''Collection'' is the fifteenth and debut

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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 1991 (see

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). The album cover showed a couple of fairies above a city with flowers. The first two tracks are new recordings. "Mallet Ballet" is a live recording from a 1979 promo EP. "Harbor Nights" is from the live album Access All Areas. The remaining tracks are the original studio versions.

Track listing and personnel

1. "You Can Count On Me" (Tom Schuman) - 3:27 *

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, ...

: Saxophone, Wind Synthesizer *

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 *

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 ...

: Vibes, marimba * Julio Fernández: Guitars *Oscar Cartaya: Bass *Joel Rosenblatt: Drums * Marc Quiñones: Percussion 2. "What Exit" (Julio Fernandez) - 3:40 *Jay Beckenstein: Saxophones *Tom Schuman: Keyboards *Dave Samuels: Marimba *Julio Fernandez: Guitars *Oscar Cartaya: Bass *Joel Rosenblatt: Drums *Marc Quiñones: Percussion No Sweat Horns *Barry Danelian: Trumpet, flugelhorn, horn section arrangement *Randy Andos: Trombone *Scott Kreitzer: Tenor Saxophone 3. "Nu Sungo" (Manolo Badrena) - 4:10 *Jay Beckenstein: Saxophones *Tom Schuman: Keyboards *Dave Samuels: Vibes, Marimba *Julio Fernandez: Guitar *Richie Morales: Drums *Roberto Vally: Bass *

Manolo Badrena Manolo Badrena (born March 17, 1952, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a percussionist most noted for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span jazz, world music, pop, and Latin music. B ...

: Percussion 4. "The Unknown Soldier" (Jay Beckenstein) - 5:16 *Jay Beckenstein: Saxophone *Tom Schuman: Keyboards *Dave Samuels: Vibes, marimba, timpani *Richie Morales: Drums *Oscar Cartaya: Bass 5. "Morning Dance" (Jay Beckenstein) - 3:57 *Jay Beckenstein: Saxophones *

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 ...

: Electric piano *Dave Samuels: Marimba, steel drums *

John Tropea John Tropea (pronounced 'tro-pay'; born January 7, 1946) is an American guitarist. Career Tropea began guitar studies at the age of 12. His musical education continued at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied jazz guitar, harmony, ...

: Guitars *Jim Kurzdorfer: Bass *Ted Reinhardt: Drums *

Rubens Bassini Rubens Bassini (January 26, 1933 in Rio de Janeiro – September 1985) was a percussionist, who played bongos and congas above all. He played together with the band Os Ipanemas: Astor Silva; (trombone), Marinho (bass), Wilson das Neves (drums ...

: Percussion 6. "Old San Juan" (Jay Beckenstein) - 6:41 *Jay Beckenstein - Saxophone, whistle, percussion *Dave Samuels - Marimba * Jorge Dalto - Piano *

Rob Mounsey Rob Mounsey (born December 2, 1952) is an American musician, composer, and arranger. Music career Mounsey was born in Berea, Ohio, and grew up in Seattle, Washington, spending a few years each in Findlay and Granville, Ohio. At the age of 17, ...

and

- Synthesizers *Steve Love - Guitars *

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

- Bass * Steve Gadd - Drums * Gerardo Velez - Percussion *Manolo Badrena - Percussion Horn Section: *Jerry Hey - Horn arrangement, trumpet, flugelhorn *Gary Grant - Trumpet, flugelhorn *Tom Scott - Saxophone, flute *Larry Williams - Saxophone, flute *Bill Reichenbach - Trombone 7. "Shakedown" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:22 *Jay Beckenstein: Saxophone *Tom Schuman: Keyboards *Dave Samuels: Vibes, marimba *Julio Fernandez: Guitars *Richie Morales: Drums *Kim Stone: Bass *Gerardo Velez: Percussion 8. "Mallet Ballet" (Jeremy Wall) - 6:15 *Jay Beckenstein: Saxophone *Tom Schuman: Keyboards *Chet Catallo: Guitar *Eli Konikoff: Drums *Jim Kurzdorfer: Bass *Gerardo Velez: Percussion 9. "Catching the Sun" (Jay Beckenstein) - 4:41 *Jay Beckenstein: Saxophone *Tom Schuman: Electric piano, synthesizers *Dave Samuels: Marimba, steel drums *John Tropea - Guitar *Hiram Bullock - Guitar *Eli Konikoff - Drums *Jim Kurzdorfer - Bass *Jeremy Wall: Synthesizers *Gerardo Velez - Percussion *Rubens Bassini - Percussion *Randy Brecker - Trumpet 10. "Para ti Latino" (Oscar Cartaya) - 4:15 *Jay Beckenstein - Saxophone *Tom Schuman - Keyboards *Dave Samuels - Vibes, marimba *

Jay Azzolina Jay Azzolina (born December 23, 1952) is a jazz-fusion guitarist known for his work with the Grammy-winning group Spyro Gyra. He has also performed and recorded with Carly Simon, Donna Summer, The Manhattan Transfer, Herbie Mann, Rickie Lee Jones, ...

- Guitar *Richie Morales - Drums *Oscar Cartaya - Bass *Marc Quiñones - Percussion No Sweat Horns: *Barry Danielian - Trumpet, flugelhorn, horn section arrangements *Randy Andos - Trombone *Scott Kreitzer - Tenor saxophone 11. "Incognito" (Tom Schuman) - 5:56 *Jay Beckenstein - Saxophone *Tom Schuman - Keyboards *Dave Samuels - Marimba *Steve Love - Guitars *Hiram Bullock - Guitars *

- Synthesizers,Vocorder *Marcus Miller - Bass *Steve Gadd - Drums *Manolo Badrena - Percussion 12. "Harbor Nights" (Jay Beckenstein) - 6:52 *Jay Beckenstein - Saxophone *Tom Schuman - Keyboards *Dave Samuels - Vibes, marimba *Eli Konikoff - Drums *Kim Stone - Bass *Chet Catallo - Guitar *Gerardo Velez - Percussion 13. "Limelight" (Dave Samuels) - 4:27 *Jay Beckenstein - Saxophones *Tom Schuman - Keyboards *Dave Samuels - Vibes, Marimba *Julio Fernandez - Guitars *Richie Morales - Drums *Oscar Cartaya - Bass 14. "Breakout: (Jeremy Wall) - 4:37 *Jay Beckenstein - Saxophone *Tom Schuman - Keyboards *Dave Samuels - Vibes, marimba *Julio Fernandez - Guitar *Richie Morales - Drums *Kim Stone - Bass *Manolo Badrena - Percussion

References

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