Fast Forward (Spyro Gyra album) explained

Fast Forward
Type:	studio
Artist:	Spyro Gyra
Cover:	Fast_Forward_SpyroGyra_1990_album.png
Recorded:	1990
Studio:	BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
Genre:	Jazz fusion, smooth jazz
Label:	GRP
Producer:	Jay Beckenstein
Prev Title:	Point of View
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Three Wishes
Next Year:	1992

Fast Forward is the fourteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1990 by GRP Records. On this album only, the band was billed on the album cover as "Spyro Gyra featuring Jay Beckenstein". At Billboard magazine, the album peaked at No. 117 on the Top 200 Albums chart.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Bright Lights" (Dave Samuels) – 5:20
2. "Para Ti Latino" (Oskar Cartaya) – 4:17
3. "Alexandra" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:43
4. "Ocean Parkway" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:30
5. "Speak Easy" (Jeff Beal) – 5:02
6. "Futurephobia" (Tom Schuman) – 4:24
7. "4MD" (Wall) – 4:36
8. "Shadow Play" (Beckenstein) – 5:09
9. "Escape Hatch" (Schuman) – 5:11
10. "Tower of Babel" (Beckenstein) – 5:28

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Jay Azzolina – guitars
• Oskar Cartaya – bass
• Richie Morales – drums
  • Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba, mallet synthesizer Marc Quiñones – percussion

Additional Personnel

• Jeff Beal – trumpet solos, arrangements (5)
• David Broza – vocals (10)

No Sweat Horns

• Scott Kreitzer – tenor saxophone
• Randy Andos – trombone, bass trombone
• Barry Danielian – trumpet, flugelhorn, horn arrangements

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Larry Swist – recording, engineer, mixing
• Chris Bubacz – additional recording
• Doug Rose – assistant engineer
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Andy Baltimore – creative director
• Jeff Adamoff – art direction
• David Gibb – graphic design
• Jacki McCarthy – graphic design
• Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
• Dan Serrano – graphic design
• Ted Glazer – illustration
• Paul D'Innocenzo – photography

External links

• Spyro Gyra official web site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spyro Gyra – Chart history. Billboard. 18 May 2017.