Wind, Sky and Diamonds explained

Wind, Sky and Diamonds
Type:	Album
Artist:	Gábor Szabó
Cover:	Wind, Sky and Diamonds.jpg
Released:	February 1968^[1]
Recorded:	September 12–14, 1967
Studio:	Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Jazz, crossover jazz
Length:	33:45
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Gábor Szabó
Prev Title:	Light My Fire
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Bacchanal
Next Year:	1968

Wind, Sky and Diamonds is an album by Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.^[2]

Track listing

"San Franciscan Nights" (Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch) – 3:18
"A Day in the Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:20
"Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)" (John Phillips) – 3:00
"To Sir With Love" (Don Black, Mark London) – 2:28
"White Rabbit" (Grace Slick) – 2:30
"Guantanamera" (Joseíto Fernández) – 3:09
"Saigon Bride" (Joan Baez, Nina Duscheck) – 2:10
"The End of Life" (John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Gábor Szabó) – 2:55
"Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:44
"Are You There?" (Gábor Szabó, Steve Allen) – 3:31
"W.C. Fields" (John Bahler, Tom Bahler) – 3:40

Recorded by Eddie Brackett at Western Recorders in Los Angeles, California on September 12, 1967 (tracks 3 & 5–7), September 13, 1967 (tracks 4, 9 & 10) and September 14, 1967 (tracks 1, 2, 8 & 11)

Gábor Szabó – guitar, recitation
Mike Melvoin – piano, harpsichord
Bill Plummer – sitar
Dennis Budimir, Herb Ellis, Louis Morell, Howard Roberts – guitar
Carol Kaye (tracks 1-3,5-8 & 11), Ray Pohlman (tracks 4, 9 & 10) – electric bass
Jimmy Gordon, John Guerin – drums
Victor Feldman, Emil Richards – percussion
The California Dreamers: Ron Hicklin, Al Capps, Loren Farber, John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Ian Freebairn-Smith, Sally Stevens, Sue Allen, Jackie Ward – vocals