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	Spyro Gyra Jay Beckenstein
		JB) Yep, and it didn't mean I was leaving Spyro or that I stopped touring with Spyro, I absolutely continued.
		Spyro Gyra's fabulous and it's great to have a tight family of people who work creatively for many, many years, but it's also nice to work with some fresh faces.
		JB) No. It was understood that I wasn't abandoning Spyro Gyra and we talked about it.
	www.thecelebritycafe.com /interviews/spyro_gyra.html (949 words)

	Spyro Gyra - GRP Records
		Spyro Gyra has an optimistic commitment to the present and future as it simultaneously celebrates 25 years of recording and its first release of the new millennium.
		Spyro Gyra broke onto the pop charts with 1979's "Morning Dance" (from the platinum-selling album of the same name), and has been one of instrumental music's most consistent sellers and dynamic live performers for more than two decades.
		Spyro Gyra commemorated its 20th year and 20th album with 1997's release 20/20 and chronicled their one of a kind stage energy on Road Scholars that same year.
	www.vervemusicgroup.com /artist.aspx?ob=per&src=prd&aid=2723 (597 words)

	Spyro Gyra
		Spyro Gyra celebrates their 20th release in 20 years (and seventh on GRP) with 20/20, whose clever title addresses not only their great legacy, but also the clear vision they have for a future whose possibilities are still endless.
		Spyro Gyra's first project was funded through a lease agreement on a sixteen track studio while its members worked more commercial outside gigs and sold studio time to pay the lease.
		Spyro Gyra's ability to stay fresh creatively while continuing to build its large fan base is a testament to the band's refusal to rest on its numerous laurels.
	www.smooth-jazz.de /Artists1/SpyroGyra.html (3036 words)

	Telarc International: Spyro Gyra
		The title of Spyro Gyra’s Heads Up International debut In Modern Times reflects the legendary band’s optimistic commitment to the present and future as it simultaneously celebrates 25 years of recording and its first release of the new millennium.
		Spyro broke onto the pop charts with 1978’s "Morning Dance" (from the platinum-selling album of the same name), and has been one of instrumental music’s most consistent sellers and dynamic live performers for more than two decades.
		Spyro Gyra’s goal with each album has always been to try to approximate in the studio the explosive excitement the band creates in live settings throughout the world.
	www.telarc.com /biography/bios.asp?aid=145 (842 words)

	Spyro Gyra - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: Founded in 1974 by altoist Jay Beckenstein, Spyro Gyra has consistently been one of the commercially successfully pop-jazz groups of the past 20 years.
		Spyro Gyra independently funded and recorded their debut album, releasing the record on the local independent label Amherst in 1976.
		Morning Dance firmly placed Spyro Gyra as one of the most popular artists in contemporary jazz, and throughout the '80s, their popularity continued growing.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/103/597/9/1035979.html (544 words)

	Heads Up: Spyro Gyra
		To the members of Spyro Gyra, a mainstay of the contemporary jazz scene since the mid 1970s, the band’s longevity is no great mystery.
		In their earliest days, Spyro Gyra took their cues from Weather Report and Return to Forever—bands whose creative flights were fueled by a willingness to do things that had never been done before.
		Spyro Gyra’s second album, in 1979, had the band’s breakout title song, which became a Top 40 single.
	www.headsup.com /bios/spyrogyra.html (690 words)

	Heads Up: Spyro Gyra - Wrapped In A Dream
		Spyro Gyra went on to build a large and incredibly loyal fan base around the world that continues to this day.
		One of the ways that Spyro Gyra did things a little differently with this album was to go to some younger talents for guest appearances as well as technical assistance rather than the superstar session musicians who have graced earlier releases.
		Beckenstein attributes Spyro Gyra’s lasting success to a freshness of ideas that allows the band to stay accessible without falling back on their past grooves and earlier successes.
	www.headsup.com /albums/3107.asp (837 words)

