Road Scholars
1998 live album by Spyro Gyra
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Road Scholars is the second live album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1998 by GRP Records on CD and cassette.[2] The final track on the US release, "Best Friends", is a studio recording.[3] This is absent from the European release, which includes an additional live recording, "The Unwritten Letter", as the third track.[4]
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| Released | March 24, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 50:25 | |||
| Label | GRP | |||
| Producer | Jay Beckenstein | |||
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The live tracks were recorded between March 28 and September 12, 1997, in Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas.[4]
Track listing
US release (GRP-9903)
Source:[3]
- "Heart of the Night" (Jay Beckenstein) – 6:43
- "Breakfast at Igor's" (Beckenstein) – 7:22
- "Morning Dance" (Beckenstein) – 4:16
- "Shaker Song" (Beckenstein) – 10:16
- "Shanghai Gumbo" (Julio Fernandez) – 6:29
- "Innocent Soul" (Tom Schuman) – 6:27
- "South American Sojourn" (Joel Rosenblatt) – 5:38
- "Ariana" (Jeremy Wall) – 6:09
- "De la Luz" (Fernandez) – 8:26
- "Daddy's Got a New Girl Now" (Beckenstein) – 6:00
- "Best Friends" (Scott Kreitzer, Randy Andos) – 4:04
European release (GRP-99132)
Source:[4]
Tracks 1–2 as above.
- "The Unwritten Letter" (Beckenstein) – 5:46
Tracks 4–11 as tracks 3–10 above.
Personnel
Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
- Tom Schuman – keyboards
- Julio Fernández – guitars, vocals (9)
- Scott Ambush – 5-string bass, electric upright bass
- Joel Rosenblatt – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Jason Miles – drum programming (11)
Production
- Jay Beckenstein – producer
- Doug Oberkircher – recording (11), mixing (11)
- Ian Fraser – assistant engineer (11)
- Track 11 recorded and mixed at BearTracks Studios (Suffern, NY)
- Scott Hull – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
- Steve Byram – art direction, design
- Hollis King – art direction
- David Blankenship – boat landscape photography
- Alan Nahigian – band photography
Live personnel
- John Caron – production manager, lighting director
- Bill Heinzlmeir – monitor engineer, tape operator
- Al Oestreich – house sound engineer
- Dave Clarke – drum technician