobby Womack
09
Ferris Wheel (Single Version) (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
Dreams
02:31
Composers: Gábor Szabó
05
Raga Doll
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
03:45
Composers: Gábor Szabó
02
Witchcraft
Gábor Szabó
Spellbinder
04:35
Writer: Carol Leight / Composers: Cy Coleman
02
A Day In The Life
Gábor Szabó
Wind, Sky And Diamonds
03:20
Composers: John Lennon - Paul McCartney
03
Corcovado (Live At The Jazz Workshop, Boston/1967)
Gábor Szabó
More Sorcery
03:22
Writer: Antonio Carlos Jobim / Composers: Antonio Carlos Jobim
04
The Fortune Teller (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
Dreams
04:29
Composers: Gábor Szabó
03
Song of Injured Love
Gábor Szabó
Dreams
04:05
07
Mizrab (Live At The Jazz Workshop, Boston/1967)
Gábor Szabó
The Sorcerer (Live)
06:59
Composers: Gábor Szabó
08
Sophisticated Wheels
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
03:54
Composers: Gábor Szabó
01
Dear Prudence
Gábor Szabó
1969
02:43
02
Mizrab
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
03:31
Composers: Gábor Szabó
10
Caravan
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
02:58
Writer: Irving Mills / Composers: Duke Ellington - Juan Tizol
05
Fire Dance (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
Dreams
05:40
Composers: Gábor Szabó
07
Ferris Wheel (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
Dreams
05:26
Composers: Gábor Szabó
04
Azure Blue
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
04:15
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
02
Autumn Leaves (Live)
Gábor Szabó
Live in Cleveland 1976
13:15
Composers: Gabor Szabo
01
Concorde (Nightflight)
Gábor Szabó
Nightflight
06:49
Composers: Gábor Szabó - Ritchie Rome
05
Macho
Gábor Szabó
Macho
09:13
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
01
Spellbinder
Gábor Szabó
Spellbinder
05:28
Composers: Gábor Szabó
04
Gypsy '66
Gábor Szabó
Gypsy '66
07:01
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
09
Yesterday
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Plays The Beatles
02:30
Writer: John Lennon - Paul McCartney / Composers: John Lennon - Paul McCartney
01
Los Matodoros (Live At The Jazz Workshop, Boston/1967)
Gábor Szabó
More Sorcery
12:09
Composers: Gábor Szabó
06
If You Don't Want My Love
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
04:37
Writer: Bobby Womack - DE Witty Gordon / Composers: Bobby Womack - DE Witty Gordon
03
Baby Rattle Snake
Gábor Szabó
Nightflight
06:53
Composers: Bunny Sigler - Ken Miller
08
Yearning
Gábor Szabó
Spellbinder
02:56
Composers: Gábor Szabó
07
Saigon Bride
Gábor Szabó
Wind, Sky And Diamonds
03:08
Composers: Joan Baez - Nina Dusheck
05
Misty Malarky Ying Yang
Gábor Szabó
Faces
07:00
Writer: Marlon McClain / Composers: Marlon McClain
02
Amazon
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
04:57
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
02
The Last One To Be Loved
Gábor Szabó
Gypsy '66
03:40
Writer: Hal David - Burt Bacharach / Composers: Hal David - Burt Bacharach
01
The Biz
Gábor Szabó
Faces
04:35
Writer: Bobby Lyle / Composers: Bobby Lyle
03
Gloomy Day
Gábor Szabó
Faces
05:53
Writer: Wayne Henderson - Sylvia St. James / Composers: Wayne Henderson - Sylvia St. James
04
Desiring You
Gábor Szabó
Faces
06:05
Writer: William Jeffrey / Composers: William Jeffrey
08
Gypsy Jam
Gábor Szabó
Gypsy '66
04:57
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
05
Flea Market
Gábor Szabó
Gypsy '66
02:47
Writer: Gary McFarland - Norman Schwartz / Composers: Gary McFarland - Norman Schwartz
06
Alicia
Gábor Szabó
Faces
05:37
Writer: Gábor Szabó - Peter Totth / Composers: Gábor Szabó - Peter Totth
02
Little Boat (Live At The Jazz Workshop, Boston/1967)
Gábor Szabó
The Sorcerer (Live)
04:23
Composers: Buddy Kaye - Roberto Menescal - Ronaldo Bôscoli
07
If I Fell
Gábor Szabó
Gypsy '66
03:17
Writer: John Lennon - Paul McCartney / Composers: John Lennon - Paul McCartney