	SONY BMG - Spyro Gyra - Biografie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Spyro Gyra was assembled by Beckenstein and keyboardist Jeremy Wall.
		Throughout the Eighties Spyro Gyra continued to grow its fan base, proving that it could fill the biggest jazz-concert halls.
		Spyro Gyra has passed the quarter-century mark as a highly successful recording outfit that repays its vast number of loyal followers with dazzling live performances wherever it appears.
	www.sonybmg.de /artists2.php?iA=4&artist=43007 (609 words)

	Spyro Gyra: The Deep End
		After 30 years on the contemporary jazz scene, Spyro Gyra releases its latest, their third CD for the Heads Up label, with a sound that is familiar yet freshly retooled by some of the experimentation of their last two releases.
		Spyro Gyra is still very much saxophonist Jay Beckenstein’s show, and he still maintains a pleasing, contemporary sax tone while eschewing the overly comfortable (and, to some, comforting) sax sound that has become the hallmark of smooth jazz.
		If Spyro Gyra were merely some label marketing guy’s idea of a good instrumental band, they would have disappeared long ago.
	www.jazzitude.com /spyrogyra_deepend.htm (622 words)

	University of Florida Performing Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A mainstay of the contemporary jazz scene since the 1970s, Spyro Gyra will perform at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
		Spyro Gyra got its start when high school friends Jeremy Wall and Jay Beckenstein formed a band, informally called “Tuesday Night Jazz Jams,” named for their Tuesday night gig at a club in Buffalo, New York.
		Spyro Gyra’s newest album, Wrapped in a Dream, reaffirms its status as jazz fusion’s most original group.
	www.performingarts.ufl.edu /perf.spyro.asp (387 words)

	SPYRO GYRA
		Original Cinema, SPYRO GYRA's complex and challenging new album, was born from one simple fact: After 25 years, Jay Beckenstein had had enough.
		As founder, producer, chief songwriter, and saxophone wizard with Spyro Gyra, he had listened to years of the voices of the jazz cognoscenti not getting what his band was all about.
		In pushing toward new frontiers of improvisation and interaction, while never losing touch with their appeal to the broad base of listeners, Spyro Gyra attempts something on Original Cinema that no other band has accomplished: a true populist experimentation, open and illuminating to audiences at all levels of discernment.
	www.msopr.com /mso/spyrogyra.htm (1146 words)

	Spyro Gyra to close Summer Arts Festival
		Spyro Gyra, closing the annual festival at 8 p.m., helped create the easy, breezy genre.
		Spyro Gyra has one platinum and two gold LPs to its name, and even hit the Top 40 in 1979 with "Morning Dance."
		But in 1978, when Spyro Gyra — flippantly named after the alga spirogyra by college biology major Beckenstein — officially debuted on record, jazz fusion still was relatively new.
	www.springfieldnewssun.com /features/content/shared/oh/stories/0727spyro.html (626 words)

	CD Review of Spyro Gyra - Wrapped In A Dream on Heads Up International @ jazzreview.com
		For more than 30 years, Spyro Gyra has been an integral part of the contemporary jazz scene; on top of that, the group has survived the highs and lows of an ever-changing trend in music.
		While many musicians have gravitated towards that style of jazz to garner airplay, Spyro Gyra has maintained to maintain their own unique style without compromising their integrity, while also going through a number of personnel changes.
		During their history, Spyro Gyra has recorded more than 20 albums together and continues to be a major staple at festivals and concerts throughout the world.
	www.jazzreview.com /cd/review-17610.html (559 words)

	Official Ticketmaster site. Spyro Gyra tickets, dates
		Founded in 1974 by altoist Jay Beckenstein, Spyro Gyra has consistently been one of the commercially successfully pop-jazz groups of the past 20 years.
		Critics love to attack this band's lightweight and rarely changing music, which combines R&B and elements of pop and Caribbean music with jazz, but its live performances are often stimulating -- unlike many of its records, which emphasize the danceable melodies at the expense of improvising.
		Beckenstein and his longtime friend, keyboardist Jeremy Wall, had been leading a group with a revolving membership; every one of the many members in the band were loosely involved in the local jazz and rock scenes.
	www.ticketmaster.com /artist/737861?brand=none (831 words)

