Freetime (album)

Freetime
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	July 1981 (1981-07)
Recorded	1981
Studio	Secret Sound (New York City, New York) House of Music (West Orange, New Jersey)
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 – 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

References

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