03
Lou-ise (Live At The Jazz Workshop, Boston/1967)
Gábor Szabó
The Sorcerer (Live)
04:17
Composers: Jimmy Stewart
06
Thirteen (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
08:48
Composers: Gábor Szabó
04
Mizrab (Live At The Jazz Workshop, Boston/1967)
Gábor Szabó
Impulsive Unmixed
06:59
Composers: Gábor Szabó
04
Sombrero Sam (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
07:35
Composers: Gábor Szabó
05
Django (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
00:48
Composers: Gábor Szabó
07
My Foolish Heart
Gábor Szabó
Spellbinder
05:26
Writer: Ned Washington / Composers: Victor Young
06
Stronger Than Us (Live At The Jazz Workshop, Boston/1967)
Gábor Szabó
The Sorcerer (Live)
04:13
Composers: Pierre Barouh - Francis Lai - Pierre Elie Barouh
06
Walk On By
Gábor Szabó
Gypsy '66
02:51
Writer: Hal David / Composers: Burt Bacharach
01
Magical Connection (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
08:16
Composers: Gábor Szabó
03
Fingers
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
07:33
Writer: Gábor Szabó - Wolfgang Melz / Composers: Gábor Szabó - Wolfgang Melz
03
Az Eso Es En (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
08:48
Composers: Gábor Szabó
06
Cheetah
Gábor Szabó
Spellbinder
04:04
Composers: Gábor Szabó
02
My Foolish Heart Fly Me to the Moon (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
12:04
Composers: Gábor Szabó
01
Hungarian Rhapsody #2
Gábor Szabó
Macho
06:52
Writer: Franz Liszt / Composers: Franz Liszt
11
Summertime
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
02:27
Writer: Ira Gershwin - DuBose Heyward - Dorothy Heyward / Composers: George Gershwin

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  • Discography
Albums
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
℗ 2025 Ebalunga!!!
01-06-2025
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
01
Magical Connection (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
08:16
Composers: Gábor Szabó
02
My Foolish Heart Fly Me to the Moon (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
12:04
Composers: Gábor Szabó
03
Az Eso Es En (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
08:48
Composers: Gábor Szabó
04
Sombrero Sam (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
07:35
Composers: Gábor Szabó
05
Django (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
00:48
Composers: Gábor Szabó
06
Thirteen (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
08:48
Composers: Gábor Szabó
07
My Love (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
The Complete Gabor Szabo in Budapest
06:04
Composers: Gábor Szabó
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Live in Cleveland 1976
Ebalunga!!!
26-05-2022
Live in Cleveland 1976
01
It Happens (Live)
Gábor Szabó
Live in Cleveland 1976
12:13
Composers: Gabor Szabo
02
Autumn Leaves (Live)
Gábor Szabó
Live in Cleveland 1976
13:15
Composers: Gabor Szabo
03
Magical Connection (Live)
Gábor Szabó
Live in Cleveland 1976
13:28
Composers: Gabor Szabo
04
Concorde (Nightflight Live)
Gábor Szabó
Live in Cleveland 1976
11:48
Composers: Gabor Szabo
Essential Masters
01-06-2012
Essential Masters
01
Watch What Happens
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
Essential Masters
04:06
02
Yesterday When I Was Young
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
Essential Masters
04:11
03
Rocky Raccoon
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
Essential Masters
03:35
04
Something
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
Essential Masters
03:13
05
Nightwind
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
Essential Masters
03:45
06
A Message to Michael
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
Essential Masters
03:22
07
My Mood Is You
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
Essential Masters
04:47
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Jazz Raga
This Compilation ℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
