Jump to content

City Kids (album): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
UG portion of AllMusic
 
(48 intermediate revisions by 34 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox album
{{Unreferenced|date=February 2008}}
| name = City Kids
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = City Kids
| type = studio
| Type = studio
| artist = [[Spyro Gyra]]
| Artist = [[Spyro Gyra]]
| cover = City kids.gif
| Cover = City kids.gif
| alt =
| Released = {{Start date|1983}}
| released = {{Start date|1983}}
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| Genre =
| venue =
| studio = [[BearTracks Studios|BearTracks]] (Suffern, New York).
| Length =
| Label = [[MCA Records]]
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[jazz fusion]]
| Producer =
| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=3}}
| Reviews =
| label = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| producer = [[Jay Beckenstein]], Richard Calandra
| Last album = ''[[Incognito (Spyro Gyra album)|Incognito]]''<br>(1982)
| prev_title = [[Incognito (Spyro Gyra album)|Incognito]]
| This album = ''City Kids''<br>(1983)
| prev_year = 1982
| Next album = ''[[Access All Areas (Spyro Gyra album)|Access All Areas]]''<br>(1984)
| next_title = [[Access All Areas (Spyro Gyra album)|Access All Areas]]
| next_year = 1984
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r148018|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
}}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->


'''''City Kids''''' is the seventh album by [[Spyro Gyra]], released in 1983. At ''Billboard'' magazine, it reached No. 66 on the Top 200 Albums chart,<ref name="top">{{cite magazine|title=Spyro Gyra - Chart history {{!}} Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/280232/spyro-gyra/chart?f=305|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=16 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> and No. 2 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.
'''City Kids''' is the seventh album by [[Spyro Gyra]] from [[1983 in music|1983]]. The picture showed a bunch of people (including a dog) in a city playing on a basketball court.


== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Jay Beckenstein except where noted


| title1 = City Kids
== Track listing and personnel ==
| writer1 = Tom Schuman
1. "City Kids" (Tom Schuman) - 5:11
| length1 = 5:11


| title2 = Serpent in Paradise
*[[Jay Beckenstein]]: Alto Saxophone
| length2 = 4:45
*[[Tom Schuman]]: Keyboards
*[[Chet Catallo]]: Guitars, Guitar Solo
*[[Eddie Gomez]]: Bass
*[[Steve Gadd]]: Drums
*[[Manolo Badrena]]: Percussion
*[[Dave Samuels]]: Vibraphone


| title3 = A Ballad
2. "Serpent In Paradise" (Jay Beckenstein) - 4:45
| length3 = 5:42


| title4 = Nightlife
*Jay Beckenstein: Tenor and Soprano Saxophone, Lyricon
| writer4 = Jeremy Wall
*Tom Schuman: Keyboards
| length4 = 4:32
*Eddie Gomez: Bass
*Steve Gadd: Drums
*Chet Catallo: Guitar
*[[Steve Love]]: Guitar, Guitar Solo
*[[Hiram Bullock]]: Guitar
*[[Will Lee]]: Bass
*Steve Gadd: Drums
*[[Gerardo Velez]]: Percussion
*Manolo Badrena: Percussion


| title5 = Islands in the Sky
3. "A Ballad" (Jay Beckenstein) - 5:42
| writer5 = Jeremy Wall
| length5 = 6:44


| title6 = Conversations
*Jay Beckenstein: Soprano Saxophone, Lyricon
| writer6 = Tom Schuman
*[[Jorge Dalto]]: Piano
| length6 = 5:34
*Tom Schuman: Piano, Synthesizers
*Dave Samuels: Vibraphone
*Eddie Gomez: Bass
*Steve Gadd: Drums
*Chet Catallo: Guitars
*Manolo Badrena: Percussion, Congas


| title7 = Silver Linings
4. "Nightlife" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:32
| length7 = 4:36


| title8 = Haverstraw Road
*Jay Beckenstein: Alto Saxophone, Lyricon
| length8 = 5:00
*Tom Schuman: Piano, Synthesizers
}}
*[[Richard Tee]]: Electric Piano
*Steve Love: Guitar, Solo
*Hiram Bullock: Guitar
*Dave Samuels: Marimba
*Will Lee: Bass
*[[Steve Jordan (musician)|Steve Jordan]]: Drums
*Steve Gadd: Percussion


== Personnel ==
5. "Islands in the Sky" (Jeremy Wall) - 6:44


'''Spyro Gyra'''
*Jay Beckenstein: Soprano Saxophone
* [[Jay Beckenstein]] – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, [[Lyricon]]
*Tom Schuman: Electric Piano, Synthesizers
* [[Tom Schuman]] – electric piano (1, 2, 5–7), synthesizers (1, 2, 5–7)
*Steve Love: Guitar
* [[Jeremy Wall]] – acoustic piano (4, 5), synthesizers (4, 5)
*Chet Catallo: Guitar
* [[Chet Catallo]] – guitars (1–3, 5, 7)
*[[Marcus Miller]]: Bass
* Kim Stone – bass (1)
*Steve Gadd: Drums
* Eli Konikoff – drums (1)
*[[Jeremy Wall]]: Synthesizers
*Gerardo Velez: Percussion
* [[Gerardo Velez]] – percussion (1, 5, 7)
* [[Dave Samuels]] – [[marimba]] (4, 5), [[vibraphone]] (4, 5)
*Manolo Badrena: Percussion
*Dave Samuel: Marimba, Vibraphone


'''Guests'''
6. "Conversations" (Tom Schuman) - 5:34
* [[Richard Tee]] – acoustic piano (4, 8), electric piano (4, 8)
* [[Hiram Bullock]] – guitar (2, 4, 7)
* Steve Love – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 8), electric guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 8), guitar solo (2, 4)
* [[Will Lee (bassist)|Will Lee]] – bass (2, 4)
* [[Eddie Gómez]] – bass (3, 6)
* [[Marcus Miller]] – bass (5, 7, 8)
* [[Steve Jordan (musician)|Steve Jordan]] – drums (2, 4, 7)
* [[Steve Gadd]] – drums (3–6, 8), percussion (3–6, 8)
* [[Manolo Badrena]] – [[conga]]s (1–3, 5, 6), percussion (1–3, 5, 6)
* [[Lou Marini]] – tenor saxophone
* [[Dave Bargeron]] – trombone
* [[Alan Rubin]] – flugelhorn, trumpet
* [[Lew Soloff]] – flugelhorn, trumpet
* Rob Zantay – Lyricon programming
* Lani Groves – vocals (1)


=== Production ===
*Jay Beckenstein: Soprano Saxophone
* Jay Beckenstein – producer
*Tom Schuman: Electric Piano, Synthesizers
* Richard Calandra – producer
*Dave Samuels: Vibraphone, Marimba
* Jeremy Wall – assistant producer (1, 6)
*Eddie Gomez: Bass
* Tom Schuman – assistant producer (1, 6)
*Steve Gadd: Drums
* Michael Barry – engineer
*Manolo Badrena: Percussion
* John Penzotti – assistant engineer
* Bob Troeller – assistant engineer
* [[Bob Ludwig]] – mastering at [[Masterdisk]] (New York, NY).
* George Osaki – art direction, design
* Michael G. Cobb – cover illustration


== References ==
7. "Silver Linings" (Jay Beckenstein) - 4:36
{{Reflist}}


{{Spyro Gyra}}
*Jay Beckenstein: Alto Saxophone
*Tom Schuman: Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizers
*Chet Catallo: Guitar Solo
*Steve Love: Acoustic/Electric Guitars
*Hiram Bullock: Guitar
*Marcus Miller: Bass
*Steve Jordan: Drums
*Gerardo Velez: Percussion


{{Authority control}}
8. "Haverstraw Road" (Jay Beckestein) - 5:00


*Jay Beckenstein: Alto Saxophone
*Richard Tee: Keyboards
*Steve Love: Guitar
*Marcus Miller: Bass
*Steve Gadd: Drums, Percussion
*Chet Catallo: Guitar Solo
[[Category:1983 albums]]
[[Category:1983 albums]]
[[Category:Spyro Gyra albums]]
[[Category:Spyro Gyra albums]]
[[Category:MCA Records albums]]
[[Category:MCA Records albums]]

[[it:City Kids]]

Latest revision as of 17:07, 23 December 2024

City Kids
Studio album by
Spyro Gyra
Released1983 (1983)
StudioBearTracks (Suffern, New York).
GenreJazz, jazz fusion
Length42:03
LabelMCA
ProducerJay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Incognito
(1982) 		City Kids
(1983) 		Access All Areas
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

City Kids is the seventh album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1983. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 66 on the Top 200 Albums chart,[2] and No. 2 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Jay Beckenstein except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."City Kids"Tom Schuman5:11
2."Serpent in Paradise" 4:45
3."A Ballad" 5:42
4."Nightlife"Jeremy Wall4:32
5."Islands in the Sky"Jeremy Wall6:44
6."Conversations"Tom Schuman5:34
7."Silver Linings" 4:36
8."Haverstraw Road" 5:00

Personnel

[edit]

Spyro Gyra

Guests

Production

[edit]
  • Jay Beckenstein – producer
  • Richard Calandra – producer
  • Jeremy Wall – assistant producer (1, 6)
  • Tom Schuman – assistant producer (1, 6)
  • Michael Barry – engineer
  • John Penzotti – assistant engineer
  • Bob Troeller – assistant engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
  • George Osaki – art direction, design
  • Michael G. Cobb – cover illustration

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=City_Kids_(album)&oldid=1264810791"