Catching the Sun
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Catching the Sun is the third album by Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo, New York, USA. With over 25 albums released and 10 million copies sold, they are among the most prolific as well as commercially successful groups of the genre...

, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music
1980 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.-January–March:*January 1**Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Elizabeth II.**The Zorros audition drummer Greg Pedley....

). The album showed an alto saxophone on the ground by a deciduous forest.

Track Listing and personnel

  1. "Catching the Sun" (Jay Beckenstein) - 4:42
  2. "Cockatoo" (All Members) - 4:04
  3. "Autumn of Our Love" (Jeremy Wall) - 5:09
  4. "Laser Material" (Tom Schuman) - 4:59
  5. "Percolator" (Jay Beckenstein) - 2:28
  6. "Philly" (Jim Kurzdorfer) - 4:18
  7. "Lovin' You" (Chet Catallo) - 4:41
  8. "Here Again" (Jay Beckenstein) - 4:56
  9. "Safari" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:52

Personnel

  • Jay Beckenstein
    Jay Beckenstein
    Jay B. Beckenstein is a saxophone player, smooth jazz artist and together with Jeremy Wall founded Spyro Gyra...

    : Alto Saxophone, Fender Rhodes on "Catching the Sun" and "Lovin' You", Percussion on "Cockatoo"
  • Tom Schuman: Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, Acoustic Piano, Synthesizer Solo
  • Will Lee
    Will Lee (bassist)
    Will Lee aka William Franklin Lee IV is an American musician and bassist, best known for his work on the CBS television program The Late Show with David Letterman as part of the CBS Orchestra....

    : Bass
  • Eli Konikoff: Drums
  • Randy Brecker
    Randy Brecker
    Randal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,...

    : Trumpet, flugelhorn on "Catching the Sun", "Cockatoo" and "Laser Material",
  • Hiram Bullock
    Hiram Bullock
    Hiram Law Bullock was an American jazz funk and jazz fusion guitarist.He was born in Osaka, Japan to African American parents serving in the U.S. Military. At the age of two he returned to Baltimore, Maryland with his parents, and quickly showed a prodigious musical talent...

    : Guitar on "Percolator" and "Safari"
  • Jeremy Wall
    Jeremy Wall
    Jeremy Wall is a musician, and along with Jay Beckenstein, he was a founding member of the jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra. He contributed to the group as a pianist, producer, and composer. He is currently an assistant professor in the Music Industry department at SUNY Oneonta.-Background:Wall formed...

    : Synthesizers and Keyboard solos on "Catching the Sun", "Autumn of Our Love", "Lovin' You", "Here Again",
  • Dave Samuels
    Dave Samuels
    Dave Samuels is an American vibraphone player who has worked with various jazz and fusion artists, such as Spyro Gyra. Currently, he plays in an ensemble called The Caribbean Jazz Project, a Grammy-winning jazz-Latin music group...

    : Percussion on all except "Cockatoo", "Autumn of Our Love", "Philly", "Lovin' You",
  • Rubens Bassini
    Rubens Bassini
    Rubens Bassini was a percussionist who played bongos and congas above all. He played together with the band Os Ipanemas: Astor Silva Marinho Wilson das Neves and Neco ....

    : Percussion on all except "Cockatoo" and "Laser Material",
  • Gerardo Valez: Percussion on all except "Autumn of Our Love", "Philly", "Lovin' You",
  • Richard Calandra: Percussion on "Cockatoo" and tambourine on "Laser Material"
  • John Tropea
    John Tropea
    John Tropea is a guitarist with extensive experience in the rock, pop, and jazz genres. Tropea has written for and played with major recording artists from around the world...

    : Acoustic Guitar and solo on all except "Percolator", "Lovin' You" and "Safari"
  • Barry Rogers
    Barry Rogers
    Barry Rogers was a salsa musician and jazz fusion trombonist.Born Barron W. Rogers in The Bronx, he descended from Polish Jews who came to New York City via London and was raised in Spanish Harlem...

    : Trombone on "Safari" and "Philly"
  • Jim Kurzdorfer: Bass on "Here Again", "Autumn of Our Love", "Philly"
  • Chet Catallo: Electric guitar and solos on all except "Safari"
  • Steve Nathan: Clavinet on "Laser Material"
  • Tom Malone
    Tom Malone (musician)
    Tom "Bones" Malone is an American jazz musician. As his nickname implies, he specializes on the trombone, but also plays trumpet, tuba, tenor sax, baritone sax, flutes, piccolo, and other instruments....

    : Trombone
  • Bob Malach: Tenor saxophone
  • Harry Lookofsky: Concertmaster, 1st Violin
  • Peter Dimitriades: Violin
  • Lewis Eley: Violin
  • Harold Kohon: Violin
  • Charles Libove: Violin
  • David Nadien: Violin
  • Matthew Raimondi: Violin
  • Richard Sortomme: Violin
  • Jesse Levy: Cello
  • Chares McCraken: Cello
  • Alan Schulman: Cello
  • Jeremy Wall: Strings arrangement and conductor
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