01-01-2010
Jazz Raga
01
Walking On Nails
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
02:41
Writer: Gábor Szabó - Alicia Szabo / Composers: Gábor Szabó - Alicia Szabo
02
Mizrab
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
03:31
Composers: Gábor Szabó
03
Search For Nirvana
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
02:12
Writer: Gábor Szabó - Alicia Szabo / Composers: Gábor Szabó - Alicia Szabo
04
Krishna
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
03:13
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
05
Raga Doll
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
03:45
Composers: Gábor Szabó
06
Comin' Back
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
01:58
Composers: Gábor Szabó - Clyde Otis
07
Paint It Black
Gábor Szabó
Jazz Raga
04:42
Writer: Mick Jagger - Keith Richards / Composers: Mick Jagger - Keith Richards
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Belsta River
01-01-1978
Belsta River
01
24 Carat
Gábor Szabó
Belsta River
14:05
02
Django
Gábor Szabó
Belsta River
04:15
03
First Tune in the Morning
Gábor Szabó
Belsta River
13:11
04
Stormy
Gábor Szabó
Belsta River
08:32
Faces
This Compilation ℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
01-01-1977
Faces
01
The Biz
Gábor Szabó
Faces
04:35
Writer: Bobby Lyle / Composers: Bobby Lyle
02
Magic Mystic Faces
Gábor Szabó
Faces
05:20
Writer: Gábor Szabó - Sylvia St. James / Composers: Gábor Szabó - Sylvia St. James
03
Gloomy Day
Gábor Szabó
Faces
05:53
Writer: Wayne Henderson - Sylvia St. James / Composers: Wayne Henderson - Sylvia St. James
04
Desiring You
Gábor Szabó
Faces
06:05
Writer: William Jeffrey / Composers: William Jeffrey
05
Misty Malarky Ying Yang
Gábor Szabó
Faces
07:00
Writer: Marlon McClain / Composers: Marlon McClain
06
Alicia
Gábor Szabó
Faces
05:37
Writer: Gábor Szabó - Peter Totth / Composers: Gábor Szabó - Peter Totth
07
The Last Song
Gábor Szabó
Faces
06:34
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
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Nightflight
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
01-01-1976
Nightflight
01
Concorde (Nightflight)
Gábor Szabó
Nightflight
06:49
Composers: Gábor Szabó - Ritchie Rome
02
Funny Face
Gábor Szabó
Nightflight
03:07
Composers: Bunny Sigler - Morris Bailey - Ritchie Rome
03
Baby Rattle Snake
Gábor Szabó
Nightflight
06:53
Composers: Bunny Sigler - Ken Miller
04
Theme For Gabor
Gábor Szabó
Nightflight
04:35
Composers: Ritchie Rome
05
Keep Smilin'
Gábor Szabó
Nightflight
07:30
Composers: Walter "Bunny" Sigler - Allan Wayne Felder
06
Every Minute Counts
Gábor Szabó
Nightflight
06:57
Composers: Gábor Szabó - Ritchie Rome
07
Smooth Sailin'
Gábor Szabó
Nightflight
07:17
Composers: Michael Holden - Theodore Life
Macho
(P) Originally released 1975. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
01-01-1975
Macho
01
Hungarian Rhapsody #2
Gábor Szabó
Macho
06:52
Writer: Franz Liszt / Composers: Franz Liszt
02
Time
Gábor Szabó
Macho
05:38
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
03
Transylvania Boogie
Gábor Szabó
Macho
05:31
Writer: Bob James / Composers: Bob James
04
Ziggidy Zag
Gábor Szabó
Macho
05:58
Writer: Harvey Mason / Composers: Harvey Mason
05
Macho
Gábor Szabó
Macho
09:13
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
06
Poetry Man
Gábor Szabó
Macho
04:28
Writer: Phoebe Snow / Composers: Phoebe Snow
Rambler
(P) 1974 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
01-09-1973
Rambler
01
Rambler
Gábor Szabó
Rambler
05:25
Writer: Wolfgang Melz / Composers: Wolfgang Melz
02
It's So Hard to Say Goodbye
Gábor Szabó
Rambler
04:42
Writer: Wolfgang Melz / Composers: Wolfgang Melz
03
New Love
Gábor Szabó
Rambler
05:20
Writer: Wolfgang Melz / Composers: Wolfgang Melz
04
Reinhardt
Gábor Szabó
Rambler
06:55
Writer: Wolfgang Melz / Composers: Wolfgang Melz
05
Help Me Build a Lifetime
Gábor Szabó
Rambler
04:27
