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Point of View
Point of View
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	June 1989
Recorded	1989
Studio	BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
Genre	Jazz, smooth jazz
Length	53:48
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Jay Beckenstein
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Point of View is the thirteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in June 1989 by MCA Records. At Billboard magazine, the album peaked at No. 120 on the Top 200 Albums chart.^[2]^[3]

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, vibraphone, marimba

Additional musicians

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

Production

Jay Beckenstein – producer
Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
Larry Swist – engineer, mixing
Chris Bubacz – additional engineer
Doug Rose – assistant engineer
Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York).
Stephen Walters – digital design
Jeff Katz – photography
Phil Brennan – management

References

^ Mason, Stewart. "Point of View". Allmusic. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
^ Mason, Stewart. "Point of View – Spyro Gyra". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ "Spyro Gyra – Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

External links

[allmusic-1] Mason, Stewart. "Point of View". Allmusic. Retrieved 2021-11-16.

[Mason-2] Mason, Stewart. "Point of View – Spyro Gyra". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

[top-3] "Spyro Gyra – Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

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+| artist     = [[Spyro Gyra]]
-| Cover       = Point of view spyro gyra.jpg
+| cover      = Point of view spyro gyra.jpg
-| Released    = {{Start date|1989}}
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+| released   = June 1989
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-| Last album  = ''[[Rites of Summer]]''<br>(1988)
+| label      = [[MCA Records]]
+| producer   = [[Jay Beckenstein]]
-| This album  = '''''Point of View'''''<br>(1989)
+| prev_title = [[Rites of Summer]]
-| Next album  = ''[[Fast Forward (Spyro Gyra album)|Fast Forward]]<br>(1990)
+| prev_year  = 1988
+| next_title = [[Fast Forward (Spyro Gyra album)|Fast Forward]]
+| next_year  = 1990
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+{{Album ratings
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+'''''Point of View''''' is the thirteenth album by the American jazz group [[Spyro Gyra]], released in June 1989 by [[MCA Records]]. At ''Billboard'' magazine, the album peaked at No. 120 on the Top 200 Albums chart.<ref name="Mason">{{cite web|last1=Mason|first1=Stewart|title=Point of View – Spyro Gyra|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/point-of-view-mw0000653761|website=AllMusic|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="top">{{cite web|title=Spyro Gyra – Chart history {{!}} Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/280232/spyro-gyra/chart?page=1&f=305|website=Billboard|accessdate=18 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>
-'''''Point Of View''''' is the thirteenth album by [[Spyro Gyra]], released in 1989 (see [[1989 in music]]). The album cover shows a lizard climbing from a puddle on the pavement, up to the sidewalk next to a fire hydrant. The puddle mirrors a somewhat bizarre view of what seems like a jungle right behind the hydrant.
 == Track listing ==
-# "Slow Burn" - 4:07 (Dave Samuels)
+# "Slow Burn" ([[Dave Samuels]]) – 4:07
-# "Swing Street" - 5:13 (Jay Beckenstein)
+# "Swing Street" ([[Jay Beckenstein]]) – 5:13
-# "Fairweather" - 4:46 (Tom Schuman)
+# "Fairweather" ([[Tom Schuman]]) – 4:46
-# "The Unknown Soldier" - 5:16 (Jay Beckenstein)
+# "The Unknown Soldier" (Beckenstein) – 5:23
-# "Hannibal's Boogie" - 5:59 (Jay Beckenstein)
+# "Hannibal's Boogie" (Beckenstein) – 5:59
-# "No Limits" - 4:41 (Jay Beckenstein)
+# "No Limits" (Beckenstein) – 4:41*
-# "Carolina" - 4:34 (Richie Morales)
+# "Carolina" (Richie Morales) – 4:34
-# "Riverwalk" - 4:29 (Dave Samuels)
+# "Riverwalk" (Samuels) – 4:29
-# "Swamp Thing" - 6:26 (Jeremy Wall)
+# "Swamp Thing" ([[Jeremy Wall]]) – 6:26
-# "Counterpoint" - 3:56 (Jeremy Wall)
+# "Counterpoint" (Wall) – 3:56
-# "Gotcha" - 4:09 (Oscar Cartaya)
+# "Gotcha" (Oskar Cartaya) – 4:09
+"No Limits" (track No. 6) was not on the original LP but was included on the cassette and CD.
-The track list comes from the 1996 reissue. The original 1989 version contained just 10 tracks. It did not have "No Limits", while "Carolina", "Swamp Thing" and "Counterpoint" were in a different order on that album.
 == Personnel ==
-*[[Jay Beckenstein]]: Saxophone
-*[[Tom Schuman]]: Keyboards
-*Richie Morales: Drums
-*Oscar Cartaya: Bass
-*[[Jay Azzolina]]: Guitar
-*[[Dave Samuels]]: Marimba, Vibraphone, Mallet-triggered synthesizer
+'''Spyro Gyra'''
-===Additional musicians===
+* [[Jay Beckenstein]] – saxophones
-*[[Julio Fernandez]]: Rhythm Guitar (on "Hannibal's Boogie")
+* [[Tom Schuman]] – keyboards
-*Roger Squitero: [[Percussion]] (on "Slow Burn", "Gotcha" & "Carolina")
+* [[Jay Azzolina]] – guitars
+* Oskar Cartaya – bass
+* Richie Morales – drums
+* [[Dave Samuels]] – [[MalletKAT|mallet synthesizer]], [[vibraphone]], [[marimba]]
+'''Additional musicians'''
+* [[Julio Fernández (musician)|Julio Fernández]] – rhythm guitar (5)
+* Roger Squitero – percussion (1, 7, 11)
+=== Production ===
+* Jay Beckenstein – producer
+* [[Jeremy Wall]] – assistant producer
+* Larry Swist – engineer, mixing
+* Chris Bubacz – additional engineer
+* Doug Rose – assistant engineer
+* [[Bob Ludwig]] – mastering at [[Masterdisk]] (New York City, New York).
+* Stephen Walters – digital design
+* Jeff Katz – photography
+* Phil Brennan – management
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==External links==
+* [http://www.allmusic.com/album/point-of-view-mw0000653761 Spyro Gyra-''Point of View'' at AllMusic]
+* [http://www.spyrogyra.com Spyro Gyra official web site]
 {{Spyro Gyra}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:1989 albums]]
 [[Category:Spyro Gyra albums]]
 [[Category:GRP Records albums]]
-[[it:Point of View (Spyro Gyra)]]

v t e Spyro Gyra
Studio albums	Spyro Gyra Morning Dance Catching the Sun Carnaval Freetime Incognito City Kids Alternating Currents Breakout Stories Without Words Rites of Summer Point of View Fast Forward Three Wishes Dreams Beyond Control Love & Other Obsessions Heart of the Night 20/20 Got the Magic In Modern Times Original Cinema The Deep End Wrapped in a Dream Good to Go-Go A Night Before Christmas Down the Wire A Foreign Affair The Rhinebeck Sessions
Live albums	Access All Areas Road Scholars
Compilations	Collection 1977-1987 The Best of the First Ten Years The Very Best of Spyro Gyra