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Stories Without Words
''Stories Without Words'' is the eleventh album by American jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra, released in 1987. At ''Billboard'' magazine, it reached No. 84 on the Top 200 Albums chart and No. 67 on the R&B Albums chart. Track listing # "Cayo Hueso" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:29 # "Serpentine Shelly" (Tom Schuman) – 4:33 # "Del Corazon" (Julio Fernandez) – 6:25 # "Early Light" (Beckenstein) – 4:23 # "Nu Sungo" (Manolo Badrena) – 4:10 # "Chrysalis" (Dave Samuels) – 4:12 # "Joy Ride" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:55 # "Pyramid" (Wall) – 6:25 Personnel * Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, Lyricon * Tom Schuman – keyboards * Julio Fernández (musician), Julio Fernández – guitars * Roberto Vally – bass, vocals * Richie Morales – drums * Manolo Badrena – percussion * Dave Samuels – marimba, vibraphone Production * Jay Beckenstein – producer * Jeremy Wall – assistant producer * Larry Swist – engineer * Chris Bubacz – assistant engineer * Doug Rose – assistant engi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1974. The band's music combines jazz, R&B, funk, and pop music. The band's name comes from ''Spirogyra'', a genus of green algae which founder Jay Beckenstein had learned about in college. History Early years Saxophonist Jay Beckenstein and keyboardist Jeremy Wall formed a band with jazz and rock musicians who were playing in the Buffalo bar and club circuit. In 1974, when a bar owner asked for the band's name, Beckenstein said, "spirogyra", a type of algae he had learned about in school. The bar owner wrote the name incorrectly, "Spyro Gyra", but it stuck. The founding members of the band were Beckenstein, Wall, bassist Jim Kurzdorfer, drummer Tom Walsh, and keyboardist Tom Schuman. In 1977, they released '' Spyro Gyra'' independently before making a deal with Amherst Records, which re-released the album with a different cover. It included "Shaker Song," which reached No. 90 on Billboard's H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
