Carnaval (Spyro Gyra album)
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Released | September 29, 1980 | |||
Recorded | 1980 | |||
Studio | Secret Sound and The Power Station (New York City, New York). | |||
Genre | Jazz, jazz fusion | |||
Length | 33:02 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra | |||
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Carnaval is the fourth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1980. It was given gold record status on June 1, 1987.[2]
At Billboard magazine, Carnaval reached No. 49 on the Top 200 Albums chart.[3] The song "Cafe Amore" reached No. 77 on the Hot 100 singles chart[4] and No. 14 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.[5]
Track listing[]
- "Cafe Amore" (Chet Catallo) – 5:02 (album version) 4:12 (single edit version)
- "Dizzy" (Tom Schuman, Eli Konikoff) – 4:40
- "Awakening" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:48
- "Cachaca" (Beckenstein) – 4:18
- "Fox Trot" (Beckenstein) – 4:40
- "Sweet 'n' Savvy" (Schuman) – 5:12
- "Bittersweet" (Beckenstein) – 4:28
- "Carnaval" (Wall) – 5:26
Personnel[]
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[6]
Band
- Jay Beckenstein – saxophone (1-8), acoustic piano (4)
- Tom Schuman – keyboards (1, 2, 4-7)
- Jeremy Wall – keyboards (3, 8)
- Dave Samuels – marimba (2, 5-8), vibraphone (2, 5-8)
- Chet Catallo – guitar (1-7)
- Jim Kurzdorfer – bass (3)
- Eli Konikoff – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
- Gerardo Velez – percussion (2-6, 8)
Guests
- Michael Brecker – flute (1)
- Randy Brecker – trumpet (1, 2, 5, 8)
- Rob Mounsey – Polyphonic synthesizer (1-7)
- Hiram Bullock – guitar (2, 8), guitar solo (2)
- John Tropea – guitar (3-7), guitar solo (4, 7)
- Will Lee – bass (1, 2, 4-8)
- Steve Jordan – drums (4, 8)
- Errol "Crusher" Bennett – congas (1, 4, 6, 7, 8), percussion (1, 4, 6, 7, 8)
- Richard Calandra – percussion (3)
- Steve Kroon – percussion (4, 8)
- David Darling – cello (2, 3)
Horn Section
- Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- Tom Malone – trombone
- Randy Brecker – trumpet
String Section
- Jonathan Abramowitz – cello
- Jesse Levy – cello
- Sanford Allen – violin
- Lamar Alsop – violin
- Peter Dimitriadies – violin
- Harold Kohon – violin
- Harry Lookofsky – violin, concertmaster
- Guy Lumia – violin
- Matthew Raimondi – violin
- Richard Sortomme – violin
Production[]
- Jay Beckenstein – producer
- Richard Calandra – producer
- Jeremy Wall – assistant producer, horn and string arrangements (1-5, 7, 8), conductor (1-5, 7, 8)
- Tom Schuman – horn and string arrangements (6), conductor (6)
- Michael Barry – engineer, mixing
- Neil Dorfsman – engineer, mixing
- Jack Malken – engineer, mixing
- Jason Corsaro – assistant engineer
- Chris Howard – assistant engineer
- Lucy Leslie – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
- George Osaki – art direction, design
- David Heffernan – cover artwork
- Waring Abbott – band and sleeve photography
- Eliott Saltzman – studio photography
References[]
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r148015
- ^ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Carnaval - Spyro Gyra | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
Categories:
- 1980 albums
- Spyro Gyra albums
- MCA Records albums