{"id":6459,"date":"2022-09-03T20:14:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T20:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6459"},"modified":"2022-12-18T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T11:45:41","slug":"music-a-little-more-gabor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6459","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: A Little More Gabor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NWR3Ay7KjdQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"155\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/stars_09_fourhalf-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6685\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/stars_09_fourhalf-3.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/stars_09_fourhalf-3-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently this movie, called <em>Rising<\/em>, was a USC (University of Southern California) master\u2019s project, by a certain Larry Bock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can\u2019t find out much about Bock (was he any relation to Dick Bock? Was he the same Lawrence Bock that became an entrepreneur?), which is a pity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film itself is a real gem, mixing stills, live footage, interviews with Szabo and associates (inc. Leonard Feather, and other notable jazzniks). One minor criticism is that it\u2019d have been nice to see less cutting between pieces and more unbroken music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also worth checking out is this Facebook page dedicated to Gabor Szabo and his music: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/100065049781995\/\">https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/100065049781995\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_4349-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_4349-728x1024.jpg 728w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_4349-213x300.jpg 213w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_4349.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I first posted this, I\u2019d only watched the first half of the film. Watching the remainder drove home a few salutory reminders about the artistic and\/or musical life. Szabo is very candid, and quite humble, almost to the point of being a little self effacing. Saying at one point \u2018maybe that\u2019s how [through music, esp\u2019 live performance] I compensate for my shortcomings as an individual\u2018!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also clear that despite how we as listeners might perceive his art\/music as an \u2018end product\u2019 (a horrid phrase!) that\u2019s often perfect, or damn near, for him it was always a process of disappointment, whilst striving towards a seemingly unattainable goal. I recognise that feeling! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently this movie, called Rising, was a USC (University of Southern California) master\u2019s project, by a certain Larry Bock. I can\u2019t find out much about Bock (was he any relation to Dick Bock? Was he the same Lawrence Bock that became an entrepreneur?), which is a pity. The film itself is a real gem, mixing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6459\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUSiC: A Little More Gabor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[89,15,58,104],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-1Gb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6459"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7563,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459\/revisions\/7563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}