Featuring two whole albums of exquisite sixties jazz psychedelia from "The Nureyev Of The Guitar", Gabor Szabo was one of the most original guitarists to emerge in the sixties; crafting a distinctive sound that fused jazz, pop, gypsy, Indian and middle-eastern music-often involving long melodic passages punctuated by feedback and drone-to create a highly mystical and unique style. With “Bacchanal” Gabor triumphed in his experiments with feedback and eastern-tinged psychedelic re-workings of contemporary tunes, the album enjoys many high points opening with an intense, ethereal “three king fishers” and including a particularly lovely reading of Lee Hazelwood’s “Some Velvet Morning”. On “1969”, the guitarist performs melodic hits of the day with elegance in a program featuring Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now”, The Beatles¹ “Dear Prudence” and a gorgeous interpretation of classic IV’s “Stormy”.