Point of View (Spyro Gyra album) explained

Point of View
Type:	studio
Artist:	Spyro Gyra
Cover:	Point of view spyro gyra.jpg
Released:	June 1989
Recorded:	1989
Studio:	BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
Genre:	Jazz, smooth jazz
Label:	MCA Records
Producer:	Jay Beckenstein
Prev Title:	Rites of Summer
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Fast Forward
Next Year:	1990

Point of View is the thirteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in June 1989 by MCA Records. At Billboard magazine, the album peaked at No. 120 on the Top 200 Albums chart.^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

1. "Slow Burn" (Dave Samuels) – 4:07
2. "Swing Street" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:13
3. "Fairweather" (Tom Schuman) – 4:46
4. "The Unknown Soldier" (Beckenstein) – 5:23
5. "Hannibal's Boogie" (Beckenstein) – 5:59
6. "No Limits" (Beckenstein) – 4:41*
7. "Carolina" (Richie Morales) – 4:34
8. "Riverwalk" (Samuels) – 4:29
9. "Swamp Thing" (Jeremy Wall) – 6:26
10. "Counterpoint" (Wall) – 3:56
11. "Gotcha" (Oskar Cartaya) – 4:09

"No Limits" (track No. 6) was not on the original LP but was included on the cassette and CD.

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

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

Additional musicians

• Julio Fernández – rhythm guitar (5)
• Roger Squitero – percussion (1, 7, 11)

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Larry Swist – engineer, mixing
• Chris Bubacz – additional engineer
• Doug Rose – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York).
• Stephen Walters – digital design
• Jeff Katz – photography
• Phil Brennan – management

External links

• Spyro Gyra-Point of View at AllMusic
• Spyro Gyra official web site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mason. Stewart. Point of View – Spyro Gyra. AllMusic. 18 May 2017.
2. Web site: Spyro Gyra – Chart history Billboard. Billboard. 18 May 2017. en.