Original Cinema

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Original Cinema
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2003 (2003-02-25)
Recorded2003
Studio BearTracks Studios, Suffern, New York
Genre Smooth jazz
Length62:26
Label Heads Up
Producer Jay Beckenstein
Spyro Gyra chronology
In Modern Times
(2001)
Original Cinema
(2003)
The Deep End
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Original Cinema is the twenty-sixth album by Spyro Gyra, released on February 25, 2003. [2] At Billboard magazine, the album peaked at No. 14 on the Jazz Albums chart. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Bump It Up" (Julio Fernández) - 4:52
  2. "Extrovertical" (Jay Beckenstein) - 6:21
  3. "Dream Sequence" (Beckenstein) - 5:01
  4. "Party of Seven" (Joel Rosenblatt, Bette Sussman) - 4:51
  5. "Big Dance Number" (Beckenstein) - 3:27
  6. "Close-Up" (Fernandez) - 3:47
  7. "Film Noir" (Beckenstein) - 6:12
  8. "Cape Town Love" (Beckenstein) - 5:17
  9. "Handheld" (Scott Ambush) - 4:01
  10. "Funky Tina" (Fernandez) - 5:17
  11. "Getaway" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:11
  12. "Calle Ocho" (Beckenstein) - 5:30
  13. "Flashback" (Beckenstein) - 3:36

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r618203
  2. Allmusic entry for Original Cinema. Retrieved September 2009.
  3. "Spyro Gyra – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 19 May 2017.