Freetime (album)

Freetime

Studio album by Spyro Gyra

Released

July 1981

Genre

Jazz, fusion

Label

MCA

Producer

Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra

Spyro Gyra chronology

Carnaval
(1980)

Freetime
(1981)

Incognito
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Freetime is the fifth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). The album reached number 1 on Billboard's jazz albums chart, 29 on the black albums chart, and 41 on the pop albums chart.^[2]

Track listing

"Freetime" (Tom Schuman, Eli Konikoff) - 6:03
"Telluride" (Jay Beckenstein) - 5:18
"Summer Strut" (Jeremy Wall) - 5:07
"Elegy for Trane" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:35
"Pacific Sunrise" (Tom Schuman) - 7:53
"Amber Dream" (Jay Beckenstein) - 5:07
"String Soup" (Jim Kurzdorfer) - 3:30

Personnel

Jay Beckenstein: saxophones, flute
Tom Schuman: keyboards
Dave Samuels: vibraphone, marimba
John Tropea: guitars
Chet Catallo: guitars
Will Lee: bass, backing vocals
Eli Konikoff: drums
Errol "Crusher" Bennett: percussion
Gerardo Velez: percussion
Jeremy Wall: synthesizer, piano
Rob Mounsey: synthesizer, backing vocals
Randy Brecker: trumpet
Valerie Simpson, Casey Cysick: backing vocals

References

Spyro Gyra discography

Studio albums	Spyro Gyra Morning Dance Catching the Sun Carnaval Freetime Incognito City Kids Alternating Currents Breakout Stories Without Words Rites of Summer Point of View Fast Forward Three Wishes Dreams Beyond Control Love and Other Obsessions Heart of the Night 20/20 Got the Magic In Modern Times Original Cinema The Deep End Wrapped in a Dream Good to Go-Go A Night Before Christmas Down the Wire A Foreign Affair The Rhinebeck Sessions

Live albums	Access All Areas Road Scholars

Compilations	Collection 1977-1987 The Best of the First Ten Years The Very Best of Spyro Gyra

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