Rites of Summer
1988 studio album by Spyro Gyra
Rites of Summer | ||||
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Studio album by Spyro Gyra | ||||
Released | June 1988 | |||
Studio | BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York). | |||
Genre | Jazz, jazz fusion | |||
Length | 45:04 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Jay Beckenstein | |||
Spyro Gyra chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Rites of Summer is the twelfth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1988. At Billboard magazine, No. 104 on the Top 200 Albums chart.[2][3]
Track listing
- "Claire's Dream" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:39
- "Daddy's Got a New Girl Now" (Beckenstein) – 4:02
- "Limelight" (Dave Samuels) – 4:27
- "Shanghai Gumbo" (Julio Fernandez) – 4:28
- "Innocent Soul" (Tom Schuman) – 4:52
- "No Man's Land" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:37
- "Yosemite" (Wall) – 5:21
- "The Archer" (Richie Morales) – 4:59
- "Captain Karma" (Schuman) – 5:40
Personnel
Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, wind driven synthesizer
- Tom Schuman – keyboards
- Julio Fernández – guitars
- Oskar Cartaya – bass
- Richie Morales – drums
- Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba, percussion
Additional Personnel
- Steve Shapiro – synthesizer programming
Production
- Jay Beckenstein – producer
- Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
- Larry Swist – recording, mixing
- Doug Rose – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
- Jeff Adamoff – art direction
- Ilene Weingard – design
- Ted Glazer – front cover illustration
- Lynn Goldsmith – back cover photography
References
- v
- t
- e
- Spyro Gyra
- Morning Dance
- Catching the Sun
- Carnaval
- Freetime
- Incognito
- City Kids
- Alternating Currents
- Breakout
- Stories Without Words
- Rites of Summer
- Point of View
- Fast Forward
- Three Wishes
- Dreams Beyond Control
- Love & Other Obsessions
- Heart of the Night
- 20/20
- Got the Magic
- In Modern Times
- Original Cinema
- The Deep End
- Wrapped in a Dream
- Good to Go-Go
- A Night Before Christmas
- Down the Wire
- A Foreign Affair
- The Rhinebeck Sessions
- Access All Areas
- Road Scholars
- Collection
- 1977-1987
- The Best of the First Ten Years
- The Very Best of Spyro Gyra