Spyro Gyra "Carnaval"

 

For Full Album Friday this week, jazz/jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra is featured, and so is their 1980 record, "Carnaval".  The band lineup is:

Bass – Jim Kurzdorfer (tracks: A3), Will Lee IV* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4) Cello – David Darling (tracks: A2 3) Drums – Eli Konikoff (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3), Steve Jordan (tracks: A4, B4) Flute, Saxophone [Tenor] – Michael Brecker Guitar – Chet Catallo (tracks: A1 to B3), Hiram Bullock (tracks: A2, B4), John Tropea (tracks: A3 to B3) Keyboards – Jeremy Wall (tracks: A3, B4), Tom Schuman (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3) Marimba, Vibraphone – David Samuels* (tracks: A2, B1 to B4) Percussion – Gerardo Velez (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), Richard Calandra (tracks: A3), Steve Kroon (tracks: A4, B4) Percussion, Congas – Crusher Bennett* (tracks: A1, A4, B2 to B4) Producer – Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra Saxophone [Alto], Piano – Jay Beckenstein Strings – Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Jesse Levy, Johnathon Abramowitz*, Lamar Alsop, Matthew Raimondi, Peter DiMitriades, Richard Sortomme, W. Sandford Allen* Synthesizer – Rob Mounsey (tracks: A1 to B3) Trombone – Tom Malone Trumpet – Randy Brecker

The track listing is:

1. Cafe Amore 

2. Dizzy

3. Awakening

4. Cachaca

5. Fox Trot

6. Sweet 'N' Savvy

7. Bittersweet

8. Carnaval