Writer: Wolfgang Melz / Composers: Wolfgang Melz
06
All Is Well
Gábor Szabó
Rambler
06:21
Writer: Robert Lam / Composers: Robert Lam
Mizrab
(P) 1973 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
01-01-1973
Mizrab
01
Mizrab
Gábor Szabó
Mizrab
09:35
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
02
Thirteen
Gábor Szabó
Mizrab
09:18
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
03
It's Going to Take Some Time
Gábor Szabó
Mizrab
04:15
Writer: Carole King / Composers: Carole King
04
Concerto #2
Gábor Szabó
Mizrab
07:20
Composers: Dmitri Shostakovich
05
Summer Breeze
Gábor Szabó
Mizrab
06:07
Writer: Dash Crofts - James Seals / Composers: Dash Crofts - James Seals
Small World
01-01-1972
Small World
01
People
Gábor Szabó
Small World
08:48
02
Lilac-Glen
Gábor Szabó
Small World
05:36
03
Mizrab
Gábor Szabó
Small World
09:09
04
Impression of My Country
Gábor Szabó
Small World
12:04
05
Another Dream
Gábor Szabó
Small World
04:59
06
Concerto de Aranjuez
Gábor Szabó
Small World
04:34
High Contrast
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
01-01-1971
High Contrast
01
Breezin'
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
03:10
Writer: Bobby Womack / Composers: Bobby Womack
02
Amazon
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
04:57
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
03
Fingers
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
07:33
Writer: Gábor Szabó - Wolfgang Melz / Composers: Gábor Szabó - Wolfgang Melz
04
Azure Blue
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
04:15
Writer: Gábor Szabó / Composers: Gábor Szabó
05
(Just A Little) Communication
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
07:50
Writer: Bobby Womack / Composers: Bobby Womack
06
If You Don't Want My Love
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
04:37
Writer: Bobby Womack - DE Witty Gordon / Composers: Bobby Womack - DE Witty Gordon
07
I Remember When
Gábor Szabó
High Contrast
07:35
Writer: Bobby Womack / Composers: Bobby Womack
Lena & Gabor
(P) 1970 © Skye Records™ a division of 43 North Broadway, LLC. WARNING: All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
13-09-1970
Lena & Gabor
01
Rocky Raccoon
Lena Horne
Lena & Gabor
03:30
Composers: Lennon & Mccartney
02
Something
Lena Horne
Lena & Gabor
03:08
Composers: George Harrison
03
Everybody's Talkin'
Lena Horne
Lena & Gabor
02:54
Composers: Fred Neil
04
In My Life
Lena Horne
Lena & Gabor
02:55
Composers: Lennon & Mccartney
05
Yesterday When I Was Young
Lena Horne
Lena & Gabor
04:07
Composers: Herbert Kretzmer
06
Watch What Happens
Lena Horne
Lena & Gabor
04:00
Composers: Norman Gimbel - Michel Legrand
07
My Mood is You
Lena Horne
Lena & Gabor
04:42
Composers: Carl Sigman
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1969
17-12-1969
1969
01
Dear Prudence
Gábor Szabó
1969
02:43
02
Sealed with a Kiss
Gábor Szabó
1969
02:46
03
Both Sides Now
Gábor Szabó
1969
02:57
04
Walk Away Renee
Gábor Szabó
1969
02:47
05
You Won't See Me
Gábor Szabó
1969
03:43
06
Michael from Mountains
Gábor Szabó
1969
04:03
07
Stormy
Gábor Szabó
1969
03:18
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1969
Ebalunga!!!
22-01-1969
1969
01
Dear Prudence (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
1969
02:47
Composers: Gabor Szabo
02
Sealed with a Kiss (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
1969
02:47
Composers: Gabor Szabo
03
Both Sides Now (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
1969
03:05
Composers: Gabor Szabo
04
Walk Away Renee (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
1969
02:58
Composers: Gabor Szabo
05
You Won't See Me (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
1969
03:43
Composers: Gabor Szabo
06
Michael from Mountains (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
1969
04:07
Composers: Gabor Szabo
07
Stormy (Remastered)
Gábor Szabó
1969
03:25
Composers: Gabor Szabo
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