Freetime (album)
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| Released | July 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 37:33 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
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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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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
Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – soprano saxophone (1, 2, 4, 5), alto saxophone (2, 3, 6, 7), percussion (1), clay flute (3), tenor saxophone (5)
- Tom Schuman – Fender Rhodes (1-3, 5-7), synthesizers (1, 5, 6), acoustic piano (2, 5)
- Jeremy Wall – polyphonic synthesizer (1, 5), synthesizers (2), acoustic piano (3), additional synthesizers (6)
- John Tropea – guitars (1-3, 5-7), guitar solo (3)
- Chet Catallo – guitars (6, 7), guitar solo (6, 7)
- Eli Konikoff – drums (1-3, 5-7)
- Gerardo Velez – percussion (1-3, 5-7)
- Dave Samuels – vibraphone (2), marimba (3, 5)
Guest musicians
- Rob Mounsey – polyphonic synthesizer (1, 5), synthesizers (2, 3), additional synthesizers (6)
- Richard Tee – acoustic piano (7), Fender Rhodes (7), acoustic piano solo (7)
- Steve Khan – guitars (3)
- Will Lee – bass (1-3, 5-7)
- Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (1-3, 5, 6)
- Richard Calandra – cymbals (4)
- Randy Brecker – trumpet (1)
- David Darling – cello (4)
Horn section
- Jeremy Wall – arrangements and conductor
- Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone
- Lewis Del Gatto – baritone saxophone
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- Tom Malone – trombone
- Randy Brecker – trumpet
- Alan Rubin – trumpet
Backing vocals
- Kasey Cisyk
- Will Lee
- Rob Mounsey (also BGV arrangements)
- Valerie Simpson
Production
- Jay Beckenstein – producer
- Richard Calandra – producer
- Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
- Michael Barry – engineer, mixing
- Steve Baldwin – assistant engineer
- Charles Conrad – mixing
- Julian Robertson – mix assistant
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
- David Heffernan – design, photo illustration
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r69150
- ^ "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2017.