Results for "Gabor Szabo"

NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton Dead At 92

November 26, 2013

Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton Dead at 92 “I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white- they're just human beings. I don't dig staying in one groove. At this stage of my life, I've dedicated myself to playing what I want to play, how I want ...

2013 Montreal Jazz Festival: June 28-July 2, 2013

by John Kelman
July 11, 2013

Festival International de Jazz de MontréalMontréal, CanadaJune 28-July 7, 2013After taking a year off to curate an All About Jazz Presents: Doing It Norway at Norway's 2012 Kongsberg Jazz Festival, it was great to return to the city that hosts what must surely be the largest jazz festival in the world. Where else ...

Jerry Johansson Quartet: House Of Hope

by James Pearse
September 7, 2012

The seventh leader (or co-leader) recording, House Of Hope (Kning Disk, 2012), is another bold step forward in an already varied musical journey for Swedish guitarist Jerry Johansson. After exploring rock fusion, Indian ragas and Swedish folk, Johansson evokes the spirit of West Coast jazz from the 1970s on House of Hope.Motivated early on ...

Santana: Shape Shifter

by Jeff Winbush
July 17, 2012

The sticker plastered to Shape Shifter proclaims this is the Santana album 20 years in the making. Actually, it's the first album in 13 years where the guitarist doesn't just seem like a sideman on his own records. Nobody is more deserving of a career-reviving success story than Mexican-born Santana who was rewarded after years of ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Gabor Szabo

March 8, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Gabor Szabo's birthday today! Gabor Szabo - guitar (1936 -1982) An innovative musician who combined the folk music of his native Hungary with his passion for jazz, Gabor Szabo began his study of the guitar at the age of 14. Following a single free lesson that came as a gift with ...

Tommy Vig: Welcome to Hungary

by Hrayr Attarian
February 14, 2012

Although not as well-known in the US as his compatriots Attila Zoller and Gábor Szabó, percussionist Tommy Vig is every bit as talented as the two guitarists with a unique vision and unrelenting quest for perfection. Born in Budapest, Vig was a child prodigy, having recorded on drums at the tender age of ...

43 Voll-Damm Festival de Jazz de Barcelona: Pat Metheny Trio, Dave Holland & Pepe Habichuela 'Hands' y Brad Mehldau - Joshua Redman

by Enrique Turpin
December 9, 2011

Pat Metheny Trio43 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaL'Auditori24 de noviembre de 2011Presenciar un concierto de Pat Metheny siempre tiene algo de novedoso, a pesar de que sean muchos los que piensan que las actuaciones del guitarrista transitan por los mismos ámbitos desde hace décadas. Eso no es repetición, es ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Gabor Szabo

March 8, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Gabor Szabo's birthday today! Gabor SzaboGabor Szabo - guitar (1936 -1982) An innovative musician who combined the folk music of his native Hungary with his passion for jazz, Gabor Szabo began his study of the guitar at the age of 14... more Website | ...

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March 8, 2011

Gabor Szabo: All About Jazz Playlist

March 1, 2011

All About Jazz's My iTunes Playlists are designed to help music lovers compile their own “best of" iPod playlists or CDR compilations. Here is the playlist I constructed to help introduce new listeners to what I consider to be the best of Gabor Szabo's readily available recordings. Guitarist Gabor Szabo (1936-82) made a big noise in ...