Impulse! · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Gypsy '66

Gabor Szabo

Recorded	Nov 1965
Label	Impulse!
Released	1965
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 68051

The record

Guitar-forward and quietly exotic, this early Impulse! date pairs Szabo with Gary McFarland's arrangements, weaving flute, marimba, and dual basses into something nearer chamber music than hard bop.

Session personnel

Albert Stinson — bass
Richard Davis — bass
Grady Tate — drums
Sadao Watanabe — flute
Barry Galbraith — guitar
Gabor Szabo — guitar
Sam Brown — guitar
Gary McFarland — marimba, arranged by
Chino Pozo — percussion
Willie Rodriguez — percussion

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 20 pressings on file.

1966	Impulse! · A-9105 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · RVG stamp; gatefold
1966	Impulse! — STEREO
1966	Impulse! · A-9105 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1966	Impulse! · A-9105 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1967	Impulse! · AS-9105 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo
1968	Impulse! · A-9105 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1969	Impulse! · PS-99 — Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP
1998	Impulse! · MVCJ-19129 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2001	Impulse! · UCCI-9099 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve · gatefold
2002	Speakers Corner Records · AS-9105 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g
2002	Speakers Corner Records · AS-9105 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, 180g
2005	Impulse! · UCCU-5271 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2006	Impulse! · UCCU-9312 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2015	Impulse! · UCCI-9267 — CD, Album, Reissue