Heart of the Night

For the Poco song, see Heart of the Night (song).

Heart of the Night
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	April 23, 1996 (1996-04-23)
Recorded	1996
Studio	BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York)
Genre	Jazz, smooth jazz
Length	53:24
Label	GRP
Producer	Jay Beckenstein Jeremy Wall
Spyro Gyra chronology
Love and Other Obsessions (1995) Heart of the Night (1996) 20/20 (1997)

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Heart of the Night is the nineteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1996 by GRP Records. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Heart of the Night" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:34
2. "De La Luz" (Julio Fernandez) – 5:14
3. "Westwood Moon" (Tom Schuman) – 4:56
4. "Midnight" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:26
5. "Playtime" (Beckenstein) – 4:34
6. "Surrender" (Beckenstein) – 4:47
7. "Valentino's" (Schuman) – 4:56
8. "Believe" (Fernandez) – 5:11
9. "As We Sleep" (Scott Ambush) – 4:58
10. "When Evening Falls" (Beckenstein) – 4:59
11. "J Squared" (Beckenstein, Joel Rosenblatt) – 4:49
12. "Best Thing" (Beckenstein) [Bonus track] – 4:34

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Julio Fernandez – guitars, vocals (2)
• Scott Ambush – bass
• Joel Rosenblatt – drums

Additional personnel

• Steve Skinner – programming (1)
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion
• Dave Samuels – marimba (2, 7, 9, 10), vibraphone (2, 7, 9, 10)
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (4)
• Jesse Levy – cello (2, 9)
• Eugene Moye – cello (2, 9)
• Chieli Minucci – arrangements (1)
• Jeremy Wall – vocal arrangements (1), cello arrangements (2, 9)
• Porter Carroll – vocals (1)
• Vaneese Thomas – vocals (1)

The No Sweat Horns (Tracks 3 & 5)

• Scott Kreitzer – saxophones, flutes, horn arrangements
• Randy Andos – trombone
• Barry Danielian – trumpet

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Doug Oberkircher – recording, mixing
• Kristin Koerner – assistant engineer
• Scott Hull – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York)
• Hollis King – art direction
• Jason Claiborne – graphic design
• Donna Raineri – photography
• Phil Brennan – management

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Heart of the Night". Allmusic . Retrieved November 16, 2021.
2. Yanow, Scott. "Heart of the Night – Spyro Gyra". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2017.

External links

• Spyro Gyra official web site