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| Freetime | ||||
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| Released | July 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 37:33 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra | |||
| Spyro Gyra chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Freetime is the fifth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1981. At Billboard magazine, the album reached No. 41 on the Top 200 albums chart[2] and No. 1 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Freetime" | Tom Schuman, Eli Konikoff | 6:03 |
| 2. | "Telluride" | Jay Beckenstein | 5:18 |
| 3. | "Summer Strut" | Jeremy Wall | 5:07 |
| 4. | "Elegy for Trane" | Jeremy Wall | 4:35 |
| 5. | "Pacific Sunrise" | Tom Schuman | 7:53 |
| 6. | "Amber Dream" | Jay Beckenstein | 5:07 |
| 7. | "String Soup" | Jim Kurzdorfer | 3:30 |
Personnel
[edit]Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clay flute, percussion
- Tom Schuman – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers
- Jeremy Wall – acoustic piano, synthesizers
- Chet Catallo – guitar
- John Tropea – guitar
- Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba
- Eli Konikoff – drums
- Gerardo Velez – percussion
Guests
- Rob Mounsey – synthesizers, backing vocals
- Richard Tee – acoustic piano (7), Fender Rhodes (7)
- Steve Khan – guitar (3)
- Will Lee – bass, backing vocals
- Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion
- Richard Calandra – cymbal (4)
- Randy Brecker – trumpet (1)
- David Darling – cello (4)
- Kasey Cisyk – backing vocals
- Valerie Simpson – backing vocals
Production
[edit]- 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
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- David Heffernan – artwork, design
- Studios
- Recorded at Secret Sound (New York, NY).
- Mixed at House of Music (West Orange, NJ).
- Mastered at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r69150
- ^ "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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