2026 press.
Gabor Szabo doing that hypnotic late night thing he had completely nailed. Spellbinder is all smoky club energy. Electric guitar drifting around these strange Eastern melodies with a jazz rhythm section just quietly locking into a groove. Loads of space in it too. Nothing flashy, just this slow creeping spell it puts on you. One of those records that somehow feels cool without even trying.
FFO
Dorothy Ashby, Cal Tjader, Grant Green, Ahmed Abdul Malik