Light My Fire (Bob Thiele and Gábor Szabó album) explained

Light My Fire
Type:	Album
Artist:	Bob Thiele and Gábor Szabó
Cover:	Light My Fire (Gabor Szabo album).jpg
Released:	February 1968^[1]
Recorded:	August 11 and September 14, 1967
Genre:	Crossover jazz
Length:	35:58
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Gábor Szabó
Prev Title:	More Sorcery
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Wind, Sky and Diamonds
Next Year:	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.^[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
• Ollie Mitchell, Ray Triscari (tracks 1 & 4), Jimmy Zito (tracks 1 & 4), Gary Barone (tracks 2, 3 & 5–7), Bud Brisbois (tracks 2, 3 & 5–7) – trumpet
• Lew McCreary, Mike Barone (tracks 1 & 4), Dick Leith (tracks 2, 3 & 5–7) – trombone
• Howard Johnson – tuba (tracks 1 & 4)
• Buddy Collette (tracks 1 & 4), Bob Hardaway (tracks 1 & 4), Bud Shank (tracks 1 & 4) – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
• Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
• Lincoln Mayorga – piano, harpsichord (tracks 1 & 4)
• Mike Melvoin – piano, organ, harpsichord (tracks 2, 3 & 5–7)
• Bill Plummer – sitar
• Dennis Budimir, Louis Morell – rhythm guitar
• Max Bennett (tracks 1 & 4), Carol Kaye (tracks 2, 3 & 5–7) – electric bass
• Jim 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)

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=DUUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=G%C3%A1bor+Szab%C3%B3+light+my+fire&pg=PA60 Billboard March 9, 1968
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9100-series/#as-9159 Impulse! Records discography