Faces (Gábor Szabó album)

Faces
Studio album by Gábor Szabó
Released	1977
Recorded	March and April 1977 ABC Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:55
Label	Mercury SRM-1-1141
Producer	Wayne Henderson
Gábor Szabó chronology
Nightflight (1976) Faces (1977) Belsta River (1978)

Faces is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1977 and released on the Mercury label.

Reception

The Allmusic review states "The iconoclastic guitarist's final American record suffers producer Wayne Henderson's dated disco tendencies. But by the time the needle finds side two, some genuinely beautiful performances emerge".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Track listing

All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated

1. "The Biz" (Bobby Lyle) - 4:35
2. "Magic Mystic Faces" - 5:19
3. "Gloomy Day" (Wayne Henderson, Sylvia St. James) - 5:52
4. "Desiring You" (William Jeffery) - 6:05
5. "Misty Malarky Ying Yang" (Marlon McClain) - 6:59
6. "Alicia" - 5:37
7. "The Last Song" - 6:35
8. "Estaté" (Bruno Martino) - 3:28

• • Recorded at ABC Studios in Los Angeles, California in March and April 1977

Personnel

• Gábor Szabó - guitar
• James Stewart - guitar
• Oscar Brashear, Denny Christianson - trumpet
• George Bohannon - trombone
• Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone
• Bobby Lyle - electric piano
• Dean Gant - synthesizer
• Marlon McClain - electric guitar
• Nathaniel Phillips - electric bass
• Bruce Carter - drums
• Rini Kramer - cabassa, percussion
• Vance Tenort, Paul C. Shure, Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, Irving Geller, Irma Neumann, Haim Shtrum, Carroll Stephens, Robert Sushel - violin
• James Dunham, Janet Lakatos - viola
• Nathan Gershman, David H. Speltz - cello
• Sylvia St. James, Deborah Shotlow, Suandra Alexander, Cheryl Alexander - vocals
• William Jeffrey - arranger
• Wayne Henderson - horn arrangements