Heart of the Night explained

Heart of the Night
Type:	studio
Artist:	Spyro Gyra
Cover:	Heart_of_the_Night_SpyroGyra_1996_album.png
Recorded:	1996
Genre:	Jazz, smooth jazz
Label:	GRP
Producer:	Jay Beckenstein, Jeremy Wall
Prev Title:	Love and Other Obsessions
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	20/20
Next Year:	1997

Heart of the Night is the nineteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1996 by GRP Records.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Heart of the Night" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:34
2. "De La Luz" (Julio Fernandez) – 5:14
3. "Westwood Moon" (Tom Schuman) – 4:56
4. "Midnight" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:26
5. "Playtime" (Beckenstein) – 4:34
6. "Surrender" (Beckenstein) – 4:47
7. "Valentino's" (Schuman) – 4:56
8. "Believe" (Fernandez) – 5:11
9. "As We Sleep" (Scott Ambush) – 4:58
10. "When Evening Falls" (Beckenstein) – 4:59
11. "J Squared" (Beckenstein, Joel Rosenblatt) – 4:49
12. "Best Thing" (Beckenstein) [Bonus track] – 4:34

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Julio Fernandez – guitars, vocals (2)
• Scott Ambush – bass guitar
• Joel Rosenblatt – drums

Additional personnel

• Porter Carroll – vocals (1)
• Vaneese Thomas – vocals (1)
• Steve Skinner – programming (1)
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion
• Dave Samuels – marimba (2, 7, 9, 10), vibraphone (2, 7, 9, 10)
• Eugene Moye – cello (2, 9)
• Jesse Levy – cello (2, 9)
• The No Sweat Horns – ensemble (3, 5)
  • Scott Kreitzer – saxophones, flutes, horn arrangements
  • Randy Andos – trombone
  • Barry Danielian – trumpet
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (4)
• Chieli Minucci – arrangements (1)
• Jeremy Wall – vocal arrangements (1), cello arrangements (2, 9)

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Doug Oberkircher – recording, mixing
• Kristin Koerner – assistant engineer
• Scott Hull – mastering
• Hollis King – art direction
• Jason Claiborne – graphic design
• Donna Raineri – photography
• Phil Brennan – management

Studios

• Recorded and Mixed at BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
• Mastered at Masterdisk (New York City, New York).

External links

• Spyro Gyra official web site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yanow. Scott. Heart of the Night – Spyro Gyra. AllMusic. 18 May 2017.