''Point of View'' is the thirteenth album by the American jazz group

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 in June 1989 by

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. At ''Billboard'' magazine, the album peaked at No. 120 on the Top 200 Albums chart.

Track listing

# "Slow Burn" ( Dave Samuels) – 4:07 # "Swing Street" ( Jay Beckenstein) – 5:13 # "Fairweather" ( Tom Schuman) – 4:46 # "The Unknown Soldier" (Beckenstein) – 5:23 # "Hannibal's Boogie" (Beckenstein) – 5:59 # "No Limits" (Beckenstein) – 4:41* # "Carolina" (Richie Morales) – 4:34 # "Riverwalk" (Samuels) – 4:29 # "Swamp Thing" ( Jeremy Wall) – 6:26 # "Counterpoint" (Wall) – 3:56 # "Gotcha" (Oskar Cartaya) – 4:09 "No Limits" (track No. 6) was not on the original LP but was included on the cassette and CD.

Personnel

Spyro Gyra * Jay Beckenstein – saxophones * Tom Schuman – keyboards * Jay Azzolina – guitars * Oskar Cartaya – bass * Richie Morales – drums * Dave Samuels – mallet synthesizer,

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marimba The marimba ( ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the mari ...

Additional musicians * Julio Fernández – rhythm guitar (5) * Roger Squitero – percussion (1, 7, 11)

Production

* Jay Beckenstein – producer * Jeremy Wall – assistant producer * Larry Swist – recording, mixing * Chris Bubacz – additional engineer * Doug Rose – assistant engineer *

Bob Ludwig Robert Carl Ludwig (born December 11, 1944), is a retired American mastering engineer. He mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists, including Led Zeppeli ...

– mastering at

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(New York City, New York) * Jeff Adamoff – art direction * Stephen Walters – digital design * Ted Glazer – illustration * Jeff Katz – photography * Phil Brennan – management

References

External links

Spyro Gyra-''Point of View'' at AllMusic

Spyro Gyra official web site
{{Authority control 1989 albums Spyro Gyra albums GRP Records albums