''Good to Go-Go'' is the 29th 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 Beckenste ...

, released on June 12, 2007. This album has the first appearance by the drummer Bonny Bonaparte. ''Good to Go-Go'' peaked at No. 9 on the jazz album chart at ''Billboard'' magazine. Many songs on the album have been used on

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's ''Local on the 8s'' segments.

Track list

# "Simple Pleasures" (

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 Yo ...

) – 5:50 # "Get Busy" (

Tom Schuman Thomas William Schuman (born January 31, 1958) is an American jazz pianist, smooth jazz keyboardist and was the longtime co-leader, composer and arrangement, arranger of 13 Grammy nominated contemporary jazz group, Spyro Gyra. He has been the k ...

) – 5:19 # "Jam Up" (Bonny Bonaparte) – 4:15 # "The Left Bank" (Beckenstein) – 5:40 # "Funkyard Dog" (Julio Fernandez) – 5:02 # "Along for the Ride" (Fernandez) – 6:45 # "Island Time" (

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, 1970, in Frederick, Maryland, to Webster and Jeanette Lofton Ambush. He attended Urbana Elementary School in ...

) – 6:23 # "Wassup!" (Schuman) – 4:45 # "Easy Street" (Beckenstein) – 5:02 # "A Winter Tale" (Beckenstein) – 6:34 # "Good to Go-Go" (Ambush) – 6:41 # "Newroses" (Beckenstein, Fernandez) – 6:46

Musicians

Spyro Gyra *

– saxophones *

– keyboards * Julio Fernández – guitars *

– bass * Bonny B – drums, percussion, vocals Additional musicians *

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 ...

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steel drums The steelpan (also known as a pan or steel drum) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago from Afro-Trinidadians. Steelpan musicians are called pannists. In 1992, the steelpan was declared Trinidad and Tobago’s national in ...

(3, 7) *

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 ...

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conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest ...

s (4, 7, 9, 11) * Christian Howes – violin (4)

Production

* Dave Love – executive producer * Spyro Gyra – producers, recording * Eric Carlinsky – recording * Martin Walters – mixing *

Greg Calbi Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey. Biography Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bishop ...

– mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York) * Michael Bishop – 5.1 mastering at Heads Up/Telarc (Cleveland, Ohio) * Robert Hoffman – art direction, design * Paul Greco – photography * Jennifer Scarcella – stylist

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Good To Go-Go 2007 albums Spyro Gyra albums Heads Up International albums