Love and Other Obsessions

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Love and Other Obsessions
Love and Other Obsessionss SpyroGyra 1995 album.png
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 14, 1995 (1995-03-14)
Recorded1994-1995
Genre Jazz, smooth jazz
Length55:54
Label GRP
Producer Jay Beckenstein, Jeremy Wall
Spyro Gyra chronology
Dreams Beyond Control
(1993)
Love and Other Obsessions
(1995)
Heart of the Night
(1996)

Love and Other Obsessions is the eighteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1995 by GRP Records. [1]

Spyro Gyra American band

Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was formed in Buffalo, New York in 1974. The band's music combines jazz, R&B, funk, and pop music. The band's name comes from Spirogyra, a genus of green algae which founder Jay Beckenstein had learned about in college. The band has released over 30 albums and sold over 10 million copies.

GRP Records American jazz record label

GRP Records is a jazz record label founded by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1978. GRP was known for its all-digital recordings and jazz-pop sound.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Lost and Found" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:09
  2. "Ariana" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:07
  3. "Serengeti" (Dave Samuels) – 4:54
  4. "Fine Time to Explain" (Scott Kreitzer) – 4:40
  5. "Third Street" (Beckenstein) – 4:48
  6. "Group Therapy" (Beckenstein, Scott Ambush, Julio Fernandez, Joel Rosenblatt, Samuels, Tom Schuman) – 5:45
  7. "Horizon's Edge" (Beckenstein) – 5:01
  8. "Let's Say Goodbye" (Kreitzer, Anthony Pompa) – 4:32
  9. "On Liberty Road (for South Africa)" (Ambush) – 5:52
  10. "Rockin' a Heart Place" (Beckenstein, Rosenblatt) – 5:23
  11. "Baby Dreams (Schuman) – 4:43

Personnel

Jay Beckenstein American musician

Jay Beckenstein is a saxophonist, composer, producer, and co-founder of the band Spyro Gyra. He owned BearTracks Studios in Suffern, New York.

Tom Schuman is an American pianist, smooth jazz keyboardist, the co-leader of Spyro Gyra, and an arranger.

Scott Ambush is an American musician, best known as the bass player of jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra.

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References

  1. Widran, Jonathan. "Love & Other Obsessions – Spyro Gyra". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2017.