Incognito (Spyro Gyra album) explained

Incognito
Type:	studio
Artist:	Spyro Gyra
Cover:	Incognito spyro gyra.jpg
Released:	September 1982
Genre:	Jazz, jazz fusion
Label:	MCA
Producer:	Jay Beckenstein and Richard Calandra
Prev Title:	Freetime
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	City Kids
Next Year:	1983

Incognito is the sixth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1982. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 46 on the Top 200 Albums chart,^[1] and No. 2 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.

Charts

U.S. Weekly charts

Chart	Position
Billboard 200^[2]	46
Billboard Jazz Albums^[3]	2
Billboard R&B Albums^[4]	39
Cash Box Top 100 Albums^[5]	61
Cash Box Top 30 Jazz Albums^[6]	1
Radio & Records Jazz Albums^[7]	1

U.S. Year End chart

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, whistle (2)
• Tom Schuman – keyboards (1), synthesizers (1, 2, 5, 6), acoustic piano (3), electric piano (5, 6, 8)
• Jeremy Wall – electric piano (7)
• Chet Catallo – guitar textures (3), guitars (4, 8)
• John Tropea – guitar textures (3), slide guitar (4), guitars (5, 7)
• Gerardo Velez – percussion (1, 2, 4, 8)
• Dave Samuels – marimba (2, 6, 7), vibraphone (3, 7, 8)

Additional musicians

• Jorge Dalto – acoustic piano (2)
• Rob Mounsey – synthesizers (2, 5-7), vocoder (3, 6, 7)
• Richard Tee – acoustic piano (4, 8), organ (4)
• Hiram Bullock – guitars (1, 6)
• Steve Love – guitars (1, 3-8), acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (2)
• Will Lee – bass (1)
• Marcus Miller – bass (2-8)
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Manolo Badrena – congas (1), percussion (2, 5-7)
• Crusher Bennett – congas (5, 7)
• Toots Thielemans – harmonica (4)

Horn Section

• Tom Scott – flute, saxophones, Lyricon (5)
• Larry Williams – flute, saxophones
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Gary Grant – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Jerry Hey – flugelhorn, trumpet, horn arrangements (1-4, 6, 7, 8)
• Jeremy Wall – horn arrangements (5)

String Section

• Jeremy Wall – string arrangements and conductor
• Harry Lookofsky – concertmaster
• Jonathan Abramowitz and Jesse Levy – cello
• Frederick Buldrini, Peter Dimirtiades, Lewis Eley, Regis Iandiorio, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Guy Lumia, Marvin Morgenstern, Matthew Raimondi and Richard Young – violin

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Richard Calandra – producer
• Michael Barry – engineer, mixing
• Steve Crimmel – assistant engineer
• Josiah Gluck – assistant engineer
• Debbie Rebhun – assistant engineer
• Nina Siff – assistant engineer
• Larry Swist – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• George Osaki – art direction, design
• Michael G. Cobb – cover illustration

Studios

• Recorded at Secret Sound (New York, NY) and Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, CA).
• Mixed at BearTracks Studios (Suffern, NY).
• Mastered at Masterdisk (New York, NY).

Notes and References

1. Spyro Gyra - Chart history Billboard. Billboard. 16 May 2017. en.
2. Web site: Billboard Top LPs & Tape – November 20, 1982, p. 71. 16 September 2018 .
3. Web site: Billboard Top Selling Jazz LPs – January 8, 1983, p. 59. 16 September 2018 .
4. Web site: Billboard Black LPs – November 27, 1982, p. 56. 16 September 2018 .
5. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Albums – December 4, 1982, p. 32. 16 September 2018 .
6. Web site: Cash Box Top 30 Jazz Albums – October 30, 1982, p. 11. 16 September 2018 .
7. Web site: Radio & Records Jazz Radio National Airplay – November 12, 1982, p. 52. 16 September 2018 .
8. Web site: Billboard Top Jazz Albums – December 24, 1983, p. TA-32. 16 September 2018 .