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Spellbinder

Not who you're looking for? Others named Spellbinder: 1988 film by Janet Greek · game using pen and paper by Richard Bartle · 1987 computer game for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron · novel by Stephen Bowkett published in 1985

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Spellbinder is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label. 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. This album reached No. 140 on 1967/01/28 on Billboard 200. 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". Track listing All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated "Spellbinder" – 5:30 "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 4:39 "It Was a Very Good Year" (Ervin Drake) – 2:47 "Gypsy Queen" – 5:13 "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (Sonny Bono) – 2:28 "Cheetah" – 4:10 "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:28 "Yearning" – 2:59 "Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer/Jean Lenoir) – 3:35 Personnel Gábor Szabó – guitar, vocals Ron Carter – bass Chico Hamilton – drums Willie Bobo, Victor Pantoja – percussion

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Spellbinder: 1988 film by Janet Greek · game using pen and paper by Richard Bartle · 1987 computer game for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron · novel by Stephen Bowkett published in 1985

Overview

Spellbinder is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label. 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. This album reached No. 140 on 1967/01/28 on Billboard 200. 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". Track listing All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated "Spellbinder" – 5:30 "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 4:39 "It Was a Very Good Year" (Ervin Drake) – 2:47 "Gypsy Queen" – 5:13 "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (Sonny Bono) – 2:28 "Cheetah" – 4:10 "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:28 "Yearning" – 2:59 "Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer/Jean Lenoir) – 3:35 Personnel Gábor Szabó – guitar, vocals Ron Carter – bass Chico Hamilton – drums Willie Bobo, Victor Pantoja – percussion

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).