City Kids (album)
| City Kids | ||||
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| Released | 1983 | |||
| Studio | BearTracks (Suffern, New York). | |||
| Genre | Jazz, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 42:03 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra | |||
| Spyro Gyra chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "City Kids" | Tom Schuman | 5:11 |
| 2. | "Serpent in Paradise" | 4:45 | |
| 3. | "A Ballad" | 5:42 | |
| 4. | "Nightlife" | Jeremy Wall | 4:32 |
| 5. | "Islands in the Sky" | Jeremy Wall | 6:44 |
| 6. | "Conversations" | Tom Schuman | 5:34 |
| 7. | "Silver Linings" | 4:36 | |
| 8. | "Haverstraw Road" | 5:00 |
Personnel
[edit]Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, Lyricon
- Tom Schuman – electric piano (1, 2, 5–7), synthesizers (1, 2, 5–7)
- Jeremy Wall – acoustic piano (4, 5), synthesizers (4, 5)
- Chet Catallo – guitars (1–3, 5, 7)
- Kim Stone – bass (1)
- Eli Konikoff – drums (1)
- Gerardo Velez – percussion (1, 5, 7)
- Dave Samuels – marimba (4, 5), vibraphone (4, 5)
Guests
- 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 – bass (2, 4)
- Eddie Gómez – bass (3, 6)
- Marcus Miller – bass (5, 7, 8)
- Steve Jordan – drums (2, 4, 7)
- Steve Gadd – drums (3–6, 8), percussion (3–6, 8)
- Manolo Badrena – congas (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
[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]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
