1) Morning Dance 2) Jubilee 3) Rasul 4) Song for Lorraine 5) Starburst 6) Heliopolis 7) It Doesn't Matter 8) Little Linda 9) End of Romanticism Morning Dance was the breakout recording ...

Morning Dance,” which came out in 1979, has been Spyro Gyra`s only Top-40 hit since the jazz fusion band was formed seven years ago, and leader Jay Beckenstein said the song`s commercial success was a ...

Spyro Gyra spun out of Buffalo, N.Y., in 1975, creating a cool jazz tradition that reached its pop peak with the No. 1 adult contemporary hit “Morning Dance” in 1979. The band has continued ever since ...

When saxophonist Jay Beckenstein started fusion jazz band Spyro Gyra 31 years ago, his goal was to play jazz punctuated with musical influences he grew up with. Little did he know that the band would ...

Just talking about tonight's Spyro Gyra concert at Cain Park's Evans Amphitheater gets Jay Beckenstein, the group's founder and saxophonist, a little misty-eyed. "Cleveland was our very first road ...

We attempted to give ourselves some cover by assuring one another that Spyro Gyra started out more in the vein of Weather Report than, say, David Sanborn. We really did. But, after pulling out the ...

The smooth sounds of Spyro Gyra, the jazz pioneers who blend R&B, funk and pop into a luscious mix, settle into the Edmonds Center for the Arts tonight. The group has been together since 1979. Since ...

SARASOTA -- While, at first, the two may not seem an obvious pairing -- the smooth jazz-fusion of Spyro Gyra coupled with the funky soul sound of Average White Band -- the two have more in common than ...

*“Initially it was to try something different. Different for us is doing someone else’s music,” said saxophonist Jay Beckenstein, co-founder of the four-time Grammy nominated band Spyro Gyra, about ...

Savannah Jazz Festival is bringing fusion jazz legends Spyro Gyra to the Lucas Theatre as part of its exciting yearly concert series. With 35 albums under its belt, multiple platinum and gold selling ...

Jazz legends Spyro Gyra and Lee Ritenour kick off the 25th Performing Arts Season with a concert April 12. Tickets to the concert are $60 for reserved pit, $45 and $35 for reserved seating. Tickets go ...