Light My Fire (Gábor Szabó album)

Light My Fire
Studio album by Gábor Szabó
Released	1967
Recorded	August 11 and September 14, 1967
Genre	Crossover jazz
Length	35:58
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Bob Thiele
Gábor Szabó chronology
More Sorcery (1967) Light My Fire (1967) Wind, Sky and Diamonds (1967)

Light My Fire is an album by Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó and American record producer Bob Thiele featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Douglas Payne awarded the album 2 stars calling it "An inane attempt to marry rock hits to the big band sound".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Gábor Szabó except as indicated

1. "Forest Flower" (Charles Lloyd) - 5:14
2. "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35" (Bob Dylan) - 2:30
3. "Krishna" - 3:35
4. "Light My Fire" (Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Robby Krieger) - 6:16
5. "Fakin' It" (Paul Simon) - 5:50
6. "Eight Miles High" (David Crosby, Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn) - 7:02
7. "Sophisticated Wheels" - 5:31

• Recorded in Los Angeles, California on August 11, 1967 (tracks 1 & 4) and September 14, 1967 (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7).

Personnel

• Gábor Szabó - guitar
• Bob Thiele - director
• Gary Barone (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7), Bud Brisbois (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7), Ollie Mitchell, Ray Triscari (tracks 1 & 4), Jimmy Zito (tracks 1 & 4) - trumpet
• Mike Barone (tracks 1 & 4), Dick Leith (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7), Lew McCreary - trombone
• Howard Johnson - tuba (tracks 1 & 4)
• Buddy Collette (tracks 1 & 4), Bob Hardaway (tracks 1 & 4), Tom Scott, Bud Shank (tracks 1 & 4) - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
• Lincoln Mayorga - piano, harpsichord (tracks 1 & 4)
• Mike Melvoin - piano, organ, harpsichord (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7)
• Bill Plummer - sitar
• Dennis Budimir, Louis Morell - guitar
• Max Bennett (tracks 1 & 4), Carol Kaye (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) - electric bass
• Jimmy Gordon (tracks 1 & 4), John Guerin (tracks 2, 3 5-7) - drums
• Gary Coleman (tracks 1 & 4), Emil Richards (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) - percussion
• Sid Feller - arranger
• The California Dreamers: Ron Hicklin, Al Capps, Loren Farber, John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Ian Freebairn-Smith, Sally Stevens, Sue Allen, Jackie Ward - vocals (track 2)

References

1. Impulse! Records discography accessed April 5, 2011
2. Payne, D. Allmusic Review accessed April 2, 2011