GABOR SZABO - MACHO (LP)

Gabor Szabo Macho on Vinyl LP! 

As much a product of its time as it is the result of session overlord Bob James' style, Macho makes for an excellent Gabor Szabo record. The guitarist again opts to work with studio musicians here and he is heard in markedly good form, spinning out exceptionally memorable solo lines and playing leads like he means it. Besides Szabo, only Bob James and Tom Scott are offered solo roles and both compliment the guitarist's style nicely. Szabo invests some of his best playing in the album's greatest moments: the lovely ballad, "Time" and the enchanting, hypnotic "Macho." Both titles deserve high status in the guitarist's recorded lineage. The album's remaining tracks; the disco-jazz of Bob James' "Transylvania Boogie," the Headhunters funk of Harvey Mason's "Ziggedy Zag" and a cover of Phoebe Snow's hit ballad "Poetry Man" are also quite well done and worth hearing. Macho, perhaps Gabor Szabo's last significant recording, offers much of the guitarist and his unique personality to be thorougly enjoyed.

Gabor Szabo Macho Track Listing

1. Hungarian Rhapsody
2. Time
3. Transylvania Boogie
4. Ziggidy zag
5. Macho
6. Poetry man