Spellbinder (album)

Spellbinder is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.[1] The album contains "Gypsy Queen" which was covered as a medley with Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" by Santana on their 1970 Abraxas album.

Spellbinder
Studio album by
Gábor Szabó
Released1966
RecordedMay 6, 1966
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length36:59
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
Gábor Szabó chronology
Gypsy '66
(1966)		 Spellbinder
(1966)		 Simpático
(1966)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Szabo's read on jazz in the '60s was brilliant. He embodied all of its most popular aspirations with a genuine spirit of innovation and adventure. Spellbinder is a masterpiece".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing
All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated
  1. "Spellbinder" - 5:30
  2. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 4:39
  3. "It Was a Very Good Year" (Ervin Drake) - 2:47
  4. "Gypsy Queen" - 5:13
  5. "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (Sonny Bono) - 2:28
  6. "Cheetah" - 4:10
  7. "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 5:28
  8. "Yearning" - 2:59
  9. "Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer/Jean Lenoir) - 3:35

Personnel

Charts

Album – Billboard

Year Chart Position
1967/03/18 Billboard Best Selling Jazz LP's 2

References
  1. Impulse! Records discography accessed March 31, 2011
  2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed March 31, 2011
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