ABOUT THIS ITEM

The world famous Impulse! jazz catalogue is so cavernous you truly need a music-minded flashlight to uncover its deepest and darkest secrets. Thankfully Light In The Attic has recently acquired such luminescent technology and the first discovery is Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo's 1967 Indo-fusion landmark, "Jazz Raga". Combining Szabo's distinctive six-string touch and open-minded ideas, it brings together jazz, pop-rock, and his native European influence, along with hypnotic sitar, stoned bass vibrations, occasional psychedelic vocals, and the laidback, yet totally in the pocket, Latin / R&B-infused backbeat of number one session drummer, Bernard Purdie. Szabo and his "Jazz Raga" have not only provided the soundtrack to many low light seductions, exotica dinner parties, and super swinging scenes, but formative influence on no less than Beck's monumental "Odelay" album (1996) and Santana's classic “Black Magic Woman” (1970). Whether it's "Walking On Nails" soft psych bliss or a sprightly cover of The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black", put Jazz Raga on your stereo and let it transport you to a place you've never been (a "Search For Nirvana" if you will)… But please be warned, you'll want to return time and time again. Meticulously re-mastered from the original tapes. Liner notes by Doug Sheppard (Ugly Things, Goldmine) include new interviews w/ Bernard Purdie, Rudy Van Gelder, & Jack Gregg, as well as rare 1967 article and interview with Gabor from Down Beat Magazine.