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Freetime (album)

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Released
  
July 1981 (July 1981)

Artist
  
Spyro Gyra

Producer
  
Jay Beckenstein

Genres
  
Jazz, Jazz fusion

Freetime (1981)
  
Incognito (1982)

Release date
  
July 1981

Label
  
MCA Records

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Freetime is the fifth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). The album reached number 1 on Billboard's jazz albums chart, 29 on the black albums chart, and 41 on the pop albums chart.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Freetime" (Tom Schuman, Eli Konikoff) - 6:03
  2. "Telluride" (Jay Beckenstein) - 5:18
  3. "Summer Strut" (Jeremy Wall) - 5:07
  4. "Elegy for Trane" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:35
  5. "Pacific Sunrise" (Tom Schuman) - 7:53
  6. "Amber Dream" (Jay Beckenstein) - 5:07
  7. "String Soup" (Jim Kurzdorfer) - 3:30

Personnel

  • Jay Beckenstein: saxophones, clay flute, percussion
  • Tom Schuman: keyboards
  • Dave Samuels: vibraphone, marimba
  • John Tropea: guitars
  • Chet Catallo: guitars
  • Steve Khan: guitars
  • Will Lee: bass, backing vocals
  • Eli Konikoff: drums
  • Errol "Crusher" Bennett: percussion
  • Gerardo Velez: percussion
  • Jeremy Wall: synthesizer, piano
  • Rob Mounsey: synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Richard Tee: keyboards
  • Randy Brecker: trumpet
  • Valerie Simpson, Casey Cysick: backing vocals
  • David Darling: cello
  • Richard Calandra: cymbal

    • Songs

    1Freetime6:08
    2Telluride5:11
    3Summer Strut5:06

    References

    Freetime (album) Wikipedia
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