Freetime is the fifth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1981. At Billboard magazine, the album reached No. 41 on the Top 200 albums chart and No. 1 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing
Personnel
Spyro Gyra Jay Beckenstein – soprano saxophone (1, 2, 4, 5), alto saxophone (2, 3, 6, 7), percussion (1), clay flute (3), tenor saxophone (5) Tom Schuman – Fender Rhodes (1–3, 5–7), synthesizers (1, 5, 6), acoustic piano (2, 5) Jeremy Wall – polyphonic synthesizer (1, 5), synthesizers (2), acoustic piano (3), additional synthesizers (6) John Tropea – guitars (1–3, 5–7), guitar solo (3) Chet Catallo – guitars (6, 7), guitar solo (6, 7) Eli Konikoff – drums (1–3, 5–7) Gerardo Velez – percussion (1–3, 5–7) Dave Samuels – vibraphone (2), marimba (3, 5)
Guest musicians Rob Mounsey – polyphonic synthesizer (1, 5), synthesizers (2, 3), additional synthesizers (6) Richard Tee – acoustic piano (7), Fender Rhodes (7), acoustic piano solo (7) Steve Khan – guitars (3) Will Lee – bass (1–3, 5–7) Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (1–3, 5, 6) Richard Calandra – cymbals (4) Randy Brecker – trumpet (1) David Darling – cello (4)
Horn section Jeremy Wall – arrangements and conductor Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone Lewis Del Gatto – baritone saxophone Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone Tom Malone – trombone Randy Brecker – trumpet Alan Rubin – trumpet
Backing vocals Kasey Cisyk Will Lee Rob Mounsey (also BGV arrangements) Valerie Simpson
Production Jay Beckenstein – producer Richard Calandra – producer Jeremy Wall – assistant producer Michael Barry – engineer, mixing Steve Baldwin – assistant engineer Charles Conrad – mixing Julian Robertson – mix assistant Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY) David Heffernan – design, photo illustration
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