Down the Wire
2009 studio album by Spyro Gyra
Down the Wire | ||||
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Studio album by Spyro Gyra | ||||
Released | April 28, 2009 (2009-04-28) | |||
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Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 65:14 | |||
Label | Heads Up | |||
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Spyro Gyra chronology | ||||
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Down the Wire is the thirty-first album by Spyro Gyra, released on April 28, 2009. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2010.[1] Down the Wire peaked at No. 9 on the jazz album chart at Billboard magazine.[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Down the Wire" | Scott Ambush | 5:57 |
2. | "Unspoken" | Julio Fernandez | 5:51 |
3. | "Not for Nothin'" | Tom Schuman | 5:02 |
4. | "Island Pond" | Jay Beckenstein | 6:00 |
5. | "The Tippin' Point" | Jay Beckenstein, Tom Schuman | 5:24 |
6. | "Ice Mountain" | Bonny Bonaparte | 6:58 |
7. | "A Flower for Annie Jeanette" | Scott Ambush | 7:05 |
8. | "La Zona Rosa" | Jay Beckenstein | 6:22 |
9. | "What It Is" | Julio Fernandez | 6:23 |
10. | "A Distant Memory" | Jay Beckenstein, Tom Schuman | 4:42 |
11. | "Make It Mine" | Bonny Bonaparte | 5:30 |
Personnel
Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
- Tom Schuman – keyboards
- Julio Fernández – guitars
- Scott Ambush – bass guitar
- Bonny Bonaparte – drums, percussion, vocals
Additional musicians
- Gerardo Velez – percussion (2, 7), horn (8)
- Marc Quiñones – percussion (8)
- Bill Harris – tenor saxophone, flute
- Ozzie Melendez – trombone
- Don Harris – trumpet
Production
- Dave Love – executive producer
- Jay Beckenstein – producer
- Scott Ambush – co-producer (1, 7)
- Julio Fernández – co-producer (2, 9)
- Tom Schuman – co-producer (3, 5, 6, 10, 11)
- Bonny Bonaparte – co-producer (6, 11)
- Mike Brylinsky – engineer
- Justin Rose – engineer
- Martin Walters – mixing, mastering
- Natalie Singer – product manager
- Phil Brennan – cover artwork, management
- Robert Hoffman – design, photography
- Sean Gladwell – individual images
- Chris Harvey – individual images
References
- v
- t
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- Spyro Gyra
- Morning Dance
- Catching the Sun
- Carnaval
- Freetime
- Incognito
- City Kids
- Alternating Currents
- Breakout
- Stories Without Words
- Rites of Summer
- Point of View
- Fast Forward
- Three Wishes
- Dreams Beyond Control
- Love & Other Obsessions
- Heart of the Night
- 20/20
- Got the Magic
- In Modern Times
- Original Cinema
- The Deep End
- Wrapped in a Dream
- Good to Go-Go
- A Night Before Christmas
- Down the Wire
- A Foreign Affair
- The Rhinebeck Sessions
- Access All Areas
- Road Scholars
- Collection
- 1977-1987
- The Best of the First Ten Years
- The Very Best of Spyro Gyra