Gabor Szabo: Walk Away Renee
Musicians:
Gabor Szabo (guitar), Mike Melvoin (organ), Jim Keltner (drums),
Francois Vaz (guitar), George Ricci (cello), Lajos “Louis” Kabok (bass), Randy Cierly (electric bass)
.Composed by Michael Brown, Bob Calilli & Tony Sansone
.Recorded: Los Angeles, January 20, 1969
Rating: 80/100 (learn more)
Gabor Szabo was a brilliantly original jazz guitarist who longed to be a pop star. (Stop me if you've heard this one before.) Even on Spellbinder (1966), his finest album, he covered hits by Sinatra and Sonny & Cher, and worse yet insisted on singing. Here Szabo revives a Golden Oldie from 1966, a Top 5 hit by Baroque rockers The Left Banke. Melvoin's organ, however, sounds lugubriously like Procol Harum, and Kabok & Cierly, who aren't accountants but dual bassists, provide more depth than the Mariana Trench. The only good thing about 1969, besides Neil Armstrong's small step/giant leap on the Moon, was that it mercifully put an end to the Sixties.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Tags: guitar
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