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Spyro Gyra (album)

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Length
  
43:54

Label
  
Amherst Records

Released
  
1977 (re-released in 1978)

Recorded
  
1976 (re-recorded in 1977)

Genre
  
Jazz fusion, smooth jazz

Producer
  
Jay Beckenstein and Richard Calandra

Spyro Gyra is the first album by the jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra, released in 1978. The cover shows a picture of DNA in a galaxy in space. This was the group's only record released on Amherst.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Shaker Song" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:49
  2. "Opus D'Opus" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:08
  3. "Mallet Ballet" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:11
  4. "Pygmy Funk" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:34
  5. "Cascade" (Jeremy Wall) – 3:12
  6. "Leticia" (Jeremy Wall) – 6:10
  7. "Mead" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:00
  8. "Paula/Paw Prints" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:01
  9. "Galadriel" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:55

Personnel

  • Jay Beckenstein: soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, percussion
  • Jeremy Wall: acoustic and Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ, ARP synthesizers
  • Jim Kurzdorfer: bass
  • Tom Walsh: drums, percussion
  • Umbopha Emile Latimer: congas, percussion

    • Other musicians

  • Rubens Bassini: congas
  • Dave Samuels: marimba and tabla
  • Tom Schuman: Minimoog, piano, Fender Rhodes
  • "Fast" Freddy Rapillo: guitar
  • Richard Baker - organ, synthesizer, bass synthesizer on Mallet Ballet
  • Greg Miller: guitar
  • Harvey Mason: drums
  • Dave Grusin: piano, electric piano
  • Rick Bell: trombone
  • Anthony Gorruso: trumpet (name is misspelled Garusso on album jacket!)
  • Fred Marshall: trombone

    • References

    Spyro Gyra (album) Wikipedia
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