Freetime (album)



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.

Track listing

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

Personnel

 * Jay Beckenstein: saxophones, clay flute, percussion
 * Tom Schuman: keyboards
 * Dave Samuels: vibraphone, marimba
 * John Tropea: guitars
 * Chet Catallo: guitars
 * Steve Khan: 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
 * Richard Tee: keyboards
 * Randy Brecker: trumpet
 * Valerie Simpson, Casey Cysick: backing vocals
 * David Darling: cello
 * Richard Calandra: cymbal