''Original Cinema'' is the twenty-sixth 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 February 25, 2003. Allmusic entry for ''Original Cinema''.Retrieved September 2009. At ''Billboard'' magazine, the album peaked at No. 14 on the Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

# "Bump It Up" ( Julio Fernández) - 4:52 # "Extrovertical" (

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, ...

) - 6:21 # "Dream Sequence" (Beckenstein) - 5:01 # "Party of Seven" (Joel Rosenblatt, Bette Sussman) - 4:51 # "Big Dance Number" (Beckenstein) - 3:27 # "Close-Up" (Fernandez) - 3:47 # "Film Noir" (Beckenstein) - 6:12 # "Cape Town Love" (Beckenstein) - 5:17 # "Handheld" (

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 ...

) - 4:01 # "Funky Tina" (Fernandez) - 5:17 # "Getaway" (

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 ...

) - 4:11 # "Calle Ocho" (Beckenstein) - 5:30 # "Flashback" (Beckenstein) - 3:36

Personnel

Spyro Gyra *

– saxophones *

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 si ...

– keyboards * Julio Fernández – guitars *

– bass guitar * Joel Rosenblatt – drums Additional musicians *

Dave Charles Dave Charles, also known as David Charles is a British drummer, recording engineer & record producer. He often appears under both names on the same album, e.g. Help Yourself's ''The Return of Ken Whaley'', where Dave Charles is credited with dru ...

– percussion (1, 11) *

Mino Cinélu Mino Cinélu (born March 10, 1957) is a French musician. He plays multiple instruments. He is a composer, programmer and producer; and is most often associated primarily for his work as a jazz percussionist. Biography Cinelu was born in Saint-C ...

– percussion (2, 4, 7, 8) *

Dave Samuels David Alan Samuels (October 9, 1948 – April 22, 2019) was an American vibraphone and marimba player who spent many years with the contemporary jazz group Spyro Gyra. His recordings and live performances during that period also reflect his pr ...

– vibraphone (3, 4, 8, 12) *

Andy Narell Andy Narell (born March 18, 1954) is an American jazz steel pannist, composer and producer. Biography Narell took up the steelpan at a young age in Queens, New York. His father, who was a social worker, had started a program of steelpan playing ...

– steel drums (4, 8) *

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 (10, 11)

Production

* Jay Beckenstein – producer * Doug Oberkircher – recording, mixing * Eric Carlinsky – additional recording, assistant engineer * J.P. Sheganoski – assistant engineer * Scott Hull – mastering at

The Hit Factory The Hit Factory is a recording studio in New York City owned and operated by Troy Germano. History On March 6, 1975, Edward Germano, a singer, record producer, and one of the principal owners of the Record Plant Studios New York, purchased the ...

(New York City, New York) * Michael Bishop – surround sound mastering

References

External links

''Original Cinema'' on Spyro Gyra's official website
{{Authority control Spyro Gyra albums 2003 albums Heads Up International albums