{"product_id":"spellbinder-1","title":"Spellbinder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpellbinder,\u003c\/em\u003e released in 1966 on Impulse! Records, introduced Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó to a wider American audience with a set that blends modal jazz, Eastern European folk influences, and 1960s pop textures. Recorded in May 1966 at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood Cliffs studio and produced by Bob Thiele, \u003cem\u003eSpellbinder\u003c\/em\u003e features Szabó in a quintet setting with bassist Ron Carter, drummer Chico Hamilton, and percussionists Willie Bobo and Victor Pantoja. The group’s hypnotic blend of grooves and drones helped establish Szabó’s signature approach: vamp-based forms, sitar-like guitar articulation, and modal lines shaped by his Eastern European heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title track, a slow-building vamp, showcases Szabó’s minimalist phrasing and rhythmic sensitivity. The record’s standout moment is a reimagining of Sonny Bono’s “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down),” which Szabó transforms into a darkly lyrical modal meditation. Elsewhere, the group blurs the lines between jazz improvisation and global rhythms, bridging bop vocabulary with the expanding musical frontiers of the mid-1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verve","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black (Verve Vault Series Version)","offer_id":56369732616523,"sku":"R4933-1988","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_c9f5263a-5830-497f-8e0f-22198d7e1543.jpg?v=1769167708","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/spellbinder-1","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}