Dreams Beyond Control

Dreams Beyond Control
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	1993
Recorded	September 11, 1993 (1993-09-11) BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York); The Power Station (New York City, New York); Lighthouse Studios (Los Angeles, California).
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	54:01
Label	GRP
Producer	Jay Beckenstein
Spyro Gyra chronology
Three Wishes (1992) Dreams Beyond Control (1993) Love and Other Obsessions (1995)

Dreams Beyond Control is the seventeenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1993 by GRP Records.^[1]

Track listing[]

1. "Walk the Walk" (Julio Fernandez) – 4:20
2. "Patterns in the Rain" (Foster Paterson) – 4:38
3. "Breakfast at Igor's" (Jay Beckenstein, Scott Ambush) – 5:23
4. "Waltz for Isabel" (Beckenstein) – 4:43
5. "South Beach" (Fernandez) – 5:13
6. "Send Me One Line" (John Martyn) – 4:57
7. "Bahia" (Dave Samuels) – 5:08
8. "Kindred Spirit" (Tom Schuman) – 4:05
9. "Birks Law" (Beckenstein) – 4:36
10. "Same Difference" (Beckenstein, Fernandez) – 5:25
11. "The Delicate Prey" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:33

Personnel[]

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophone
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Julio Fernández – guitars
• Scott Ambush – bass
• Joel Rosenblatt – drums
• Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba, mallets

Additional Personnel

• Howard Levy – harmonica (3)
• Marc Quiñones – percussion (5, 7)
• Cyro Baptista – percussion (7, 11)
• Alex Ligertwood – vocals (2, 6)
• Lani Groves – backing vocals (6)
• Will Lee – backing vocals (6)
• Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (6)

Tower of Power Horns (Tracks 1 & 3)

• Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone
• Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone
• David Mann – tenor saxophone
• Greg Adams – trumpet, horn arrangements
• Alan Chez – trumpet

No Sweat Horns (Tracks 5, 7 & 10)

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

Production[]

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Phil Brennan – assistant producer, management
• Larry Swist – assistant producer, recording, mixing
• Dave Grusin – executive producer
• Larry Rosen – executive producer
• Kevin Becka – assistant engineer
• Steve Regina – assistant engineer
• Dann Wojner – assistant engineer
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Joseph Doughney – post-production technician
• Michael Landy – post-production technician
• Michael Pollard – production coordinator
• Diane Dragonette – assistant production coordinator
• Sonny Mediana – production director
• Sharon Franklin – assistant production director
• Andy Baltimore – creative director
• Scott Johnson – art direction
• Dan Serrano – art direction
• Alba Acevedo – graphic design
• Jackie Salway – graphic design
• Martin LaBorde – front cover illustration
• David A. Wagner – color photography

Additional Studios

• Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).
• Post-Production at The Review Room (New York City, New York).

References[]

External links[]

• Spyro Gyra official web site