Incognito (Spyro Gyra album)

Incognito
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	September 1982
Studio	Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California) Secret Sound (New York City, New York) BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York)
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion
Length	38:48
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Freetime (1981) Incognito (1982) City Kids (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Incognito is the sixth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1982. At Billboard it reached No. 46 on the Top 200 Albums chart, ^[2] and No. 2 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jay Beckenstein except where noted ^[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Last Exit"	Tom Schuman	4:17
2.	"Old San Juan"		6:41
3.	"Harbor Nights"		4:22
4.	"Stripes"		4:01
5.	"Oasis"	Jeremy Wall	5:39
6.	"Incognito"	Tom Schuman	5:56
7.	"Sueño"	Jeremy Wall	4:05
8.	"Soho Mojo"		3:47

Charts

U.S. Weekly charts

Chart	Position
Billboard 200 [4]	46
Billboard Jazz Albums [5]	2
Billboard R&B Albums [6]	39
Cash Box Top 100 Albums [7]	61
Cash Box Top 30 Jazz Albums [8]	1
Radio & Records Jazz Albums [9]	1

U.S. Year End chart

Chart	Position
Billboard 1983 Jazz [10]	8

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, whistle (2), percussion (2)
• Tom Schuman – Yamaha GS-1 (1), synthesizers (1, 2, 5, 6), electric piano (3, 5, 6, 8), acoustic piano (6)
• Jeremy Wall – electric piano (7)
• Chet Catallo – guitar textures (3), guitars (4, 8)
• John Tropea – guitar textures (3), slide guitar (4), guitars (5, 7)
• Gerardo Velez – percussion (1, 2, 4, 8)
• Dave Samuels – marimba (2, 6, 7), vibraphone (3, 7, 8)

Additional musicians

• Jorge Dalto – acoustic piano (2)
• Rob Mounsey – synthesizers (2, 5–7), vocoder (3, 6, 7)
• Richard Tee – acoustic piano (4, 8), organ (4)
• Hiram Bullock – guitar solo (1), guitars (6)
• Steve Love – guitars (1, 3–8), acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (2)
• Will Lee – bass (1)
• Marcus Miller – bass (2–8)
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Manolo Badrena – congas (1), percussion (2, 5–7)
• Crusher Bennett – congas (5, 7)
• Toots Thielemans – harmonica (4)
• Tom Scott – Lyricon (5)

Horn Section

• Tom Scott – flute, saxophones
• Larry Williams – flute, saxophones
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Gary Grant – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Jerry Hey – flugelhorn, trumpet, horn arrangements (1–4, 6–8)
• Jeremy Wall – horn arrangements (5)

String Section

• Jeremy Wall – string arrangements and conductor
• Harry Lookofsky – concertmaster
• Jonathan Abramowitz and Jesse Levy – cello
• Frederick Buldrini, Peter Dimirtiades, Lewis Eley, Regis Iandiorio, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Guy Lumia, Marvin Morgenstern, Matthew Raimondi and Richard Young – violin

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Richard Calandra – producer
• Michael Barry – engineer, mixing
• Steve Crimmel – assistant engineer
• Josiah Gluck – assistant engineer
• Debbie Rebhun – assistant engineer
• Nina Siff – assistant engineer
• Larry Swist – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
• George Osaki – art direction
• Michael G. Cobb – cover illustration

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r148023
2. "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
3. "Incognito - Spyro Gyra | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
4. "Billboard Top LPs & Tape – November 20, 1982, p. 71" (PDF). Retrieved September 16, 2018.
5. "Billboard Top Selling Jazz LPs – January 8, 1983, p. 59" (PDF). Retrieved September 16, 2018.
6. "Billboard Black LPs – November 27, 1982, p. 56" (PDF). Retrieved September 16, 2018.
7. "Cash Box Top 100 Albums – December 4, 1982, p. 32" (PDF). Retrieved September 16, 2018.
8. "Cash Box Top 30 Jazz Albums – October 30, 1982, p. 11" (PDF). Retrieved September 16, 2018.
9. "Radio & Records Jazz Radio National Airplay – November 12, 1982, p. 52" (PDF). Retrieved September 16, 2018.
10. "Billboard Top Jazz Albums – December 24, 1983, p. TA-32" (PDF). Retrieved September 16, 2018.