Freetime (album)

Freetime is the fifth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1981. At Billboard magazine, the album reached No. 41 on the Top 200 albums chart and No. 1 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – soprano saxophone (1, 2, 4, 5), alto saxophone (2, 3, 6, 7), percussion (1), clay flute (3), tenor saxophone (5)
• Tom Schuman – Fender Rhodes (1–3, 5–7), synthesizers (1, 5, 6), acoustic piano (2, 5)
• Jeremy Wall – polyphonic synthesizer (1, 5), synthesizers (2), acoustic piano (3), additional synthesizers (6)
• John Tropea – guitars (1–3, 5–7), guitar solo (3)
• Chet Catallo – guitars (6, 7), guitar solo (6, 7)
• Eli Konikoff – drums (1–3, 5–7)
• Gerardo Velez – percussion (1–3, 5–7)
• Dave Samuels – vibraphone (2), marimba (3, 5)

Guest musicians

• Rob Mounsey – polyphonic synthesizer (1, 5), synthesizers (2, 3), additional synthesizers (6)
• Richard Tee – acoustic piano (7), Fender Rhodes (7), acoustic piano solo (7)
• Steve Khan – guitars (3)
• Will Lee – bass (1–3, 5–7)
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (1–3, 5, 6)
• Richard Calandra – cymbals (4)
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (1)
• David Darling – cello (4)

Horn section

• Jeremy Wall – arrangements and conductor
• Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone
• Lewis Del Gatto – baritone saxophone
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• Tom Malone – trombone
• Randy Brecker – trumpet
• Alan Rubin – trumpet

Backing vocals

• Kasey Cisyk
• Will Lee
• Rob Mounsey (also BGV arrangements)
• Valerie Simpson

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Richard Calandra – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Michael Barry – engineer, mixing
• Steve Baldwin – assistant engineer
• Charles Conrad – mixing
• Julian Robertson – mix assistant
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
• David Heffernan – design, photo illustration

References