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Take Five With Alessandro Bottura

by AAJ Staff
March 27, 2009

Meet Alessandro Bottura: Alessandro Bottura, was born in Italy on 03/06/1984, and started to get interested in music when he was a child, studying piano for five years, then guitar and drums until 2000, when he came to the bass, for which he is self-taught. Alessandro performed many live shows throughout Modena with the rock band ...

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A Night Before Christmas

By Spyro Gyra

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2008
Track listing: O Tannenbaum; It Won't Feel Like Christmas; Winter Wonderland; Christmas Time Is Here; Baby It's Cold Outside; Carol of the Bells; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; First Noel; Silent Night; This Christmas; Christmas Song.

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Spyro Gyra: A Night Before Christmas

Read "A Night Before Christmas" reviewed by Jeff Winbush

by Jeff Winbush
December 6, 2008

In any major artist's discography are some stock entries besides the usual studio releases. There's also the live album, the greatest hits album (even if the artist only had one or none) and the inevitable Christmas album.Why Spyro Gyra felt the urge to release A Night Before Christmas, their album of Christmas songs, is ...

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Spyro Gyra: A Night Before Christmas

Read "A Night Before Christmas" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
September 30, 2008

'Twas A Night Before Christmas, and all through the land, everyone was listening ... to a world-famous band. With apologies to Clement Moore, the title of Spyro Gyra's first all-out holiday release delivers on its promise of good cheer. Founded in the mid-'70s by Jay Beckenstein and Jeremy Wall, Spyro Gyra has consistently ...

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Good To Go-Go

By Spyro Gyra

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2007
Track listing: Simple Pleasures; Get Busy; Jam Up; The Left Bank; Funkyard Dog; Along for the Ride; Island Time; Wassup!; Easy Street; A Winter Tale; Good to Go-Go; Newroses.

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Spyro Gyra: Good to Go-Go

Read "Good to Go-Go" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
June 13, 2007

In a way, Spyro Gyra is the Steely Dan of jazz. For most of their years, The Dan was Donald Fagen, Walter Becker and an ever-changing lineup of session musicians. Spyro Gyra started in similar fashion, with saxophonist Jay Beckenstein and keyboardist Jeremy Wall fronting a band they called Tuesday Night Jams. The duo performed on ...

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Wrapped In A Dream

By Spyro Gyra

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2006
Track listing: Spyro Time; Midnight Thunder; The Voodooyoodoo; Tuesday; Impressions of Madrid; Impressions of Toledo; Wrapped in a Dream; After the Storm; Walkin

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Spyro Gyra: Wrapped in a Dream

Read "Wrapped in a Dream" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
March 5, 2006

When people say “one-hit wonder, the last thing that comes to mind is an act that's been around for three decades, recorded some 25 albums (not counting compilations), and has legions of fans worldwide. Yet, that's what Spyro Gyra is--the wonder being that one of contemporary jazz's most popular acts has only one hit song: “Morning ...

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