Rites of Summer

Rites of Summer is the twelfth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1988. At Billboard magazine, No. 104 on the Top 200 Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "Claire's Dream" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:39
2. "Daddy's Got a New Girl Now" (Beckenstein) – 4:02
3. "Limelight" (Dave Samuels) – 4:27
4. "Shanghai Gumbo" (Julio Fernandez) – 4:28
5. "Innocent Soul" (Tom Schuman) – 4:52
6. "No Man's Land" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:37
7. "Yosemite" (Wall) – 5:21
8. "The Archer" (Richie Morales) – 4:59
9. "Captain Karma" (Schuman) – 5:40

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, wind driven synthesizer
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Julio Fernández – guitars
• Oskar Cartaya – bass
• Richie Morales – drums, percussion
• Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba, percussion

Additional Personnel

• Steve Shapiro – synthesizer programming

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Larry Swist – recording, mixing
• Doug Rose – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
• Jeff Adamoff – art direction
• Ilene Weingard – design
• Ted Glazer – front cover illustration
• Lynn Goldsmith – back cover photography
• Phil Brennan – management

References