Down the Wire
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| Released | April 28, 2009 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 65:14 | |||
| Label | Heads Up | |||
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Down the Wire is the thirty-first album by Spyro Gyra, released on April 28, 2009. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2010.[1] Down the Wire peaked at No. 9 on the jazz album chart at Billboard magazine.[2]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Down the Wire" | Scott Ambush | 5:57 |
| 2. | "Unspoken" | Julio Fernandez | 5:51 |
| 3. | "Not for Nothin'" | Tom Schuman | 5:02 |
| 4. | "Island Pond" | Jay Beckenstein | 6:00 |
| 5. | "The Tippin' Point" | Jay Beckenstein, Tom Schuman | 5:24 |
| 6. | "Ice Mountain" | Bonny Bonaparte | 6:58 |
| 7. | "A Flower for Anne Jeanette" | Scott Ambush | 7:05 |
| 8. | "La Zona Rosa" | Jay Beckenstein | 6:22 |
| 9. | "What It Is" | Julio Fernandez | 6:23 |
| 10. | "A Distant Memory" | Jay Beckenstein, Tom Schuman | 4:42 |
| 11. | "Make It Mine" | Bonny Bonaparte | 5:30 |
Personnel[edit]
Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
- Tom Schuman – keyboards
- Julio Fernández – guitars
- Scott Ambush – bass guitar
- Bonny Bonaparte – drums, percussion, vocals
Additional musicians
- Gerardo Velez – percussion (2, 7), horn (8)
- Marc Quiñones – percussion (8)
- Bill Harris – tenor saxophone, flute
- Ozzie Melendez – trombone
- Don Harris – trumpet
Production[edit]
- Dave Love – executive producer
- Jay Beckenstein – producer
- Scott Ambush – co-producer (1, 7)
- Julio Fernández – co-producer (2, 9)
- Tom Schuman – co-producer (3, 5, 6, 10, 11)
- Bonny Bonaparte – co-producer (6, 11)
- Mike Brylinsky – engineer
- Justin Rose – engineer
- Martin Walters – mixing, mastering
- Natalie Singer – product manager
- Phil Brennan – cover artwork, management
- Robert Hoffman – design, photography
- Sean Gladwell – individual images
- Chris Harvey – individual images
References[edit]
- ^ "Complete list of Grammy nominations – East Bay Times". East Bay Times. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Spyro Gyra - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
