City Kids (album) explained
City Kids is the seventh album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1983. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 66 on the Top 200 Albums chart,[1] and No. 2 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[2]
Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, Lyricon
- Tom Schuman – electric piano (1, 2, 5-7), synthesizers (1, 2, 5-7)
- Jeremy Wall – acoustic piano (4, 5), synthesizers (4, 5)
- Chet Catallo – guitars (1-3, 5, 7)
- Kim Stone – bass (1)
- Eli Konikoff – drums (1)
- Gerardo Velez – percussion (1, 5, 7)
- Dave Samuels – marimba (4, 5), vibraphone (4, 5)
Guests
- Richard Tee – acoustic piano (4, 8), electric piano (4, 8)
- Hiram Bullock – guitar (2, 4, 7)
- Steve Love – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 8), electric guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 8), guitar solo (2, 4)
- Will Lee – bass (2, 4)
- Eddie Gómez – bass (3, 6)
- Marcus Miller – bass (5, 7, 8)
- Steve Jordan – drums (2, 4, 7)
- Steve Gadd – drums (3-6, 8), percussion (3-6, 8)
- Manolo Badrena – congas (1-3, 5, 6), percussion (1-3, 5, 6)
- Lou Marini – tenor saxophone
- Dave Bargeron – trombone
- Alan Rubin – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Lew Soloff – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Rob Zantay – Lyricon programming
- Lani Groves – vocals (1)
Production
- Jay Beckenstein – producer
- Richard Calandra – producer
- Jeremy Wall – assistant producer (1, 6)
- Tom Schuman – assistant producer (1, 6)
- Michael Barry – engineer
- John Penzotti – assistant engineer
- Bob Troeller – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
- George Osaki – art direction, design
- Michael G. Cobb – cover illustration
Notes and References
- Spyro Gyra - Chart history Billboard. Billboard. 16 May 2017. en.
- Web site: City Kids - Spyro Gyra Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 16 May 2017.
