Faces is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó, released in 1977 on the Mercury label.Payne, D. Gábor Szabó discography accessed February 23, 2012
Reception The AllMusic review states: "The iconoclastic guitarist's final American record suffers producer Wayne Henderson's dated disco tendencies. But by the time the needle finds side two, some genuinely beautiful performances emerge".Payne, D. AllMusic Review accessed February 23, 2012
Track listing All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated "The Biz" (Bobby Lyle) – 4:35 "Magic Mystic Faces" – 5:19 "Gloomy Day" (Wayne Henderson, Sylvia St. James) – 5:52 "Desiring You" (William Jeffery) – 6:05 "Misty Malarky Ying Yang" (Marlon McClain) – 6:59 "Alicia" – 5:37 "The Last Song" – 6:35 "Estaté" (Bruno Martino) – 3:28 Recorded at ABC Studios in Los Angeles, California in March and April 1977
Personnel Gábor Szabó – guitar James O. Stewart – guitar Oscar Brashear, Denny Christianson – trumpet George Bohannon – trombone Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone Bobby Lyle – electric piano Dean Gant – synthesizer Marlon McClain – electric guitar Nathaniel Phillips – electric bass Bruce Carter – drums Rini Kramer – cabassa, percussion Vance Tenort, Paul C. Shure, Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, Irving Geller, Irma Neumann, Haim Shtrum, Carroll Stephens, Robert Sushel – violin James Dunham, Janet Lakatos – viola Nathan Gershman, David H. Speltz – cello Sylvia St. James, Deborah Shotlow, Suandra Alexander, Cheryl Alexander – vocals William Jeffrey – arranger Wayne Henderson – horn arrangements
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