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Wrapped in a Dream

Wrapped in a Dream (2006) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

The Buffalo-based instrumental ensemble is always credited for contributing to the pop, R&B, and jazz hybrid that eventually evolved into today's smooth jazz -- but happily, as the music in that genre has gotten slightly more predictable, Spyro Gyra have been rocking, rolling, and improvising in a lot of unexpected directions. So after nine Grammy ...

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A Smooth Jazz Christmas [BMG Special Products]

A Smooth Jazz Christmas [BMG Special Products] (2000) more music like this

by Various Artists

Smooth Jazz Christmas features a variety of smooth jazz artists performing holiday songs. Featured artists include Spyro Gyra ("Feliz Navidad"), Etta James ("Please Come Home for Christmas"), Jeffrey Osborne ("This Christmas"), and Tom Scott ("Gift of Your Love"), along with six others. This is a rather adventurous holiday collection, featuring ...

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The Deep End (2004) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

With their third label release, the longtime contemporary jazz powerhouse ensemble led by fluid and funky sax legend Jay Beckenstein celebrates 30 years of a consistent mix of making instrumental pop hits and pushing the musical envelopes into fusion territory. The title promises a plunge into something deep, or at least a little stretching, and ...

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The Very Best of Spyro Gyra

The Very Best of Spyro Gyra (2002) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

Although Spyro Gyra's late-'70s instrumental pop chart hit "Morning Dance" is always credited by some for opening doors for the genre that folks would later call smooth jazz, this 16-track compilation -- part of GRP's new classic artist collector's series -- shows that saxman Jay Beckenstein and company never really fit perfectly into any category ...

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Good to Go-Go

Good to Go-Go (2007) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

Thirty-one years and 27 albums in (not including compilations), urban contemporary jazz unit Spyro Gyra are playing with the funky inspiration and clever melodic and rhythmic invention that have made them synonymous with the genre, but that they haven't displayed on their own recordings for some time. This is not to say the quintet have ever been ...

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In Modern Times (2001) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

When you consider that 1979 was the year that launched Spyro Gyra onto the pop charts with their number one hit "Morning Dance," for what was essentially a new style of jazz, their achievements seem all the more astounding. With the release of In Modern Times, the group commemorates 25 years of recording and a move to Heads Up International with ...

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Original Cinema (2003) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

A slightly sharper edge surfaces in Spyro Gyra's second effort for the Telarc-affiliated Heads Up label. While their performance still tilts more toward easy listening than searing fusion, there's a bit more punch than usual in the upbeat tracks. Frontman Jay Beckenstein cultivates a slightly grittier sound by concentrating largely on tenor sax, ...

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The Best of Spyro Gyra: The First Ten Years

The Best of Spyro Gyra: The First Ten Years (1997) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

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Got the Magic

Got the Magic (1999)

by Spyro Gyra

As one of the earliest and most popular purveyors of what came to be known as "smooth jazz," Spyro Gyra was an easy target for the jazz police as that format reached airplay ascendancy in the 1990s. Got the Magic shows the many strengths of the band but also serves up a couple of opportunities for the critics to take a swing at their radio ...

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GRP Christmas Collection, Vol. 2

GRP Christmas Collection, Vol. 2 (1995) more music like this

by Various Artists

If you loved the first one, you'll love this too. ~ David A. Milberg, All Music Guide

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Smooth Jazz Awards Collection, Vol. 2

Smooth Jazz Awards Collection, Vol. 2 (2002) more music like this

by Various Artists

This compilation is in connection with the Annual Smooth Jazz Awards, and features 11 tracks from artists nominated in 2001, with one brand new track recorded specifically for the compilation by saxophonist Everette Harp and bassist Brian Bromberg. The track, a cover of Michael Jackson's 1979 smash hit "Rock With You," also features keyboardist ...

