Jazz Raga is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó

Gábor Szabó

Gábor Szabó was a Hungarian jazz guitarist, famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music.-Biography:...

 featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse!

Impulse! Records

Impulse! Records was an American jazz record label, originally established in 1960 by producer Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, based in New York City...

 label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "The album received mixed reviews at the time but developed a lasting cult following. Jazz Raga is a classic for its barrier-breaking invention and startling creativity".

Track listing

All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated

1. "Walking on Nails" - 2:48
2. "Mizrab" - 3:32
3. "Search for Nirvana" - 2:08
4. "Krishna" - 3:13
5. "Raga Doll" (Gary McFarland
   Gary McFarland
   Gary McFarland was an influential composer, arranger, vibraphonist and vocalist, prominent on Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s, when he made "one of the more significant contributors to orchestral jazz"...
   
   ) - 3:44
6. "Comin' Back" - 1:57
7. "Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger
   Mick Jagger
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   , Keith Richards
   Keith Richards
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   ) - 4:42
8. "Sophisticated Wheels" - 3:54
9. "Ravi" - 2:59
10. "Caravan
    Caravan (song)
    "Caravan" is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and first performed by Duke Ellington in 1937. Irving Mills wrote the lyrics, but he sometimes is not credited on the many instrumental versions. Its exotic sound interested exotica musicians; Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman both covered it. Woody...
    
    " (Juan Tizol
    Juan Tizol
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    ) - 3:01
11. "Summertime
    Summertime (song)
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    " (George Gershwin
    George Gershwin
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    , DuBose Heyward
    DuBose Heyward
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    ) - 2:31
    • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 4, 1966 (tracks 4, 6, 8, 10 & 11) and August 17, 1966 (tracks 1-3, 5, 7 & 9)

Personnel

• Gábor Szabó
  Gábor Szabó
  Gábor Szabó was a Hungarian jazz guitarist, famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music.-Biography:...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , sitar
  Sitar
  The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
  
  , vocals
• Bob Bushnell - guitar (tracks 1-3, 5, 7 & 9)
• Johnny Gregg - bass
  Double bass
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• Bernard Purdie
  Bernard Purdie
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   – drums
  Drum kit
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