Documentary: Gabor Szabo, 'Rising' (1977)

Gabor Szabo was one of jazz fusion's earliest progenitors and a fascinating player. The Hungarian guitarist, who emigrated to the U.S. in 1956, had a singular way of folding together Romani, Indian and rock music in the jazz idiom and seeking out sounds in world music. Szabo also embraced pop with a new level of sophistication.

Gabor Szabo died in 1982 at age 45.

In 1977, Larry Bock filmed a documentary film on Szabo for his master's project at USC. A big thanks to Chris Cowles for sending it along. Here it is...