Freetime (album)

Freetime
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	July 1981 (1981-07)
Recorded	1981
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	37:33
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Carnaval (1980) Freetime (1981) Incognito (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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 ^[2] and No. 1 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clay flute, percussion
• Tom Schuman – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers
• Jeremy Wall – acoustic piano, synthesizers
• Chet Catallo – guitar
• John Tropea – guitar
• Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba
• Eli Konikoff – drums
• Gerardo Velez – percussion

Guests

• Rob Mounsey – synthesizers, backing vocals
• Richard Tee – acoustic piano (7), Fender Rhodes (7)
• Steve Khan – guitar (3)
• Will Lee – bass, backing vocals
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion
• Richard Calandra – cymbal (4)
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (1)
• David Darling – cello (4)
• Kasey Cisyk – backing vocals
• Valerie Simpson – backing vocals

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Richard Calandra – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Michael Barry – recording, mixing
• Steve Baldwin – recording assistant
• Charles Conrad – mixing
• Julian Robertson – mix assistant
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• David Heffernan – artwork, design

Studios

• Recorded at Secret Sound (New York, NY).
• Mixed at House of Music (West Orange, NJ).
• Mastered at Masterdisk (New York, NY).

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r69150
2. "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2017.