GABOR SZABO
was one of the most original jazz guitarists to emerge in the 1960s.
Mixing his Hungarian folk music heritage with a deep love of jazz,
he crafted a most unusual, largely self-taught sound.
Inspired by a Roy Rogers cowboy movie, Szabo began playing guitar
when he was 14 and often played in dinner clubs and covert jam sessions
while still living in Budapest. He escaped from his country at age 20
on the eve of the anti-Communist uprising and eventually made his way to America,
settling with his family in California.
He attended Berklee College (1958-60) and in 1961 joined Chico Hamilton’s
innovative quintet featuring Charles Lloyd. Urged by Hamilton, Szabo crafted
a most distinctive sound; agile on intricate, nearly-free runs as he was able
to sound inspired during melodic passages.
Szabo left the Hamilton group in 1965 to leave his mark on
the pop-jazz of the Gary McFarland quintet and the energy music
of Charles Lloyd’s fiery and underrated quartet
featuring Ron Carter and Tony Williams.
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