{"product_id":"spyro-gyra-foreign-affair-cd-new","title":"Spyro Gyra - FOREIGN AFFAIR (CD) | NEW","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: Amherst Records – AMH6611-2\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFormat: CD, Album\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCountry: US\u003cbr\u003e\r\nReleased: 2011\u003cbr\u003e\r\nGenre: Jazz, Latin, Funk \/ Soul\u003cbr\u003e\r\nStyle: Fusion, Afro-Cuban, Smooth Jazz, Latin Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e1        Caribe\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Jay Beckenstein\u003cbr\u003e\r\n5:29\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2        Khuda\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Sandeep Chowta, Shabbir Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e\r\n4:46\u003cbr\u003e\r\n3        Sweet Ole Thang\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Bonny Bonaparte*\u003cbr\u003e\r\n4:26\u003cbr\u003e\r\n4        Falling Walls\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Julio Fernandez\u003cbr\u003e\r\n6:32\u003cbr\u003e\r\n5        Shinjuku\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Tom Schuman\u003cbr\u003e\r\n5:11\u003cbr\u003e\r\n6        Chileno Boys\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Alberto Rios, David Brora*\u003cbr\u003e\r\n6:23\u003cbr\u003e\r\n7        Samba For Two\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Tom Schuman\u003cbr\u003e\r\n5:18\u003cbr\u003e\r\n8        Cancilo Di Ninar\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Jay Beckenstein\u003cbr\u003e\r\n4:20\u003cbr\u003e\r\n9        Antiqua\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Jay Beckenstein\u003cbr\u003e\r\n6:30\u003cbr\u003e\r\n10        Last Call\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Danny O'Keefe, J. Fred Knoblach*\u003cbr\u003e\r\n4:42\u003cbr\u003e\r\n11        Dancing On Table Mountain\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWritten-By – Scott Ambush\u003cbr\u003e\r\n7:22\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMixed At – Big Time Audio\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMastered At – Gateway Mastering\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRecorded At – Clubhouse Recording Studios\u003cbr\u003e\r\nManufactured By – Amherst Records\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMarketed By – Amherst Records\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPhonographic Copyright ℗ – Crosseyed Bear Productions\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCopyright © – Crosseyed Bear Productions\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBacking Vocals – Bonny Bonaparte* (tracks: 6)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBass – Scott Ambush\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCo-producer, Duduk, Tabla [Programmed By] – Sandeep Chowta (tracks: 2)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCongas – Pedrito Martinez\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDesign [Cover Illustration] – Peter Ambush\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDrums, Percussion – Bonny Bonaparte*\u003cbr\u003e\r\nEngineer – Paul Antonell\u003cbr\u003e\r\nEngineer [Assistant] – Connor Milton, Eli Walker II*\u003cbr\u003e\r\nGuitar – Julio Fernandez\u003cbr\u003e\r\nKeyboards – Tom Schuman\u003cbr\u003e\r\nManagement, Photography – Phil Brennan\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMastered By – Adam Ayan\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMixed By – Martin Walters\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPercussion – Tosin Aribisala (tracks: 11)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nProducer – Spyro Gyra\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSaxophone – Jay Beckenstein\u003cbr\u003e\r\nVocals – Arijit Singh (tracks: 2), Julio Fernandez (tracks: 6), Keb' Mo' (tracks: 10)\u003cbr\u003e\r\n℗\u0026amp;©2011 Crosseyed Bear Productions\u003cbr\u003e\r\nManufactured and Marketed by Amherst Records, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRecorded at The Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, NY\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAdditional Recordings at Menakeys Recording Studio, Union City, NJ\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMixed at Big Time Audio, Jonesboro, TN\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMastered at Getaway Mastering, Portland, ME\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBarcode (Text): 0 51617 66112 2\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBarcode (String): 051617661122\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSpyro Gyra started out with the rhythms of the world. From the samba rhythms and Caribbean feel of their early hits to the latest album, they have made it a point to embrace the music of the places they have visited. Their new album, a FOREIGN AFFAIR, is ready to take you around the world from the Caribbean to South America, and even to South Africa, India and Japan. Besides the memorable instrumentals, there are also three vocal tunes, one of which features Grammy winning Keb' Mo.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePersonnel: Julio Fernandez (guitar); Jay Beckenstein (saxophone); Tom Schuman (keyboards); Bonny B. (drums, percussion); Pedrito Mart?nez (congas).\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAudio Mixer: Martin Walters.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRecording information: Menakeys Recording Studio, Union City, NJ; The Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, NY.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPhotographer: Phil Brennan.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOver 35 years into one of contemporary jazz fusion's most extraordinary evolving musical journeys, Spyro Gyra entered the 2010s where they began -- on their own indie label, Amherst Records, on which they released their self-titled debut in 1978. Driven by the melodic, jazzy, and increasingly global-minded vision of saxophonist and founder Jay Beckenstein, Spyro Gyra have undergone various personnel changes throughout the years while becoming serial world travelers. The concept of A Foreign Affair began with Beckenstein asking his crew -- Tom Schuman, Julio Fernandez, Scott Ambush, and Bonny B. -- to come up with impressions of these adventures. The results are dynamic, exotic, high-spirited, loaded with invention and improvisation, and even slightly spiritual in spots (the moody African-flavored \"Khuda,\" featuring the dreamy, soaring vocals of young Indian singer Arijit Singh). The ports of call on the group's stylistic itinerary develop distinctive personalities as they evolve. They start with a relaxed and silky, sax-driven reggae sway on Beckenstein's \"Caribe,\" then start dancing with Schuman's synth pans in fiery sync with the saxman's punchy lines on Bonny B.'s festive \"Sweet Ole Thang.\" The bubbling, super-percussive \"Falling Walls\" by Fernandez is harder to place geographically but is reflective of the trademark adventurous Spyro Gyra sound of the 2000s. Schuman's mystical \"Shinjuku\" touches on the whimsical side of Spyro Gyra's numerous trips to Japan, where they have long enjoyed great popularity. There's also a graceful, lighthearted touch of Rio (\"Samba for Two\"), a balmy bossa romance (\"Can?ao de Ninar\"), and a return to the Caribbean via \"Antigua.\" Ambush's expansive closer, \"Dancing on Table Mountain,\" allows the bandmembers to stretch and show the depth of their jazzy possibilities. Between all the frequent flyer miles, two of the most interesting tracks are the beautiful, poignant vocal tracks by Keb' Mo' (the melancholy \"Last Call\") and Fernandez (the easy-rolling Latin-tinged cultural message song \"Chileno Boys\"). Over 30 recordings in, Spyro Gyra still had something fresh to say while fearlessly entering their fifth decade of recording. ~ Jonathan Widran\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: NEW\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: 051617661122\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: JAZZ\/FUSION\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel: Amherst Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalog Number: AMH6611-2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Type: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 2011-09-13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Spyro Gyra","offers":[{"title":"- JAZZ\/FUSION *NEW*","offer_id":45357105545331,"sku":"TQJ4DV-TZUA-28","price":15.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0500\/7837\/files\/spyro-gyra-foreign-affair_CATm4.jpg?v=1786677829","url":"https:\/\/www.lovevinylrecords.com\/products\/spyro-gyra-foreign-affair-cd-new","provider":"Love Vinyl Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}