Spyro Gyra (album)
Spyro Gyra | ||||
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Studio album by Spyro Gyra | ||||
Released | 1977 (re-released in 1978) | |||
Recorded | 1976 (re-recorded in 1977) | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion, smooth jazz | |||
Length | 43:54 | |||
Label | Amherst Records | |||
Producer | Jay Beckenstein and Richard Calandra | |||
Spyro Gyra chronology | ||||
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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.
Track listing
- "Shaker Song" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:49
- "Opus D'Opus" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:08
- "Mallet Ballet" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:11
- "Pygmy Funk" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:34
- "Cascade" (Jeremy Wall) – 3:12
- "Leticia" (Jeremy Wall) – 6:10
- "Mead" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:00
- "Paula/Paw Prints" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:01
- "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 at AllMusic
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