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| Freetime | ||||
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| Released | July 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 37:33 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra | |||
| Spyro Gyra chronology | ||||
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| 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.
| 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 |
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