Morning Dance

Morning Dance
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	March 1979
Genre	Jazz fusion, smooth jazz
Length	39:36
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Spyro Gyra (1978) Morning Dance (1979) Catching the Sun (1980)

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Morning Dance is Spyro Gyra's most commercially successful album, released in summer 1979. The song "Morning Dance" was a major hit (Billboard #24 pop, #1 adult contemporary) in summer 1979. The album cover of Morning Dance had concept origination, design and art direction by Peter Corriston.Illustration by David Heffernan. The package design was nominated for a Grammy award.

Track listing and personnel

1. "Morning Dance" (Jay Beckenstein) - 4:11
2. "Jubilee" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:31
3. "Rasul" (Jeremy Wall) - 3:57
4. "Song for Lorraine" (Jay Beckenstein) - 3:59
5. "Starburst" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:50
6. "Heliopolis" (Jay Beckenstein) - 5:34
7. "It Doesn't Matter" (Chet Catallo) - 4:27
8. "Little Linda" (Jeremy Wall) - (4:27)
9. "End of Romanticism" (Rick Strauss) - 5:00

Personnel

• Jay Beckenstein - tenor, alto and soprano saxophones
• Jeremy Wall - electric piano, synethesizers on all except "It Doesn't Matter" and "Song for Lorraine", percussion on "Little Linda"
• Tom Schuman - keyboards on all except "It Doesn't Matter" and "Song for Lorraine", rhodes solo on "Helipolis"
• John Tropea - electric and acoustic guitar on "Jubilee", "Starburst" and "Morning Dance"
• Chet Catallo - guitar on "It Doesn't Matter" and "Song for Lorraine"
• Jim Kurzdorfer - bass on all except "Jubilee", "Starburst" and "Heliopolis"
• Will Lee - bass on "Jubilee", "Starburst" and "Heliopolis"
• Ted Reinhardt - drums on all except "Jubilee", "Starburst", "Heliopolis" and "It Doesn't Matter"
• Rubens Bassini - congas and percussion on all except "Rasul", "Song for Lorraine", "It Doesn't Matter" and "End of Romanticism"
• Dave Samuels - marimba and steel drum on all except "It Doesn't Matter", "Starburst" and "Song for Lorraine"
• Gerardo Velez - percussion on "Song for Lorraine" and congas on "It Doesn't Matter"
• Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone solo on "Starburst"
• Randy Brecker - trumpet solo on "Jubilee"
• Tom Malone - trombone
• Lewis del Gatto - flutes
• John Clark - French horn on "End of Romanticism" and "Rasul"
• Lani Groves, Diva Grey, Gordon Grody - vocalists on "Song for Lorraine"
• Rick Strauss - electric and 12-string guitar on "End of Romanticism", "Rasul" and "Little Linda"
• Suzanne Ciani - synthesizers on "Song for Lorraine" and "It Doesn't Matter"
• Steve Jordan - drums on "Jubilee", "Starburst" and "Heliopolis"

Horns arranged and conducted by Jeremy Wall except "Heliopolis" by Jay Beckenstein

Strings

• Harry Lookofsky - violin (Concertmaster)
• Matthew Raimondi - violin
• Harry Cykman - violin
• Charles LiBove - violin
• Alfred Brown - viola
• Charles McCracken - cello

Strings arranged and conducted by Jeremy Wall

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