This 1967 set, recorded live at Boston’s Jazz Workshop, showcases virtuoso guitarist Szabó—a veteran of Chico Hamilton’s and Charles Lloyd’s bands—at the top of his game on a diverse program featuring standards (“What Is This Thing Called Love”) and pop hits (“The Beat Goes On”) as well as the original and psychedelic-tinged jam, “Space.”

Tracklist: 

Side A
1. The Beat Goes On
2. Little Boat = O Barquinho
3. Lou-ise 
4. What Is This Thing Called Love? 

Side B
1. Space 
2. Stronger Than Us
3. Mizrab 
4. Comin' Back

Ahmad Jamal (piano)

This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit.