Point of View (Spyro Gyra album)
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| Released | June 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Studio | BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York). | |||
| Genre | Jazz, smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 53:48 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| 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 GRP 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.
