Light My Fire (Bob Thiele and Gábor Szabó album)
Light My Fire | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1967 | |||
Recorded | August 11 and September 14, 1967 | |||
Genre | Crossover jazz | |||
Length | 35:58 | |||
Label | Impulse! | |||
Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
Gábor Szabó chronology | ||||
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Light My Fire is an album by Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó and American record producer Bob Thiele featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.[1]
Reception[]
The Allmusic review by Douglas Payne awarded the album 2 stars calling it "An inane attempt to marry rock hits to the big band sound".[2]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Track listing[]
- All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated
- "Forest Flower" (Charles Lloyd) - 5:14
- "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35" (Bob Dylan) - 2:30
- "Krishna" - 3:35
- "Light My Fire" (Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Robby Krieger) - 6:16
- "Fakin' It" (Paul Simon) - 5:50
- "Eight Miles High" (David Crosby, Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn) - 7:02
- "Sophisticated Wheels" - 5:31
- Recorded in Los Angeles, California on August 11, 1967 (tracks 1 & 4) and September 14, 1967 (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7).
Personnel[]
- Gábor Szabó - guitar
- Bob Thiele - director
- Ollie Mitchell, Ray Triscari (tracks 1 & 4), Jimmy Zito (tracks 1 & 4), Gary Barone (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7), Bud Brisbois (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) - trumpet
- Lew McCreary, Mike Barone (tracks 1 & 4), Dick Leith (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) - trombone
- Howard Johnson - tuba (tracks 1 & 4)
- Buddy Collette (tracks 1 & 4), Bob Hardaway (tracks 1 & 4), Bud Shank (tracks 1 & 4) - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
- Tom Scott - tenor saxophone
- Lincoln Mayorga - piano, harpsichord (tracks 1 & 4)
- Mike Melvoin - piano, organ, harpsichord (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7)
- Bill Plummer - sitar
- Dennis Budimir, Louis Morell - rhythm guitar
- Max Bennett (tracks 1 & 4), Carol Kaye (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) - electric bass
- Jim Gordon (tracks 1 & 4), John Guerin (tracks 2, 3 5-7) - drums
- Gary Coleman (tracks 1 & 4), Emil Richards (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) - percussion
- Sid Feller - arranger
- The California Dreamers: Ron Hicklin, Al Capps, Loren Farber, John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Ian Freebairn-Smith, Sally Stevens, Sue Allen, Jackie Ward - vocals (track 2)
References[]
- ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed April 5, 2011
- ^ Jump up to: a b Payne, D. Allmusic Review accessed April 2, 2011
Categories:
- Impulse! Records albums
- Gábor Szabó albums
- 1967 albums
- Albums produced by Bob Thiele
- Albums arranged by Sid Feller
- Collaborative albums