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Walking On Nails 02:46 | | 02. Mizrab 03:30 | | 03. Search For Nirvana 02:07 | | 04. Krishna 03:11 | | 05. Raga Doll 03:43 | | 06. Comin' Back 01:55 | | 07. Paint It Black 04:40 | | 08. Sophisticated Wheels 03:53 | | 09. Ravi 02:58 | | 10. Caravan 02:59 | | 11. Summertime 02:31 | | | | | | R E L E A S E N O T E S >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | | ------------------------- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< | | | | | | Jazz Raga, recorded in August of 1966, and released in early 1967, is | | Hungarian jazz guitarist Gabor Szabo's third album for Impulse!, and | | his most exotic and mysterious. Szabo not only played guitar on the | | live-to-two-track sessions, he also overdubbed sitar on nine of the | | album's eleven cuts. | | | | Produced by Bob Thiele and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder, it combines | | Szabo's singular guitar sound (equally influenced by West Coast jazz, | | Hungarian gypsy folk songs, and Indian music - which he began | | studying as early as 1961), as he fronts a rhythm section of drummer | | Bernard Purdie and upright bassist Jack Gregg on nearly half of the | | album with an expanded lineup that also included electric bassist Bob | | Bushnell on the rest. On what has now become Szabo's signature tune, | | "Mizrab" (perhaps the first truly psychedelic jazz composition) Ed | | Shaugnessy was added on tablas. | | | | Musically, Jazz Raga dwells in the no man's lands between jazz, psych | | rock, Indian, and Eastern European music. Its track selection | | includes two standards - "Caravan" and "Summertime" - a smoking cover | | of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black," and eight Szabo originals. | | While some of the titles, like "Search for Nirvana," "Raga Doll," and | | "Krishna" seem dated, they don't taint the power of the music. | | | | "Mizrab," with its driving tablas, mantra-like bassline, open-tuned, | | droning guitar and a call-and- response sitar, creates a melody that | | is at once haunting, inviting, and affecting. The groove is | | monstrous, infectious, and dizzying. Szabo's glorious staccato | | playing on "Raga Doll" complements the hypnotic but gentle Latin | | groove laid down by Purdie. Gregg's descending five-note bass pattern | | that breaks in the middle, creates a halting, anticipatory breath in | | the listener. "Sophisticated Wheels" adds a tough samba rhythm and a | | taut engagement between Purdie and Gregg. The sitar and guitar create | | a contrapuntal feel, adding to the dimension of the tune. "Paint It | | Black" one ups the Stones' version; it employs the sitar right up | | front, not for coloring the melody, but as a foundational element. | | | | "Ravi" is actually funky thanks to Purdie's drumming, while Szabo's | | instruments play alternately at one another, communicating intensely. | | "Caravan" comes off as something completely otherworldly, while | | "Summertime" is one of the most original versions ever recorded. | | "Comin' Back" combines a 12-bar blues with a surf riff and R&B drums, | | with a killer tone by Szabo. | | | | 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. | | | | | | YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS SHIT IF YOU LIKE IT RIGHT?! | | | | | | . . | | |\/\/| | | |____| | |------------------------------=---=-======-=---=-------------------------| |===/\===============================SOUNDz==========================/\===| '--/__\--------------------------=-2013-2021-=----------------------/__\--'