Freetime (album)

Freetime
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	July 1981 (July 1981)
Genre	Jazz, fusion
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Carnaval (1980) Freetime (1981) Incognito (1982)

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Allmusic	[1]

Freetime is the fifth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). The album reached number 1 on Billboard's jazz albums chart, 29 on the black albums chart, and 41 on the pop albums chart.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Freetime" (Tom Schuman, Eli Konikoff) - 6:03
2. "Telluride" (Jay Beckenstein) - 5:18
3. "Summer Strut" (Jeremy Wall) - 5:07
4. "Elegy for Trane" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:35
5. "Pacific Sunrise" (Tom Schuman) - 7:53
6. "Amber Dream" (Jay Beckenstein) - 5:07
7. "String Soup" (Jim Kurzdorfer) - 3:30

Personnel

• Jay Beckenstein: saxophones, clay flute, percussion
• Tom Schuman: keyboards
• Dave Samuels: vibraphone, marimba
• John Tropea: guitars
• Chet Catallo: guitars
• Steve Khan: guitars
• Will Lee: bass, backing vocals
• Eli Konikoff: drums
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett: percussion
• Gerardo Velez: percussion
• Jeremy Wall: synthesizer, piano
• Rob Mounsey: synthesizer, backing vocals
• Richard Tee: keyboards
• Randy Brecker: trumpet
• Valerie Simpson, Casey Cysick: backing vocals
• David Darling: cello
• Richard Calandra: cymbal

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