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Down The Wire
''Down the Wire'' is the thirty-first album by Spyro Gyra, released on April 28, 2009. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2010. ''Down the Wire'' peaked at No. 9 on the jazz album chart at ''Billboard'' magazine. Track listing Personnel Spyro Gyra * Jay Beckenstein – saxophones * Tom Schuman – keyboards * Julio Fernández – guitars * Scott Ambush – bass guitar * Bonny Bonaparte – drums, percussion, vocals Additional musicians * Gerardo Velez – percussion (2, 7), horn (8) * Marc Quiñones – percussion (8) * Bill Harris – tenor saxophone, flute * 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 produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 had learned about in college. History Early years Saxophonist Jay Beckenstein and keyboardist Jeremy Wall formed a band with jazz and rock musicians who were playing in the Buffalo bar and club circuit. In 1974, when a bar owner asked for the band's name, Beckenstein said, " spirogyra", a type of algae he had learned about in school. The bar owner wrote the name incorrectly, "Spyro Gyra", but it stuck. The founding members of the band were Beckenstein, Wall, bassist Jim Kurzdorfer, drummer Tom Walsh, and keyboardist Tom Schuman. In 1977, they released '' Spyro Gyra'' independently before making a deal with Amherst Records, which re-released the album with a different cover. It included "Shaker Song," which reached No. 90 on Billboard's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
