The Sorcerer is a live album by Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography accessed April 4, 2011. This album is peaked the position #194 on Billboard 200 on 1968/01/13.
Reception The Allmusic review by Douglas Payne awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The playing seems inspired, and the interplay within the group is something to behold -- even when performing lightweight tunes".Payne, D. Allmusic Review accessed April 4, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated "The Beat Goes On" (Sonny Bono) - 4:52 "Little Boat (O Barquinho)" (Ronaldo Bôscoli, Roberto Menescal) - 4:23 "Lou-Ise" (Jimmy Stewart) - 4:17 "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) - 5:18 "Space" - 6:40 "Stronger Than Us (Plus fort que nous) (from A Man and a Woman)" (Francis Lai, Pierre Barouh) - 4:13 "Mizrab" - 6:58 "Comin' Back" (Clyde Otis, Gábor Szabó) 1:56 "Los Matadoros" - 12:09 (Bonus track on CD reissue) "People" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) - 5:18 (Bonus track on CD reissue) "Corcovado" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 3:22 (Bonus track on CD reissue) Recorded at The Jazz Workshop in Boston, Massachusetts on April 14 & 15, 1967
Personnel Gábor Szabó - guitar Jimmy Stewart - guitar Lajos "Louis" Kabok - bass Marty Morell – drums Hal Gordon - percussion
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