''Down the Wire'' is the thirty-first album by
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 ...
, released on April 28, 2009. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Pop Instrumental Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (previously: Best Pop Instrumental Album) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording arti ...
in 2010.
''Down the Wire'' peaked at No. 9 on the jazz album chart at ''Billboard'' magazine.
Track listing
Personnel
Spyro Gyra
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Jay Beckenstein
Jay Barnet Beckenstein (born May 14, 1951) is an American saxophonist, composer, producer, and the co-founder of the band Spyro Gyra. He owned BearTracks Studios in Suffern, New York.
Music career
Beckenstein was born in Long Island, New York, ...
– saxophones
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Tom Schuman
Thomas William Schuman (born January 31, 1958) is an American jazz pianist, smooth jazz keyboardist, the co-leader, composer and arranger. of 13 Grammy nominated contemporary jazz group, Spyro Gyra. He has been the keyboardist for Spyro Gyra ...
– keyboards
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Julio Fernández – guitars
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Scott Ambush
Scott Antel Ambush is an American musician, best known as the bass player of jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra.
Biography
He was born April 28, 1960 in Frederick, Maryland to Webster and Jeanette Lofton Ambush. He attended Urbana Elementary School in ...
– bass guitar
* Bonny Bonaparte – drums, percussion, vocals
Additional musicians
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Gerardo Velez
Gerardo "Jerry" Velez (born August 15, 1947) is an American musician. Best known for performing with American psychedelic rock musician Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock Festival in August 1969, Velez is a veteran percussionist and drummer, who has perfor ...
– percussion (2, 7), horn (8)
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Marc Quiñones
Marc Quiñones is a percussionist, a longtime player in salsa music, a former member of the Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band (1991–2014) and the Gregg Allman Band. He is of Puerto Rican ancestry.
Born in The Bronx, New York, he b ...
– percussion (8)
* Bill Harris – tenor saxophone, flute
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Ozzie Melendez
Osvaldo Melendez Jr, known professionally as Ozzie Melendez, has been a highly regarded studio musician and touring artist in various genres of the music industry since the mid- 1980’s. He has performed with some of the biggest names in the ind ...
– trombone
* Don Harris – trumpet
Production
* Jay Beckenstein – producer
* Dave Love – executive producer
* Mike Brylinsky – engineer
* Justin Rose – engineer
* Martin Walters – mixing, mastering
* Natalie Singer – producer manager
* Robert Hoffman – art direction, design, photography
References
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2009 albums
Spyro Gyra albums
Heads Up International albums