• Source: Spyro Gyra (album)

Spyro Gyra is the debut album by the jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra, released in 1978. The album was self-released on the label Crosseyed Bear Productions before the band signed with Amherst Records and re-released it with a different cover.
At Billboard magazine, the album reached No. 99 on the Top 200 Albums chart and also No. 99 in Canada. "Shaker Song" reached No. 16 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart, No. 90 on the Hot 100 singles chart, and was covered by the Manhattan Transfer on the album Extensions. In Canada, "Shaker Song" made No. 99 in the Top 100 chart, and No. 26 in the AO chart.




Track listing






Personnel


Band

Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, percussion, arrangements
Jeremy Wall – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, ARP Odyssey, ARP String Ensemble, Hammond organ, percussion, arrangements
Jim Kurzdorfer – bass guitar
Tom Walsh – drums, percussion
Umbopha Emile Latimer – congas, percussion
Guests

Tom Schuman – Minimoog (7), acoustic piano (8), Fender Rhodes (8)
Greg Millar – electric guitar (1, 2, 5, 7)
Freddy Rapillo – electric guitar (3, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Rubens Bassini – congas (1, 5, 6)
Dave Samuels – marimba (1, 4), tabla (1, 4)
Rick Bell – trombone (2)
Fred Marshall – trombone (6)
Anthony Gorruso – trumpet (6)




= Production

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Jay Beckenstein – producer
Richard Calandra – producer
Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
Chuck Madden – engineer
Craig Bishop – mixing
Larry Swist – mixing
Jim Bonnefond – mix assistant
Rusty Payne – editing
Michael Cobb – cover design




References

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