''Freetime'' is the fifth 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 in 1981. At ''Billboard'' magazine, the album reached No. 41 on the Top 200 albums chart
and No. 1 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing
Personnel
Spyro Gyra
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Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clay flute, percussion
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Tom Schuman – acoustic piano,
Fender Rhodes
The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...
, synthesizers
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Jeremy Wall
Jeremy Wall is a musician, and along with Jay Beckenstein, was a founding member of the jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra. He contributed to the group as a pianist, producer, and composer. He is currently an assistant professor in the Music Industry de ...
– acoustic piano, synthesizers
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Chet Catallo
Chet Catallo (born March 11, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work as a member of the band Spyro Gyra.
Music career
In 1978, Catallo joined the group Spyro Gyra while they were recording the album ''Morning Dance''. This record ...
– guitar
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John Tropea – guitar
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Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba
* Eli Konikoff – drums
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Gerardo Velez – percussion
Guests
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Rob Mounsey – synthesizers, backing vocals
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Richard Tee – acoustic piano (7), Fender Rhodes (7)
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Steve Khan – guitar (3)
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Will Lee – bass, backing vocals
* Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion
* Richard Calandra – cymbal (4)
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Randy Brecker – trumpet (1)
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David Darling – cello (4)
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Kasey Cisyk – backing vocals
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Valerie Simpson – backing vocals
Production
* Jay Beckenstein – producer
* Richard Calandra – producer
* Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
* Michael Barry – recording, mixing
* Steve Baldwin – recording assistant
* Charles Conrad – mixing
* Julian Robertson – mix assistant
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Bob Ludwig
Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...
– mastering
* David Heffernan – artwork, design
;Studios
* Recorded at Secret Sound (New York, NY).
* Mixed at House of Music (West Orange, NJ).
* Mastered at
Masterdisk
Masterdisk is an American multimedia company in New York, located at 8 John Walsh Boulevard in Peekskill. They provide production services such as audio mastering, vinyl cutting and enhanced CD and DVD production.
Their clients include such no ...
(New York, NY).
References
1981 albums
Spyro Gyra albums
MCA Records albums
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