Road Scholars
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| Released | March 24, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 50:25 | |||
| Label | GRP | |||
| Producer | Jay Beckenstein | |||
| Spyro Gyra chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Road Scholars is the second live album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1998 by GRP Records. The final track, "Best Friends," is a studio recording.
Track listing
[edit]- "Heart of the Night" (Jay Beckenstein) – 6:41
- "Breakfast at Igor's" (Beckenstein) – 7:20
- "Morning Dance" (Beckenstein) – 4:16
- "Shaker Song" (Beckenstein) – 10:15
- "Shanghai Gumbo" (Julio Fernandez) – 6:28
- "Innocent Soul" (Tom Schuman) – 6:28
- "South American Sojourn" (Joel Rosenblatt) – 5:36
- "Ariana" (Jeremy Wall) – 6:07
- "De la Luz" (Fernandez) – 8:24
- "Daddy's Got a New Girl Now" (Beckenstein) – 6:01
- "Best Friends" (Scott Kreitzer, Randy Andos) – 4:04
Personnel
[edit]Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
- Tom Schuman – keyboards
- Julio Fernández – guitars, vocals (9)
- Scott Ambush – 5-string bass, electric upright bass
- Joel Rosenblatt – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Jason Miles – drum programming (11)
Production
[edit]- Jay Beckenstein – producer
- Doug Oberkircher – recording (11), mixing (11)
- Ian Fraser – assistant engineer (11)
- Track 11 recorded and mixed at BearTracks Studios (Suffern, NY)
- Scott Hull – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
- Steve Byram – art direction, design
- Hollis King – art direction
- David Blankenship – boat landscape photography
- Alan Nahigian – band photography
Live personnel
- John Caron – production manager, lighting director
- Bill Heinzlmeir – monitor engineer, tape operator
- Al Oestreich – house sound engineer
- Dave Clarke – drum technician
References
[edit]- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Road Scholars". Allmusic. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
