Gypsies (album)

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Gypsies
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Studio album by
Released1978
RecordedMarch 27–31, 1978
Studio City, California
Genre Jazz, jazz funk
Length40:39
Label Tabu
JZ 35436
Producer Lalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin chronology
Rollercoaster
(1977)
Gypsies
(1978)
Nunzio
(1978)

Gypsies is an album by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin, recorded in 1978 and released on the Tabu label. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Newsday called the music "glossy stuff that sounds like a soundtrack in search of a film." [4] The Courier News deemed it "jazz funk fusion." [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin

  1. "To Cast a Spell" - 5:40
  2. "King of Hearts" - 5:14
  3. "Moonlight Gypsies" - 4:57
  4. "Fortune Tellers" - 4:40
  5. "Gauchos" - 5:34
  6. "Pampas" - 5:32
  7. "Prophecy of Love" - 3:39
  8. "Ring Around the Moon" - 5:23

Personnel

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References

  1. Goebel, Craid W. J. (12 Oct 1978). "Record Reviews". The Kitchener-Waterloo Record. p. 15.
  2. Payne, D. Lalo Schifrin discography accessed March 16, 2012
  3. "Gypsies Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  4. Micklin, Bob (5 Oct 1978). "Record Capsules". Newsday. p. 151A.
  5. Caputo, Sal (25 Nov 1978). "The auteur syndrome". Courier News. p. B7.