Gabor Szabo was one of jazz fusion's earliest progenitors and a fascinating, eclectic player. The Hungarian guitarist, who emigrated to the U.S. in 1956, had a singular way of folding together Romani, Indian and rock music in the jazz idiom and seeking out sounds in world music. Szabo also embraced pop with a new level of sophistication. [Photo above of…
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