The first of the final four studio albums Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo recorded before his untimely death in 1982, Nightflight is also, notably, the penultimate album under his own name to appear in his adopted homeland. It is also a polarizing one, but one that has remarkably gained in stature since its release half a…
The Film Music of Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (1933-2024) was a unique musical polymath and a multicultural icon of the everchanging zeitgeist of the 20th century. Few people like Quincy Jones have ever existed. But few lifetimes have ever produced someone as gifted, talented, accomplished, compelling and interesting as Quincy Jones. I don’t hope to encapsulate the entirety of…