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Heart of the Night

Heart of the Night (1996) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

There are a few departures from their previous efforts on this Spyro Gyra CD. Dave Samuels, the group's longtime marimba and vibraphonist, was no longer a regular member of the group but does make guest appearances on four of the 11 selections. Trumpeter Randy Brecker solos on "Midnight," and the "No Sweat Horns" (a three-piece horn section) pop ...

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Road Scholars

Road Scholars (1997) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

As boring and formula-driven as Spyro Gyra has often been in the studio, the band's live shows of the 1980s and 1990s could be just the opposite -- exciting, loose and spontaneous. This stems from the fact that on stage, Spyro wasn't catering to commercial radio's rigid formats, and was much more inclined to take risks, improvise and gamble with ...

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Rites of Summer

Rites of Summer (1988) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

1998's Rites of Summer is the album on which Spyro Gyra once and for all abandons every pretense toward being anything other than a slickly commercial instrumental pop outfit with occasional feints toward the smoothest of smooth jazz. As always with Spyro Gyra, the slower and more impressionistic tunes are much more interesting than the upbeat ...

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Access All Areas

Access All Areas (1984) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

An excellent live double album, it includes live versions of songs from early albums. ~ Paul Kohler, All Music Guide

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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Spyro Gyra

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Spyro Gyra (2007) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

In their early days, saxophonist Jay Beckenstein molded Spyro Gyra into an ersatz fusion band that truly watered down the jazz-rock of the '70s, making way for the smooth contemporary instrumental sounds that followed. Some may have considered them pioneers, or an aberration. This 11-track CD from their early years is bookended by their best ...

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Cool Cuts for a Hot Summer Day

Cool Cuts for a Hot Summer Day (1997) more music like this

by Various Artists

Cool Cuts for a Hot Summer Day rounds up 11 tracks with a summer theme from recent (mid-'90s) releases from GRP Records, including cuts from Nuyorican Soul ("I Am the Black Gold of the Sun"), Spyro Gyra ("Westwood Moon"), George Benson ("Summer Love"), Jerald Daemyon ("Summer Madness"), George Howard ("When Summer Comes") Groove Collective ("Fly") ...

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Smooth Jazz [Universal]

Smooth Jazz [Universal] (2002) more music like this

by Various Artists

Universal's straightforwardly named Smooth Jazz is a no-frills collection that features nine tracks by some of the style's stars, including Najee's "Room to Breathe," the Rippingtons' "Let's Stay Together," and Spyro Gyra's "Ariana." These songs, along with George Howard's "Baby Come to Me" and Jeff Lorber's "PCH (Pacific Coast Highway)," define ...

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20/20

20/20 (1997) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

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Three Wishes

Three Wishes (1992) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

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Smooth Sounds [Razor & Tie]

Smooth Sounds [Razor & Tie] (1999) more music like this

by Various Artists

A curious compilation of lite-jazz and quiet storm favorites, Smooth Sounds is all over the musical map -- alongside more predictable inclusions like George Benson's "Breezin'" and Vanessa Williams' "Save the Best for Last" are oddball selections like the themes to Seinfeld and St. Elsewhere. A real grab bag. ~ Raymond McKinney, All Music Guide

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Love & Other Obsessions

Love & Other Obsessions (1995) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

Maybe things were simpler in the '70s, when the birth of what we now call contemporary jazz or pop instrumental really occurred. Long before anyone gave much thought to what to call it, there was one thing we could count on: the fact that a bunch of solid jazz players from Buffalo with a funny band name could dish it up and make it fun. In an ...

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Music Land & GRP: Got What's Hot in Jazz

Music Land & GRP: Got What's Hot in Jazz (1992) more music like this

by Various Artists

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The Instrumental History of Jazz

The Instrumental History of Jazz (1997) more music like this

by Various Artists

It's hard to fault this two-disc, enhanced CD collection. Starting with Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" and roping in tracks from King Oliver, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, and John Coltrane, all the way to modern jazz musicians like Spyro Gyra and Geri Allen, this set covers a pretty ...

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Morning Dance

Morning Dance (1979) more music like this

by Spyro Gyra

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