	Jazz Artist Interview - Jay Beckenstein@ jazzreview.com
		March 2006 - Nearly thirty years into performing, Spyro Gyra is still at the top of their game and still known as jazz fusion’s most original group.
		While other groups are ready to retire, Spyro Gyra is ready to keep on "keepin’ on" with a wealth of creative talents, adding young, fresh performers as they go.
		Spyro Gyra is known as jazz fusion’s most original group.
	www.jazzreview.com /article/review-4595.html (3112 words)

	SPYRO GYRA - JAZZ SAX - JAY BECKENSTEIN - DAVE SAMUELS - MINO CINELU - "EER-MUSIC.com aka Eclectic Earwig Reviews Music ...
		This is the second release for Spyro Gyra on the Telarc affiliated Heads Up label.
		They may not sound like the trailblazers that they were 1976 when they broke onto the scene with their brand of original and unusual fusion, but they most certainly have plenty to offer the discerning jazz lover today.
		Few albums have that special magic that draws me in like a magnet; this album did that for me. In the end, the fact that Spyro Gyra no longer plays jazz-fusion as they once did really did not matter.
	eer-music.com /EER_MUSIC_REVIEWS_03/SPYRO_GYRA.html (672 words)

	Book Spyro Gyra - Booking Corporate Event, Meeting, Private Party - Your Booking Agent for Spyro Gyra
		Jay jokingly said, "Call it spirogira." Spirogira is an algae that Jay had remembered from biology class that is commonly known as "pond scum." The next week, that name was on the sign incorrectly spelled as "Spyro Gyra." In short, it was a joke.
		Founded in 1975 by altoist Jay Beckenstein, Spyro Gyra has consistently been one of the commercially successfully pop-jazz groups of the past 20 years.
		Critics love to attack this band's lightweight and rarely changing music (which combines R&B and elements of pop with jazz) but its live performances are often stimulating, unlike many of its records which emphasize the danceable melodies at the expense of the improvising.
	www.grabow.biz /JazzAndNewAge/SpyroGyra.htm (484 words)

	Spyro Gyra \| Wrapped in a Dream
		Spyro Gyraâs regular lineup consists of Jay Beckenstein (saxophones), Tom Schuman (keyboards), Julio Fernandez (guitars), and Scott Ambush (bass); drummer Ludwig Afonso joined the group about two years ago.
		âImpressions of Madridâ presents some firsts for a Spyro Gyra recording: Beckenstein is credited with vocals and plays the flute (an uncredited flute is also heard on âTuesdayâ), and the song segues into âImpressions of Toledo,â a transition reminiscent of ELO and Earth, Wind & Fire, both of whom mastered the tactic during their heyday.
		Former Spyro Gyra member Dave Samuels adds vibes on âLil Monoâ and marimba on âImpressions of Madridâ and âWoogitybop,â a refreshing change from recent guest appearances where he only played vibes.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=20873 (554 words)

	Spyro Gyra's Fusion Evolution
		The longtime leader of the pioneering post-fusion group Spyro Gyra is too busy playing his own music and listening for new sounds that he can incorporate into it.
		When Beckenstein formed Spyro Gyra thirty years ago at Tuesday night jam sessions in a Buffalo club, there was no model to follow and no radio format to pander to.
		Spyro Gyra is joined on the bill by the guitar-tapping virtuoso Stanley Jordan, and there’s an all-star tribute to the late Grover Washington, Jr., led by keyboardist Jeff Lorber that features saxophonists Kirk Whalum and Gerald Albright.
	www.jimnewsom.com /PFW05-SpyroGyra.html (918 words)

	Amazon.com: The Deep End: Music: Spyro Gyra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		As usual, group founder Jay Beckenstein dominates on sax, but what the experimentation of the earlier releases has wrought is a freshness of ideas that allows the band to stay accessible without sounding like they're still trying to recycle their past.
		Spyro Gyra has managed to produce a very beautiful, creative and powerful album in "Deep End".
		Spyro Gyra's "Deep End" is great music to listen to or to use as an elegant background for your activities.
	www.amazon.com /Deep-End-Spyro-Gyra/dp/B00022FWN6 (913 words)

	Spyro Gyra - In Modern Times SACD Review - TimeForDVD.com
		Spyro Gyra is a contemporary jazz group that's been around for over 25 years and they claim that "In Modern Times" is among their best work.
		Spyro Gyra is a contemporary jazz group that's been around for over 25 years.
		Thanks to the multi-channel audio format of SACD and wonderful artists such as Spyro Gyra, my excitement in dedicated music listening has recently been re-awakened and transformed into an addictive and immersive experience.
	www.timefordvd.com /sacd/review/InModernTimes.shtml (1242 words)

	Spyro Gyra : Smooth Jazz Now
		The guitarist is working at his own home studio in Los Angeles and he's working with Tom Schuman of Spyro Gyra at his studio in Las Vegas.
		One of the mainstays in Contemporary Jazz since the seventies Spyro Gyra will release their new album on that date.
		Spyro Gyra are on the road until October.
	www.smoothjazznow.com /artist_spyro_gyra.htm (940 words)

	Jazz Recordings: John Pizzarelli and Spyro Gyra
		Jay Beckenstein celebrates thirty years at the helm of Spyro Gyra with this new recording, the group’s twenty-seventh---and third since joining the Heads Up label in 2001.
		Spyro Gyra started out in Buffalo 30 years ago attempting to build on what Weather Report was creating at the time.
		It is a worthwhile addition to the Spyro Gyra canon.
	www.jimnewsom.com /PFW-JazzReviews060104.html (648 words)

	Salt Lake City International Jazz Festival -- Artists -- Spyro Gyra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Spyro Gyra are: Jay Beckenstein, saxophones; Tom Schuman, keyboards; Julio Fernandez, guitars and vocals; Joel Rosenblatt, drums and percussion; and Scott Ambush, bass.
		Eventually, after playing in bands that ranged from down-home blues to avant garde, the breadth of his influences were poured into the Buffalo nightlife sensation that became Spyro Gyra.
		Years later, before a gig in a Buffalo club that was called Jack Daniels, the owner twisted my arm for a band name.
	www.slcjazzfest.com /artistsSpyroGyra.htm (402 words)

	Spyro Gyra Picture Disc at the Vinyl Underground (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This was Spyro Gyra's second album and their first release for Infinity Records.
		It was a commercial success for the "Jazz/Jazz-Pop" group and giving birth to the Top 40 single "Morning Dance".
		This picture disc was released "Promotionally Only" and contained a dedication to Wherehouse Records from MCA Records on the flip side.
	www.vinylunderground.net /spyro_gyra.html (61 words)

	NUVO.net \| Music \|Spyro Gyra's Jay Beckenstein \| 09.07.00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		For over two decades, Spyro Gyra has consistently maintained its distinct sound, heard around the world of jazz.
		Under the leadership of its erudite leader Jay Beckenstein, Spyro Gyra pioneered the breakthrough sound of contemporary jazz, combining the music of world beat, pop, soul and jazz into their own unique ensemble sounds.
		Spyro Gyra will be appearing in concert Thursday, Sept. 7 under the Coat and Tie banner at the Indiana Roof Ballroom.
	www.nuvo.net /archive/090700/sound/090700_sound_b.html (888 words)

	Spyro Gyra – The Birchmere
		“Joburg Jam,” one of Spyro Gyra’s tributes to the music and people of South Africa, also showcased the talents of Julio, as well as band leader Jay Beckenstein on the soprano sax.
		The next song was a bit of a surprise for me. Jay played a cover of The Beatles “In My Life.” According to another fan, and fellow Spyro junkie, this is the only cover song Spyro has ever done.
		I’ve seen Spyro Gyra perform many times over the years.
	www.smoothviews.com /concertreviews/SpyroGyra04.htm (570 words)

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